📍 1015 New City Rd, Chatham, Sangamon County, 62629
Ball Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chatham, Sangamon County. The school has 607 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tricia Burke. It is part of the Ball Chatham CUSD 5 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ball Elementary School enrolls 607 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 6.9% Black or African American and 6.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 482 | 79% |
| Black or African American | 42 | 6.9% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 6.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 19 | 3.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
165 of the school's 607 students (27%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ball Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 50, state house district 99.
Ball Elementary School is one of 6 schools in Ball Chatham CUSD 5, based in Chatham, Illinois. The district serves 4,516 students district-wide and employs 279 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 607 students, Ball Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 753 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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