Prekindergarten Facility

Prekindergarten Facility is one of the minimally staffed K-5 schools in Carmi, Illinois, part of Carmi-White County CUSD 5, with 72 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. That puts it 81% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Carmi-White County CUSD 5 runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,282 students. Prekindergarten Facility is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Prekindergarten Facility reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). The remainder looks like 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 96% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Prekindergarten Facility logs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.0:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (White County) shows that median household earnings sit near $54,813, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Prekindergarten Facility is one of 15 public schools in White County (combined enrollment of about 2,168 students).

Washington Attendance Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Prekindergarten Facility.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Prekindergarten Facility's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 77 (now 72). Over the same period, the White share fell from 92% to 86%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 38.9:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 in 2025.

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