Prairieview-Ogden South Elem

Prairieview-Ogden South Elem, a minimally staffed elementary campus in Ogden, Illinois, operated by Prairieview-Ogden CCSD 197, enrolls 116 students, covering grades K through 6. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Prairieview-Ogden South Elem sits 70% leaner than that benchmark.

Prairieview-Ogden CCSD 197 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 275 students. Prairieview-Ogden South Elem is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Prairieview-Ogden South Elem records that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Prairieview-Ogden South Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Champaign County's rate of about 53%.

With demographic context factored in, Prairieview-Ogden South Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.1%; this one delivers 51.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Champaign County indicate median household income runs about $63,683, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Champaign County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,919 students), Prairieview-Ogden South Elem is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: St Joseph Middle School, around 4.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Prairieview-Ogden South Elem comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.1%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Prairieview-Ogden South Elem's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 129 (now 116). Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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