Prophetstown Elem School

Prophetstown Elem School operates as an intimate primary school in Prophetstown, Illinois, operated by Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico CUSD3. Current enrollment sits at 229 students spanning grades pre-K through 3. That puts it 40% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico CUSD3 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 738 students; Prophetstown Elem School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Prophetstown Elem School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Prophetstown Elem School reports 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Prophetstown Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at Prophetstown Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Whiteside County's rate of about 55%.

With demographic context factored in, Prophetstown Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Whiteside County put median household earnings sit near $67,500, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Whiteside County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,445 students), of which Prophetstown Elem School is one.

PLT 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, Prophetstown Elem School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 48.7%.

Prophetstown Elem School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Prophetstown Elem School has increased 6%, going from 217 students in 2018 to 229 in 2025.

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