Teutopolis Grade School

Teutopolis Grade School operates as a roomy elementary campus in Teutopolis, Illinois, run under Teutopolis CUSD 50. Current enrollment sits at 620 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 63% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Across the 3 schools in Teutopolis CUSD 50 (1,125 students total), Teutopolis Grade School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Teutopolis Grade School reports that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Effingham County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Teutopolis Grade School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.7%; this one delivers 74.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Effingham County) logs that median household income runs about $80,404, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Teutopolis Grade School is one of 18 public schools in Effingham County (combined enrollment of about 5,063 students).

The closest other public school is Teutopolis High School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Teutopolis Grade School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Teutopolis Grade School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.5%.

Teutopolis Grade School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 4%: 594 students in 2018 compared to 620 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.