Enrollment
116
Elementary
DISTRICT 114 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRI POINT CUSD 6-J·NCES 173948003992
Tri Point Elementary School
101 Main St, Kempton, IL 60946 · (815) 253-6299 · Ford County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL116 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
98 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 21% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Tri Point CUSD 6-J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
24.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +24.1pp since 2023
Math
27.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.1% | 27.6% |
| 2023-24 | 0.0% | 20.7% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Tri Point Elementary School
Tri Point Elementary School's state test result (20.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri Point Elementary School this school | 116 | 84.5% | 20.7% |
| Wanda Kendall Elementary School Watseka | 122 | 77.9% | N/A |
| North Wamac Grade School Centralia | 122 | 92.6% | 41.2% |
| Willow Grove Elementary School Centralia | 127 | 76.4% | 40.4% |
| Brookport Elementary School Brookport | 151 | 84.1% | 58.5% |
| Elverado Primary School Elkville | 102 | 76.5% | N/A |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Tri Point Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #1,587 of 1,925 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #1,373 of 2,077 ▼ 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #1,837 of 2,077 ▲ 236 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 116 | #2,307 of 2,419 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #415 of 2,132 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
116
-3 (-3%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 200
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 116 | 10.2 | 11.4:1 | 84% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 125 | 11 | 11.4:1 | 82% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 118 | 9.5 | 12.4:1 | 94% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 119 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 128 | 11.5 | 11.1:1 | 45% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 124 | 9 | 13.8:1 | 61% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 146 | 14 | 10.4:1 | 55% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 194 | 16 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 200 | 13 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tri Point Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (128 to 116); teachers down 11% (11.5 to 10.2).
About Tri Point Elementary School
At 101 Main St in Kempton, Illinois, Tri Point Elementary School operates as a very small elementary school. In all, 116 students attend the school in pre-K through 3. That is 70% below the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Tri Point Elementary School is among 3 schools run by Tri Point CUSD 6-J, which serves 343 students.
Roughly 80% of students at Tri Point Elementary School are White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, Ford County residents are about 90% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tri Point Elementary School scores 34%.
On staff are 10.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.4:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 2.6 more students per teacher than here. Tri Point Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 84%. On average, public schools in Ford County report 48%.
Tri Point Elementary School is 2.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (20.7% versus 22.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
In the surrounding county, Ford County, the median household earns about $62,439 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Ford County has 9 public schools with about 2,450 students, including Tri Point Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Tri Point Elementary School is closest to Tri-Point High School, about 4.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.0%; Tri Point Elementary School's is 20.7%, ranking 8th of 8.
Federal data place Tri Point Elementary School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 3% decline took enrollment from 119 in 2020-21 to 116 in 2024-25.
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Ford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,406
Census ACS
Median income
$62,439
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,450 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tri Point CUSD 6-J
- Tri-Point Jr High/ElementaryMiddle · 129 students
- Tri-Point High SchoolHigh · 98 students
Nearby schools
- Tri-Point High School4.2 mi · 98
- Saunemin Elementary School9.8 mi · 102
- Herscher Intermediate School10.8 mi · 391
- Herscher High School10.8 mi · 542
- Tri-Point Jr High/Elementary12.9 mi · 129
- Prairie Central Primary East13.3 mi · 148
Frequently asked questions
About Tri Point Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Tri Point Elementary School?
Tri Point Elementary School enrolls approximately 116 students in grades PK-03.
Is Tri Point Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tri Point Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tri Point Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tri Point Elementary School is approximately 11.4:1 (10 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Tri Point Elementary School?
Tri Point Elementary School reports a student body of 80% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Tri Point Elementary School in?
Tri Point Elementary School is part of Tri Point CUSD 6-J.
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