Tampico Elem School

Set in Tampico, Illinois, Tampico Elem School is a tight-knit elementary-level community, overseen by Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico CUSD3. It enrolls 156 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Tampico Elem School sits 59% below that benchmark.

Tampico Elem School is one of 4 schools operated by Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico CUSD3, a district that caters to 738 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Tampico Elem School shows that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Whiteside County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Tampico Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 71% of students at Tampico Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Whiteside County's rate of about 55%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tampico Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 30.8%; Tampico Elem School posts 51.3%, +20.4 points above that line.

In the area at large, Whiteside County reports that median household income runs about $67,500, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Whiteside County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,445 students), of which Tampico Elem School is one.

Montmorency CCSD #145 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tampico Elem School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 27%: 215 students in 2018 compared to 156 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 85% across the same window.

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