Other / mixed grade configuration · Alexis, IL

United Elem Sch - North

Federal NCES profile for United Elem Sch - North, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 44/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 170032105609
0/100100/10044/100
👥 S:T ratio
61
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
42
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

United Elem Sch - North earns 44/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 91% of Illinois schools.

44
Resource Index · Typical
9.8:1
small classes for Illinois
186
students enrolled

United Elem Sch - North has class sizes smaller than 91% of Illinois schools. Computed live against every Illinois school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

186

Illinois · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

19.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

9.8:1

vs 14:1 Illinois avg

-30% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How United Elem Sch - North compares with Illinois and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:19.8:1

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

What stands out at United Elem Sch - North

United Elem Sch - North is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Alexis, Illinois, enrolling 186 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 9.8:1, United Elem Sch - North is leaner than roughly 91% of Illinois schools and 30% under the state's 14:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

Enrollment of 186 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 (84% of enrollment) (diversity index 28/100).

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 23.1% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

United Cusd 304 also operates United High School (445 students) and United Jr High Sch (210 students) alongside United Elem Sch - North.

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 United Elem Sch - North compares

United Elem Sch - North on the metrics families compare, against Illinois and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Illinois Illinois avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 9.8:1 ▼ 30% 14:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 186 top 84% - -

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

9.8:1
Leaner classes than 90% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
186
Bigger than 18% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
9.8:1
students per teacher - 30% below state mean
Top 9% in Illinois - lower ratio than 91% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
23.1%
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
$15,880
per pupil, district-wide - below Illinois avg of $17,042
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
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 84.4%
Hispanic or Latino 7.0%
Two or More 4.3%
African American 3.8%
Asian 0.5%

Largest group: White at 84.4% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 27.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 27.9, United Elem Sch - North is less mixed than the Illinois school average of 38.9.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for United Cusd 304, which includes United Elem Sch - North.

$15,880
Per student
-7%
vs Illinois
Avg $17,042
-4%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 65.4%
State 28.8%
Federal 5.9%

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.

How United Elem Sch - North Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
United High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
United Jr High Sch Similar size No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
United Elem Sch - West Similar size No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to United Elem Sch - North's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

United Cusd 304 · 3 sibling schools

View district profile

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 United Elem Sch - North'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 United Elem Sch - North

How many students attend United Elem Sch - North?

United Elem Sch - North has 186 students enrolled. It is a public school in Alexis, IL.

What is the student-teacher ratio at United Elem Sch - North?

The student-teacher ratio at United Elem Sch - North is 9.8:1, which is 30% lower than the Illinois average of 14:1 and 38% 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 United Elem Sch - North?

The largest demographic group at United Elem Sch - North is White at 84.4% of enrollment, in Alexis, IL.

What is the Resource Investment Index for United Elem Sch - North?

United Elem Sch - North has a Resource Investment Index of 44/100 (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 United Elem Sch - North a good school?

United Elem Sch - North earns 44/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 91% of 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 United Cusd 304?

Besides United Elem Sch - North, United Cusd 304 also operates United High School (445 students), United Jr High Sch (210 students), and United Elem Sch - West (179 students). See the United Cusd 304 district page for the complete list.

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.

All federal data sources used on this page

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