Other / mixed grade configuration · Assumption, IL

Bond Primary

Federal NCES profile for Bond Primary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 55/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 170910004528
0/100100/10055/100
👥 S:T ratio
49
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
91
📋 Attendance
51
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Bond Primary earns 55/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Illinois median.

55
Resource Index · Higher
12.8:1
students per teacher
154
students enrolled

Bond Primary has class sizes near the Illinois median. Computed live against every Illinois school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

154

Illinois · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

12.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

12.8:1

vs 14:1 Illinois avg

-9% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Bond Primary compares with Illinois and U.S. medians

At or below state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Bond Primary

Bond Primary is a small combined-grade school in Assumption, Illinois, enrolling 154 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 12.8:1 puts it in the smaller third of Illinois schools by student-teacher ratio.

Enrollment of 154 puts it in the smaller third of Illinois schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 3,845 scored Illinois schools.

Its student body is predominantly White (92% of enrollment) (diversity index 16/100).

Counselor coverage is strong, about 44 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 19.5% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

Its district draws 15.4% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Central a & M Cud 21 also operates Central a & M High School (215 students) and Gregory Intermediate (200 students) alongside Bond Primary.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Bond Primary compares

Bond Primary on the metrics families compare, against Illinois and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Illinois Illinois avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 12.8:1 ▼ 9% 14:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 154 top 89% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

12.8:1
Leaner classes than 68% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
154
Bigger than 15% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
12.8:1
students per teacher - 9% below state mean
Top 39% in Illinois - lower ratio than 61% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
19.5%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$15,905
per pupil, district-wide - below Illinois avg of $17,042
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors3.5 FTE
Per 44 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 91.6%
Hispanic or Latino 4.5%
African American 1.9%
Two or More 1.3%
Asian 0.6%

Largest group: White at 91.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 15.8/100

Simpson diversity index - at 15.8, Bond Primary is less mixed than the Illinois school average of 38.9.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Central a & M Cud 21, which includes Bond Primary.

$15,905
Per student
-7%
vs Illinois
Avg $17,042
-4%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 46.2%
State 38.3%
Federal 15.4%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Bond Primary Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Central a & M High School Larger No free-lunch data Lower S:T ratio
Gregory Intermediate Larger No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Central a & M Middle School Similar size No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Bond Primary's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Central A & M Cud 21 · 3 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Illinois, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Bond Primary's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Bond Primary

How many students attend Bond Primary?

Bond Primary has 154 students enrolled. It is a public school in Assumption, IL.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Bond Primary?

The student-teacher ratio at Bond Primary is 12.8:1, which is 9% lower than the Illinois average of 14:1 and 18% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Bond Primary?

The largest demographic group at Bond Primary is White at 91.6% of enrollment, in Assumption, IL.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Bond Primary?

Bond Primary has a Resource Investment Index of 55/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Bond Primary a good school?

Bond Primary earns 55/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Illinois median. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Central a & M Cud 21?

Besides Bond Primary, Central a & M Cud 21 also operates Central a & M High School (215 students), Gregory Intermediate (200 students), and Central a & M Middle School (177 students). See the Central a & M Cud 21 district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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