Other / mixed grade configuration · Texico, IL

Field Elementary School

Federal NCES profile for Field Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 42/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 171509001833
0/100100/10042/100
👥 S:T ratio
56
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
41
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Field Elementary School earns 42/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 81% of Illinois schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Illinois schools.

42
Resource Index · Typical
11.1:1
small classes for Illinois
233
students enrolled

Field Elementary School has class sizes smaller than 81% of Illinois schools. Computed live against every Illinois school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

233

Illinois · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

21.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

11.1:1

vs 14:1 Illinois avg

-21% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Field Elementary School compares with Illinois and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:111.1:1

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

What stands out at Field Elementary School

Field Elementary School is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Texico, Illinois, enrolling 233 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 11.1:1 puts it in the smaller third of Illinois schools by student-teacher ratio.

Enrollment of 233 puts it in the smaller third of Illinois schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 3,845 scored Illinois schools.

Its student body is predominantly White (94% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 11/100).

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 23.6% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

The surrounding Field Ccsd 3 spends $11,650 per pupil, 32% below the Illinois average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

Field Ccsd 3 operates only this one school, so Field Elementary 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 Field Elementary School compares

Field Elementary 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 11.1:1 ▼ 21% 14:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 233 top 76% - -

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

11.1:1
Leaner classes than 82% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
233
Bigger than 23% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
11.1:1
students per teacher - 21% below state mean
Top 19% in Illinois - lower ratio than 81% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
23.6%
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
$11,650
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 94.0%
Two or More 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino 1.3%
African American 0.4%

Largest group: White at 94.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 11.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 11.4, Field Elementary School is less mixed than the Illinois school average of 38.9.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Field Ccsd 3, which includes Field Elementary School.

$11,650
Per student
-32%
vs Illinois
Avg $17,042
-30%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 26.3%
State 63.1%
Federal 10.6%

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 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 Field Elementary 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 Field Elementary School

How many students attend Field Elementary School?

Field Elementary School has 233 students enrolled. It is a public school in Texico, IL.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Field Elementary School?

The student-teacher ratio at Field Elementary School is 11.1:1, which is 21% lower than the Illinois average of 14:1 and 29% 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 Field Elementary School?

The largest demographic group at Field Elementary School is White at 94.0% of enrollment, in Texico, IL.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Field Elementary School?

Field Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 42/100 (typical 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).

Is Field Elementary School a good school?

Field Elementary School earns 42/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller 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 Field Ccsd 3?

None reported; Field Ccsd 3 operates only Field Elementary 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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