📍 411 W Lincoln St, Harrisburg, Saline County, 62946
West Side Primary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Harrisburg, Saline County. The school has 424 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Scott Dewar. It is part of the Harrisburg CUSD 3 school district. It serves grades K–2 in a small-town setting. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
West Side Primary School enrolls 424 students across grades K–2. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% White, 8.5% Two or more races and 3.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 363 | 86% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 8.5% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
267 of the school's 424 students (63%) 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.
West Side Primary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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.
West Side Primary School is one of 5 schools in Harrisburg CUSD 3, based in Harrisburg, Illinois. The district serves 1,781 students district-wide and employs 149 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 424 students, West Side Primary School is larger than the district average of about 356 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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