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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

New Boston Elementary School, New Boston, IL

CEP schoolNew Boston Elementary School is a public elementary school in New Boston, part of Mercer County School District 404. It enrolled 165 students in 2024-25, with 8.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "New Boston Elem School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
165
Teachers (FTE)
20.0
Students per teacher
8.2
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 3.6 lower than the district figure of 11.8. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school8.2
District11.8
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
301 Jefferson St, New Boston, IL 61272
Phone
(309)587-8141
District
Mercer County School District 404
County
Mercer County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Remote
NCES school ID
170139504196
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
10463.0% 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 Mercer County School District 404

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.