Tremont Elem School

Tremont Elem School is a primary school of small scale in Tremont, Illinois, one of the schools within Tremont CUSD 702, teacheing 304 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 20% below the state mean of about 381.

Tremont CUSD 702 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 883 students; Tremont Elem School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Tremont Elem School lists that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 5% multiracial, 4% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Tremont Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Tazewell County (around 39%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tremont Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.3%, the actual is 56.6%, a residual of -0.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Tazewell County shows median household income runs about $77,982, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tazewell County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students), of which Tremont Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Tremont Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tremont Elem School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 363 students in 2018 compared to 304 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 93% to 89%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.