📍 600 W Main St, Oblong, Crawford County, 62449
Oblong Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Oblong, Crawford County. The school has 370 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kendra Ridlen. It is part of the Oblong CUSD 4 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 34.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths.
Oblong Elem School enrolls 370 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 34.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% White, <1% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 366 | 99% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
193 of the school's 370 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Oblong 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 55, state house district 110.
Oblong Elem School is one of 2 schools in Oblong CUSD 4, based in Oblong, Illinois. The district serves 526 students district-wide and employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 370 students, Oblong Elem School is larger than the district average of about 263 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant