Scales Mound Elem School

Set in Scales Mound, Illinois, Scales Mound Elem School is a tiny primary school, overseen by Scales Mound CUSD 211. It caters to 138 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Scales Mound Elem School sits 64% below that benchmark.

Scales Mound CUSD 211 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 257 students; Scales Mound Elem School is among them.

On demographics, Scales Mound Elem School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest is composed of 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Scales Mound Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 19% of students at Scales Mound Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Jo Daviess County's rate of about 39%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Scales Mound Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.6%; this one delivers 63.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Jo Daviess County indicate median household income runs about $73,993, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Jo Daviess County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,012 students), of which Scales Mound Elem School is one.

Scales Mound Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Scales Mound Elem School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Scales Mound Elem School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.4%.

Scales Mound Elem School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Scales Mound Elem School's enrollment has edged up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 130 (now 138). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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