West Central Elementary School

West Central Elementary School is one of the compact elementary campuss in Biggsville, Illinois, part of West Central CUSD 235, with 321 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

West Central CUSD 235 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 752 students. West Central Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, West Central Elementary School reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic. Compared to Henderson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, West Central Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 32.0%, a residual of -8.4 points.

Around the school, Henderson County reports that median household earnings sit near $62,227, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Henderson County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 752 students), of which West Central Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: West Central Early Childhood, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Central Elementary School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 39.1%.

West Central Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Central Elementary School has shrank 4%, going from 333 students in 2018 to 321 in 2025.

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