📍 2912 N University Ave, Decatur, Macon County, 62526
Pershing Early Learning Center is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Decatur, Macon County. The school has 389 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sarah Knuppel. It is part of the Decatur SD 61 school district. It serves grades Pre-K in an urban setting. The school employs 10.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 35.9:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pershing Early Learning Center enrolls 389 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 59% male and 41% female. A teaching staff of 10.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 35.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Black or African American, 25% White and 17% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 194 | 50% |
| White | 96 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 67 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 7.2% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
299 of the school's 389 students (77%) 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.
Pershing Early Learning Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 51, state house district 101.
Pershing Early Learning Center is one of 17 schools in Decatur SD 61, based in Decatur, Illinois. The district serves 7,840 students district-wide and employs 434 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 389 students, Pershing Early Learning Center is smaller than the district average of about 461 students per school.
Setting: City - Small
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