📍 80 Candy Ln, Murphysboro, Jackson County, 62966
Carruthers Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Murphysboro, Jackson County. The school has 406 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Matthew Todd. It is part of the Murphysboro CUSD 186 school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 11% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Carruthers Elementary School enrolls 406 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 32 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% White, 16% Black or African American and 9.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 269 | 66% |
| Black or African American | 64 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 39 | 9.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 33 | 8.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
404 of the school's 406 students (100%) 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.
Carruthers Elementary School 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 58, state house district 115.
Carruthers Elementary School is one of 5 schools in Murphysboro CUSD 186, based in Murphysboro, Illinois. The district serves 1,877 students district-wide and employs 147 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 406 students, Carruthers Elementary School is close to the district average of about 375 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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