Enrollment
195
Illinois · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Marseilles, IL
Milton Pope Elem School
Federal NCES profile for Milton Pope Elem School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 50/100.
2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 172625002795
👥 S:T ratio 44
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 74
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Milton Pope Elem School earns 50/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Illinois median. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Illinois schools.
- 50
- Resource Index · Higher
- 13.9:1
- students per teacher
- 195
- students enrolled
Milton Pope Elem School has class sizes near the Illinois median. Computed live against every Illinois school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Miller Twp Ccsd 210 · Illinois
NCES ID 172625002795 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
14.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
13.9:1
vs 14:1 Illinois avg
-1% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Milton Pope Elem School compares with Illinois and U.S. medians
What stands out at Milton Pope Elem School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Milton Pope Elem School is neither an extreme outlier in enrollment nor in student-teacher ratio among Illinois schools. Its profile therefore turns on the other dimensions rather than on scale alone: economic need, counselor coverage, program access, attendance, and district finance. This middle placement is useful because it prevents the campus from being mislabeled as unusually large, small, crowded, or teacher-dense when the federal comparison does not support that claim.
Student support operates inside a leaner district budget
Milton Pope Elem School's district reports $12,450 in per-pupil expenditure, at least 15% below the Illinois average of $17,042. That district-wide constraint gives the campus-level support fields added meaning: counselor loads, specialist staffing, and program access are being reported within a comparatively lean spending environment. F-33 does not publish this school's own budget, so the comparison describes district context rather than dollars assigned to this building.
Milton Pope Elem School is a mid-sized elementary school in Marseilles, Illinois, enrolling 195 students.
At 13.9:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the Illinois median, within a few percentage points of the 14:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.
Enrollment of 195 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 (93% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 13/100).
10.3% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
The surrounding Miller Twp Ccsd 210 spends $12,450 per pupil, 27% below the Illinois average, a leaner-resourced district than most.
Miller Twp Ccsd 210 operates only this one school, so Milton Pope Elem 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 Milton Pope Elem School compares
Milton Pope Elem 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 | 13.9:1 | ▼ 1% | 14:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 195 | top 82% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
13.9:1
Leaner classes than 58% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
195
Bigger than 19% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
13.9:1
students per teacher
- 1% below state mean
Top 55% in Illinois - lower ratio than 45% of state schools
Close to the 15:1 benchmark most often cited for individualized attention.
Engagement
10.3%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$12,450
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 + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.5 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 93.3%
Hispanic or Latino 5.6%
Two or More 1.0%
Largest group: White at 93.3% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 12.6/100
Simpson diversity index - at 12.6, Milton Pope Elem School is less mixed than the Illinois school average of 38.9.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Miller Twp Ccsd 210, which includes Milton Pope Elem School.
$12,450
Per student
-27%
vs Illinois
Avg $17,042
-25%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 71.1%
State 15.7%
Federal 13.1%
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 elementary 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.
Similar enrollment (~195 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~13.9:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Milton Pope Elem School
How many students attend Milton Pope Elem School?
Milton Pope Elem School has 195 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Marseilles, IL.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Milton Pope Elem School?
The student-teacher ratio at Milton Pope Elem School is 13.9:1, which is 1% lower than the Illinois average of 14:1 and 11% 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 Milton Pope Elem School?
The largest demographic group at Milton Pope Elem School is White at 93.3% of enrollment, in Marseilles, IL.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Milton Pope Elem School?
Milton Pope Elem School has a Resource Investment Index of 50/100 (higher 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 Miller Twp Ccsd 210?
None reported; Miller Twp Ccsd 210 operates only Milton Pope Elem School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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