Valmeyer Elementary School

Valmeyer Elementary School operates as a minimally staffed K-5 school in Valmeyer, Illinois, one of the schools within Valmeyer CUSD 3. Current enrollment sits at 152 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Valmeyer Elementary School sits 60% smaller than that benchmark.

Valmeyer CUSD 3 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 335 students. Valmeyer Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Valmeyer Elementary School reports that nearly all students (97%) are White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Valmeyer Elementary School lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 22% of students at Valmeyer Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Valmeyer Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 59.0%; Valmeyer Elementary School posts 36.5%, -22.5 points below that line.

Across the wider county, Monroe County reports that median household earnings sit near $102,880, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Monroe County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,006 students), of which Valmeyer Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Valmeyer High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Valmeyer Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Valmeyer Elementary School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.2%.

Valmeyer Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 30%: 217 students in 2018 compared to 152 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.