Other / mixed grade configuration · Pinckneyville, IL

Community Cons School

Federal NCES profile for Community Cons School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 49/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 173156003324
0/100100/10049/100
👥 S:T ratio
35
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
82
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Community Cons School earns 49/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 81% of Illinois schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Illinois schools.

#1 of 4
public schools in Pinckneyville · Resource Index
49
Resource Index · Higher
16.2:1
large classes for Illinois
210
students enrolled

Community Cons School has class sizes larger than 81% of Illinois schools. Computed live against every Illinois school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Community Cons School ranks #1 of 4 public schools in Pinckneyville, IL.

School address

Enrollment

210

Illinois · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

13.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

16.2:1

vs 14:1 Illinois avg

+16% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Community Cons School compares with Illinois and U.S. medians

Slightly above state median
0:135:116.2:1

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

What stands out at Community Cons School

Community Cons School is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Pinckneyville, Illinois, enrolling 210 students.

Class loads run somewhat heavier than typical: 16.2:1 puts it in the larger third of Illinois schools by student-teacher ratio.

Enrollment of 210 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 (95% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 9/100).

Attendance holds up well here: only 7.1% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.

The surrounding Ccsd 204 spends $9,165 per pupil, 46% below the Illinois average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

Among Pinckneyville's public schools, it stands alongside Pinckneyville Elem School (268 students): Community Cons School is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs heavier classes (16.2:1 vs 13.4:1).

Ccsd 204 operates only this one school, so Community Cons School has no district-mates to compare against locally.

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 Community Cons School compares

Community Cons School on the metrics families compare, against Illinois and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Illinois Illinois avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 16.2:1 ▲ 16% 14:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 210 top 81% - -

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

16.2:1
Leaner classes than 36% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
210
Bigger than 21% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
16.2:1
students per teacher - 16% above state mean
Top 81% in Illinois - lower ratio than 19% of state schools
Between 16:1 and 20:1, squarely in the typical U.S. public-school staffing range.
Engagement
7.1%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 5-10% range, close to the pre-pandemic national baseline.
Funding equity
$9,165
per pupil, district-wide - below Illinois avg of $17,042
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
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 95.2%
Two or More 1.9%
African American 1.0%
Hispanic or Latino 1.0%
Asian 1.0%

Largest group: White at 95.2% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 9.3/100

Simpson diversity index - at 9.3, Community Cons School is less mixed than the Illinois school average of 38.9.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Ccsd 204, which includes Community Cons School.

$9,165
Per student
-46%
vs Illinois
Avg $17,042
-45%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 73.5%
State 14.4%
Federal 12.2%

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.

Similar other schools in Pinckneyville

1 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.

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 Community Cons School'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 Community Cons School

How many students attend Community Cons School?

Community Cons School has 210 students enrolled. It is a public school in Pinckneyville, IL.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Community Cons School?

The student-teacher ratio at Community Cons School is 16.2:1, which is 16% higher than the Illinois average of 14:1 and 3% higher than the national average of 15.7:1.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Community Cons School?

The largest demographic group at Community Cons School is White at 95.2% of enrollment, in Pinckneyville, IL.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Community Cons School?

Community Cons School has a Resource Investment Index of 49/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Community Cons School rank among public schools in Pinckneyville?

By Resource Investment Index, Community Cons School ranks #1 of 4 public schools in Pinckneyville, IL. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all public schools in Pinckneyville on the city page.

Is Community Cons School a good school?

Community Cons School earns 49/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 81% of Illinois schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Illinois schools. 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 Ccsd 204?

None reported; Ccsd 204 operates only Community Cons School as a public school district in NCES's records.

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.

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

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