Early Childhood Center

Public school, pre-kindergarten · Bellwood, Illinois

Early Childhood Center in Bellwood, Illinois enrolled 178 students in 2024-25 with 7.0 full-time teachers, 25.4 students per teacher against the Illinois median of 17.7. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it does not take part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 4% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 13%

185 students in 2022-23, 162 students in 2023-24, 178 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 8.0 to 7.0.

Students enrolled at Early Childhood Center by school year2022-23: 185, 2023-24: 162, 2024-25: 1780501001502002022-231852023-241622024-25178
Students enrolled at Early Childhood Center by school year2022-23: 185, 2023-24: 162, 2024-25: 1780501001502002022-231852023-241622024-25178
Students enrolled at Early Childhood Center by school year2022-23: 185, 2023-24: 162, 2024-25: 1780501001502002022-231852023-241622024-25178
Students enrolled at Early Childhood Center by school year2022-23: 185, 2023-24: 162, 2024-25: 1780501001502002022-231852023-241622024-25178
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231858.023.1
2023-2416210.016.2
2024-251787.025.4

25.4 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 85 of every 100 Illinois schools of this kind

Among the 102 Illinois schools of this kind that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 17.7; the national median for schools of this kind is 13.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, Illinois other schools, 2024-25102 values from 6.5 to 55.0; Early Childhood Center 25.4; state median 17.7.2 more above 40.0 →010203040students per full-time teacherEarly Childhood Center 25.4state median 17.7U.S. 13.8
Students per teacher, Illinois other schools, 2024-25102 values from 6.5 to 55.0; Early Childhood Center 25.4; state median 17.7.2 more above 40.0 →010203040students per full-time teacherEarly Childhood Center 25.4state median 17.7U.S. 13.8
Students per teacher, Illinois other schools, 2024-25102 values from 6.5 to 55.0; Early Childhood Center 25.4; state median 17.7.2 more above 40.0 →010203040students per full-time teacherEarly Childhood Center 25.4state median 17.7U.S. 13.8
Students per teacher, Illinois other schools, 2024-25102 values from 6.5 to 55.0; Early Childhood Center 25.4; state median 17.7.2 more above 40.0 →010203040students per full-time teacherEarly Childhood Center 25.4state median 17.7U.S. 13.8

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

Programs and staff in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Early Childhood Center reported and reported no counselor; it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)0.0
  • Out-of-school suspensions0
  • Chronically absentnot reported for this school

Who attends

48.9% of students were Black, 45.5% Hispanic, 3.9% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. Black48.9%
  2. Hispanic45.5%
  3. Two or more races3.9%
  4. White1.1%
  5. Asian0.6%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

What to look at next about Early Childhood Center

  1. Grant PrimaryThe nearest public school of this kind, 2.0 miles away: 66 students, 22.0 per teacher (2024-25).2.0 mi
  2. Early ChildhoodThe next nearest public school of this kind, 3.3 miles away: 271 students, 15.1 per teacher (2024-25).3.3 mi
  3. Compare Early Childhood Center with Grant PrimaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Bellwood SD 88 spends per student$20,709 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$20,709
  5. The largest public schools in IllinoisEarly Childhood Center is the number 59 by size of 109 Illinois schools of this kind open in 2024-25.#59 of 109
  6. Illinois schools by students per teacher25.4 students per teacher here against the Illinois median of 17.7 for schools of this kind.25.4:1
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Early Childhood Center

  1. How many students attend Early Childhood Center?
    178 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 185 in 2022-23. It is a public school in Bellwood, IL.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Early Childhood Center?
    25.4 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Illinois median for schools of this kind is 17.7. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Early Childhood Center a Title I school?
    Early Childhood Center ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. What district is Early Childhood Center in?
    Bellwood SD 88, NCES district ID 1705760. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 170576006018 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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