Washington Elementary School

Washington Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves part of Pana, Illinois. Enrollment in 2023-24 was 295 students in pre-K through 2. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 23% lower.

The district for Washington Elementary School is Pana CUSD 8, with 4 schools and 1,454 students.

About 96% of the student body at Washington Elementary School is White. Other students are 3% multiracial. The county population is about 92% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 9% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school has about 17.0 students per teacher and 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.1 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 69%. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Christian County is 19 points.

Among Christian County residents, the median household income is $62,611, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Washington Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in the county.

Nearest public school: Pana Jr High School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are 3 other public schools.

NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Enrollment is down 12% from 2017-18, when Washington Elementary School had 335 students, to 2023-24, when it had 295. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.6:1 in 2017-18, and 16.3:1 in 2023-24.

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