West Prairie South Elementary Sch

West Prairie South Elementary Sch is one of the intimate elementary schools in Colchester, Illinois, one of the schools within West Prairie CUSD 103, with 182 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 52% leaner than typical.

West Prairie CUSD 103 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 573 students; West Prairie South Elementary Sch is among them.

Demographically, West Prairie South Elementary Sch logs that nearly all students (99%) are White. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against McDonough County (around 56%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, West Prairie South Elementary Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.5%, the actual is 52.0%, a residual of +7.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for McDonough County indicate median household earnings sit near $52,795, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, McDonough County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,250 students), of which West Prairie South Elementary Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: West Prairie Junior High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around West Prairie South Elementary Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Prairie South Elementary Sch at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 35.0%.

West Prairie South Elementary Sch operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 10%: 165 students in 2018 compared to 182 in 2025.

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