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Elementary · Regular · Grades 2 to 5

Central Grade School, Effingham, IL

CEP schoolCentral Grade School is a public elementary school in Effingham, part of Effingham CUSD 40. It enrolled 547 students in 2024-25, with 13.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
547
Teachers (FTE)
42.0
Students per teacher
13.0
Grades
2 to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 13.0. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.0
District13.0
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
3901 S Banker St., Effingham, IL 62401
Phone
(217)540-1400
District
Effingham CUSD 40
County
Effingham County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
171356002291
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
25947.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Effingham CUSD 40

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.