Pecatonica Elem School

Pecatonica Elem School is one of the low-enrollment elementary-level communitys in Pecatonica, Illinois, one of the schools within Pecatonica CUSD 321, with 307 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

Within Pecatonica CUSD 321, which oversees 3 schools and 889 students, Pecatonica Elem School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Pecatonica Elem School lists that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder looks like 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Pecatonica Elem School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Winnebago County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Pecatonica Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.4%; this one delivers 54.0%.

In the area at large, Winnebago County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,837 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Pecatonica Elem School is one of 94 public schools in Winnebago County (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students).

Pecatonica Comm Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pecatonica Elem School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 45.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pecatonica Elem School has declined 8%, going from 335 students in 2018 to 307 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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