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Altamont Grade School

Serves grades PK - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
407 S Edwards St
Altamont, IL 62411
Phone
(618) 483-5171
District
ALTAMONT CUSD 10
County
EFFINGHAM COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
473
Classroom Teachers
34

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

7

(10 is best)

Better than 60.8% of all IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Altamont Grade School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

40 30 20 10 0
30%
26%
36%
29%
23%
22%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
13
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 16 3.4%
Kindergarten 62 13.1%
Grade 1 51 10.8%
Grade 2 45 9.5%
Grade 3 38 8.0%
Grade 4 57 12.1%
Grade 5 47 9.9%
Grade 6 63 13.3%
Grade 7 41 8.7%
Grade 8 53 11.2%
Total 473 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 96.8% 96.8% 48.7%
Black 0.6% 0.8% 17.3%
Hispanic 2.2% 2.1% 28.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.3% 5.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 4,622 12,582,032
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 38.2 226
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.2% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.8% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.3% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.8% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 22.8% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,006 4,968,761
Single Parent Households With Children 6.1% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.9% 90.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 17.3% 36.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.0% 21.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.9% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.1% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.7% 15.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.2% 13.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.9% 10.3%
$15,000 or less 11.3% 8.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,415 $4,240,315 49.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $424 $280,264 3.2%
Staff $496 $327,856 3.8%
General Administration $861 $569,121 6.6%
School Administration $853 $563,833 6.5%
Operation $1,100 $727,100 8.4%
Transportation $700 $462,700 5.4%
Other $148 $97,828 1.1%
Total Support $4,582 $3,028,702 35.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,039 $1,347,779 15.6%
Total Expenditures $13,036 $8,616,796 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,818 $20,214,612,291 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,311 $2,449,080,202 6.3%
Staff $673 $1,256,727,156 3.2%
General Administration $673 $1,256,749,375 3.2%
School Administration $942 $1,760,657,749 4.5%
Operation $1,431 $2,672,969,408 6.9%
Transportation $748 $1,398,114,051 3.6%
Other $736 $1,376,105,992 3.5%
Total Support $6,513 $12,170,558,501 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,424 $6,398,727,407 16.5%
Total Expenditures $20,756 $38,783,883,293 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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