Saunemin Elem School

Saunemin Elem School, an one-room-style K-5 school in Saunemin, Illinois, run under Saunemin CCSD 438, instructs 102 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Saunemin Elem School sits 73% leaner than that benchmark.

Saunemin Elem School sits inside Saunemin CCSD 438, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Saunemin Elem School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school records 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Livingston County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Livingston County's rate of about 48%.

With demographic context factored in, Saunemin Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.0%, the actual is 40.7%, a residual of +3.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Livingston County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,790 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Livingston County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,273 students), Saunemin Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Tri-Point High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.4 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Saunemin Elem School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Saunemin Elem School has edged down 18%, going from 125 students in 2018 to 102 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.