Stratton Elementary School

Set in Champaign, Illinois, Stratton Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Champaign CUSD 4. It serves 454 students across grades K through 5.

Stratton Elementary School is one of 18 schools operated by Champaign CUSD 4, a district that hosts 10,598 students overall.

Demographically, Stratton Elementary School records that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 8% White, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Champaign County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Stratton Elementary School shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Champaign County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Stratton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.9%; this one delivers 17.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Champaign County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,683, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Stratton Elementary School is one of 66 public schools in Champaign County (combined enrollment of about 25,919 students).

Champaign Early Chldhd Cntr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stratton Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.5%.

Stratton Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Stratton Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 7% since 2018, when it stood at 488 (now 454). Over the same period, the Black share grew from 63% to 68%. Class-load math has rose: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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