📍 1025 N Wall St, Carbondale, Jackson County, 62901
Thomas Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Carbondale, Jackson County. The school has 305 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kimberly Barton. It is part of the Carbondale ESD 95 school district. It serves grades 2–3 in a rural setting. The school employs 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Thomas Elementary School enrolls 305 students across grades 2–3. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 20% White and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 164 | 54% |
| White | 62 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 38 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 9.5% |
| Asian | 12 | 3.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
159 of the school's 305 students (52%) 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.
Thomas Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 58, state house district 115.
Thomas Elementary School is one of 4 schools in Carbondale ESD 95, based in Carbondale, Illinois. The district serves 1,648 students district-wide and employs 122 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 305 students, Thomas Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 412 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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