State/Public Elementary Open

Dahlgren Elem School

๐Ÿ“ PO Box 70, Dahlgren, Hamilton County, 62828

147
Pupils
13.8
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Dahlgren Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dahlgren, Hamilton County. The school has 147 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jay Lentz. It is part of the Hamilton Co CUSD 10 school district. It serves grades Kโ€“6 in a rural setting. The school employs 10.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Jay Lentz
School district
Hamilton Co CUSD 10

Enrollment & staffing

Dahlgren Elem School enrolls 147 students across grades Kโ€“6. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 10.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.

Male students
70 (48%)
Female students
77 (52%)
Teachers (FTE)
10.7
Student-teacher ratio
13.8:1
Grade span
Kโ€“6

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% White, 2% Hispanic or Latino and 1.4% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White14095%
Hispanic or Latino32%
Black or African American21.4%
Two or more races21.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

74 of the school's 147 students (50%) 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.

School setting & status

Rural, RemoteGrades Kโ€“6Title I

Dahlgren Elem School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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 59, state house district 118.

School district: Hamilton Co CUSD 10

Dahlgren Elem School is one of 4 schools in Hamilton Co CUSD 10, based in Mc Leansboro, Illinois. The district serves 1,091 students district-wide and employs 72 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 147 students, Dahlgren Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 273 students per school.

1,091
District students
4
Schools
72
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

37%
Reading proficient
32%
Math proficient
13%
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 - Remote

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