Red Bud Elem School

Red Bud Elem School, a roomy elementary-level community in Red Bud, Illinois, overseen by Red Bud CUSD 132, works with 582 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 53% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Within Red Bud CUSD 132, which oversees 2 schools and 978 students, Red Bud Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Red Bud Elem School logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, Red Bud Elem School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Red Bud Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.4%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Randolph County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $68,131 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Randolph County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,876 students), of which Red Bud Elem School is one.

Red Bud High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Red Bud Elem School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 52.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 619 students in 2018 compared to 582 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.