Washington School

Set in Monticello, Illinois, Washington School is a moderately sized K-5 school, part of Monticello CUSD 25. It works with 543 students across grades pre-K through 3. That puts it 43% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Monticello CUSD 25 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,707 students. Washington School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Washington School logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Piatt County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Washington School logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Piatt County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Washington School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.5%, the actual is 53.6%, a residual of -2.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Piatt County) logs that median household income runs about $94,811, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Piatt County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,086 students), Washington School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Monticello High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Washington School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 50.8%.

Washington School operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 134%: 232 students in 2018 compared to 543 in 2025.

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