📍 PO Box 800, DePue, Bureau County, 61322
DePue Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in DePue, Bureau County. The school has 228 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Pamela Beck. It is part of the DePue USD 103 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
DePue Elem School enrolls 228 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 17 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 11% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 197 | 86% |
| White | 26 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
193 of the school's 228 students (85%) 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.
DePue Elem School 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 38, state house district 76.
DePue Elem School is one of 2 schools in DePue USD 103, based in DePue, Illinois. The district serves 318 students district-wide and employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 228 students, DePue Elem School is larger than the district average of about 159 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant