Other / mixed grade configuration · Dallas City, IL

Dallas City Elem School

Federal NCES profile for Dallas City Elem School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 41/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 170138805917
0/100100/10041/100
👥 S:T ratio
58
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
69
📋 Attendance
7
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Dallas City Elem School earns 41/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 87% of Illinois schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Illinois schools.

41
Resource Index · Typical
10.4:1
small classes for Illinois
156
students enrolled

Dallas City Elem School has class sizes smaller than 87% of Illinois schools. Computed live against every Illinois school reporting to NCES.

School address

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

-2 students YoY

Dallas City Elem School held near 167 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-2 headcount).

Teacher FTE added 15.5 → 16.5 across the same CCD years.

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

Steady CCD campus

-2 students YoY 170138805917 · Dallas City, IL Other · SMALL · TRAD

156 enr · 10.4:1 · RII 41

Nearest enrollment peer: Ivalee Elementary School (200 students)

Dallas City Elem School held near 167 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-2 headcount). Teacher FTE added 15.5 → 16.5 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Illinois schools → · Find another →

How Dallas City Elem School compares

Dallas City Elem School held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs Illinois and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Illinois Illinois avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 10.4:1 ▼ 26% 14:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 156 top 88% - -

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

10.4:1
Leaner classes than 87% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
156
Bigger than 15% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators methodology

Staffing depth
10.4:1
students per teacher - 26% below state mean
Top 13% in Illinois - lower ratio than 87% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
37.2%
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
$17,538
per pupil, district-wide - below Illinois avg of $18,196
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 156 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.

Student demographics

White 93.6%
Two or More 4.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 1.3%
Asian 0.6%

Largest group: White at 93.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 12.2/100

Simpson diversity index - at 12.2, Dallas City Elem School is less mixed than the Illinois school average of 38.9.

Programs

District finance for Dallas Esd 327 reports $17,538 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Nationwide other 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 Dallas City Elem School

How many students attend Dallas City Elem School?

Dallas City Elem School has 156 students enrolled. It is a public school in Dallas City, IL. CCD year-over-year: 169 (2022-23) → 167 (2023-24), nearly flat (-2).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Dallas City Elem School?

The student-teacher ratio at Dallas City Elem School is 10.4:1, which is 26% lower than the Illinois average of 14:1 and 34% 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 Dallas City Elem School?

The largest demographic group at Dallas City Elem School is White at 93.6% of enrollment, in Dallas City, IL.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Dallas City Elem School?

Dallas City Elem School has a Resource Investment Index of 41/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Dallas Esd 327?

None reported; Dallas Esd 327 operates only Dallas City Elem 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.