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Thomas Paine Elementary School, Urbana, IL

CEP schoolThomas Paine Elementary School is a public elementary school in Urbana, part of Urbana SD 116. It enrolled 324 students in 2024-25, with 9.3 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Thomas Paine Elem School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
324
Teachers (FTE)
35.0
Students per teacher
9.3
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 2.8 lower than the district figure of 12.1. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school9.3
District12.1
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
1801 James Cherry Dr, Urbana, IL 61802
Phone
(217)384-3602
District
Urbana SD 116
County
Champaign County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
173996004014
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
23371.9% 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 Urbana SD 116

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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.