Elementary · Illinois

Blackstone Elem School

Free meals for all

Blackstone Elem School, a public elementary school in Mendota, Illinois: grades k–1, 197 students, 11.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Mendota CCSD 289.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 197
Teachers (FTE): 17.0
Students per teacher: 11.6
Grades: K–1; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 73% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 82% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 86% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared

Smaller than 88% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–1
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant town
Run by: Mendota CCSD 289

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Mendota CCSD 289.

Location

Address: 1309 Jefferson St, Mendota, IL 61342
Phone: (815)539-6888
City or town: Mendota
County: LaSalle County

Website Quality of life in Mendota Schools in Mendota

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Lincoln Elem SchoolFree meals for all	2–4	319	11.8	0.9 mi
Allen School School	K–6	96	10.2	7.9 mi
Dimmick Comm Cons SD 175	Pre-K–8	153	12.0	9.5 mi
Earlville Elem SchoolFree meals for all	K–8	253	10.1	10.9 mi
Paw Paw Elem School	K–5	87	9.2	12.6 mi
Ladd Comm Cons Sch	Pre-K–8	183	11.2	12.6 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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