Wolf Ridge Education Center

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in Bunker Hill, Illinois, Wolf Ridge Education Center hosts 407 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Bunker Hill CUSD 8.

Wolf Ridge Education Center is one of 2 schools operated by Bunker Hill CUSD 8, a district that educates 573 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Wolf Ridge Education Center reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Macoupin County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Wolf Ridge Education Center has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Wolf Ridge Education Center performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.9%, the actual is 40.8%, a residual of -1.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Macoupin County) reports that median household earnings sit near $70,805, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Macoupin County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,221 students), Wolf Ridge Education Center is one campus in the mix.

Bunker Hill High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wolf Ridge Education Center ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Wolf Ridge Education Center's enrollment has expanded 9% since 2018, when it stood at 373 (now 407).

On the community side, members of the Wolf Ridge Education Center community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.