Shelbyville Kindergarten Center

Shelbyville Kindergarten Center is one of the tiny primary schools in Shelbyville, Illinois, part of Shelbyville CUSD 4, with 78 students on its rolls from grade K. That puts it 80% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 4 schools in Shelbyville CUSD 4 (1,248 students total), Shelbyville Kindergarten Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Shelbyville Kindergarten Center records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Shelby County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,095, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Shelby County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,922 students), Shelbyville Kindergarten Center is one campus in the mix.

Main Street Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Shelbyville Kindergarten Center operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Shelbyville Kindergarten Center's enrollment has climbed 7% since 2018, when it stood at 73 (now 78). Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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