Wayne City Attendance Center

Wayne City Attendance Center is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Wayne City, Illinois, one of the schools within Wayne City CUSD 100, enrolling 342 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Within Wayne City CUSD 100, which oversees 2 schools and 477 students, Wayne City Attendance Center is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wayne City Attendance Center lists that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Wayne County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Wayne City Attendance Center reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wayne City Attendance Center sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.8%; this one delivers 54.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Wayne County shows median household income runs about $55,521, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Wayne City Attendance Center is one of 12 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 2,404 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wayne City High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wayne City Attendance Center ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 41.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 408 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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