Sparta Lincoln School

Sparta Lincoln School, a sprawling elementary school in Sparta, Illinois, one of the schools within Sparta CUSD 140, instructs 735 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Sparta Lincoln School sits 93% larger than that benchmark.

Within Sparta CUSD 140, which oversees 3 schools and 1,153 students, Sparta Lincoln School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Sparta Lincoln School reports that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest consists of 16% Black, 11% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Randolph County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Sparta Lincoln School shows 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Randolph County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Sparta Lincoln School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.6%; this one delivers 34.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Randolph County put median household income runs about $68,131, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sparta Lincoln School is one of 16 public schools in Randolph County (combined enrollment of about 3,876 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sparta High School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 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 Sparta Lincoln School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 33.4%.

Sparta Lincoln School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Sparta Lincoln School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 723 (now 735). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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