Thompsonville Grade School

As a compact elementary-level community in Thompsonville, Illinois, Thompsonville Grade School educates 204 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Thompsonville CUSD 174. That puts it 46% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Within Thompsonville CUSD 174, which oversees 2 schools and 294 students, Thompsonville Grade School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Thompsonville Grade School reports that nearly all students (100%) are White.

On the resource side, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Thompsonville Grade School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.8%, the actual is 31.0%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate median household earnings sit near $56,740, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Franklin County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,523 students), of which Thompsonville Grade School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Thompsonville High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Thompsonville Grade School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

Thompsonville Grade School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thompsonville Grade School has fell 13%, going from 235 students in 2018 to 204 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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