Pinckneyville Elem School

As a low-enrollment elementary campus in Pinckneyville, Illinois, Pinckneyville Elem School serves 268 students from grades pre-K through 4, run under Pinckneyville SD 50. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 30% leaner than typical.

Pinckneyville SD 50 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 503 students. Pinckneyville Elem School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Pinckneyville Elem School records that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 42% of students at Pinckneyville Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pinckneyville Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Perry County) reports that median household income runs about $62,118, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Perry County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,545 students), Pinckneyville Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Pinckneyville Comm High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pinckneyville Elem School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 288 students in 2018 compared to 268 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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