New Boston Elem School

Located at 301 Jefferson St, in New Boston, Illinois, New Boston Elem School is a low-enrollment K-5 school that caters to 165 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Mercer County School District 404. Enrollment runs roughly 57% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

New Boston Elem School is one of 5 schools operated by Mercer County School District 404, a district that caters to 1,274 students overall.

On demographics, New Boston Elem School shows that nearly all students (96%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, New Boston Elem School logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.9:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Mercer County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, New Boston Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 44.4%.

In the area at large, census data for Mercer County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,182 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. New Boston Elem School is one of 8 public schools in Mercer County (combined enrollment of about 1,941 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mercer County ELC, around 6.2 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Boston Elem School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Boston Elem School has edged down 17%, going from 200 students in 2018 to 165 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

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