State/Public Elementary Open

Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch

๐Ÿ“ 345 E Hess St, Bushnell, McDonough County, 61422

322
Pupils
10.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bushnell, McDonough County. The school has 322 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michelle Rodeffer. It is part of the Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170 school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Michelle Rodeffer
School district
Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170

Enrollment & staffing

Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch enrolls 322 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.

Male students
174 (54%)
Female students
148 (46%)
Teachers (FTE)
30.8
Student-teacher ratio
10.5:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% White, 7.1% Black or African American and 6.5% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White26984%
Black or African American237.1%
Two or more races216.5%
Hispanic or Latino82.5%
Asian1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

210 of the school's 322 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Rural, DistantGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 47, state house district 93.

School district: Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170

Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch is one of 3 schools in Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170, based in Bushnell, Illinois. The district serves 602 students district-wide and employs 65 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 322 students, Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch is larger than the district average of about 201 students per school.

602
District students
3
Schools
65
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

20%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Rural - Distant

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