📍 516 Jordan St, Jacksonville, Morgan County, 62650
The Early Years is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Jacksonville, Morgan County. The school has 235 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lindsay Wayne. It is part of the Jacksonville SD 117 school district. It serves grades Pre-K in a small-town setting. The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.1:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
The Early Years enrolls 235 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% White, 15% Two or more races and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 163 | 69% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 25 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 4.3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
165 of the school's 235 students (70%) 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.
The Early Years is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 50, state house district 100.
The Early Years is one of 11 schools in Jacksonville SD 117, based in Jacksonville, Illinois. The district serves 3,231 students district-wide and employs 238 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 235 students, The Early Years is smaller than the district average of about 294 students per school.
Setting: Town - Distant