Elementary school (grades K-5) · Crescent City, IL

Crescent City Grade School

Federal NCES profile for Crescent City Grade School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 48/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 170032305620
0/100100/10048/100
👥 S:T ratio
64
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
49
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Crescent City Grade School earns 48/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 95% of Illinois schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Illinois.

48
Resource Index · Typical
9:1
small classes for Illinois
54
students enrolled

Crescent City Grade School has class sizes smaller than 95% of Illinois schools. Computed live against every Illinois school reporting to NCES.

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

-16 students YoY

Crescent City Grade School shrank from 68 students in 2022-23 to 52 in 2023-24 (-23.5%).

Teacher FTE added 6.5 → 8.0 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Shrinking CCD campus

-16 students YoY 170032305620 · Crescent City, IL Elementary · SMALL · TRAD

54 enr · 9:1 · RII 48

Nearest enrollment peer: Shasta Elementary (100 students)

Crescent City Grade School shrank from 68 students in 2022-23 to 52 in 2023-24 (-23.5%). Teacher FTE added 6.5 → 8.0 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Illinois schools → · Find another →

How Crescent City Grade School compares

Crescent City Grade School is a shrinking campus on CCD: ratios and free-lunch share vs Illinois and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Illinois Illinois avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 9:1 ▼ 36% 14:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 54 top 99% - -

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

9:1
Leaner classes than 93% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
54
Bigger than 6% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators methodology

Staffing depth
9:1
students per teacher - 36% below state mean
Top 5% in Illinois - lower ratio than 95% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
20.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$26,882
per pupil, district-wide - above Illinois avg of $18,196
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
2
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 3.7 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 3.7 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 79.6%
Two or More 11.1%
Hispanic or Latino 7.4%
African American 1.9%

Largest group: White at 79.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 34.8/100

Simpson diversity index - at 34.8, Crescent City Grade School is less mixed than the Illinois school average of 38.9.

Programs

District finance for Crescent Iroquois Cusd 249 reports $26,882 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Nationwide elementary schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Crescent City Grade School

How many students attend Crescent City Grade School?

Crescent City Grade School has 54 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Crescent City, IL. CCD year-over-year: 68 (2022-23) → 52 (2023-24), down 16.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Crescent City Grade School?

The student-teacher ratio at Crescent City Grade School is 9:1, which is 36% lower than the Illinois average of 14:1 and 43% 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 Crescent City Grade School?

The largest demographic group at Crescent City Grade School is White at 79.6% of enrollment, in Crescent City, IL.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Crescent City Grade School?

Crescent City Grade School has a Resource Investment Index of 48/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Crescent Iroquois Cusd 249?

None reported; Crescent Iroquois Cusd 249 operates only Crescent City Grade 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 2022-23) · 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.