Elementary · Illinois
Carruthers Elementary School
Free meals for allCarruthers Elementary School, a public elementary school in Murphysboro, Illinois: grades 3–5, 426 students, 14.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Murphysboro CUSD 186.
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
- 426
- Teachers (FTE)
- 29.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.7
- Grades
- 3–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 75% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared
More students per teacher than 51% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 63% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared
Larger than 52% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades 3–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant town
- Run by
- Murphysboro CUSD 186
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Murphysboro CUSD 186.
Location
- Address
- 80 Candy Ln, Murphysboro, IL 62966
- Phone
- (618)687-3231
- City or town
- Murphysboro
- County
- Jackson County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Gen John A Logan Attendance CntrFree meals for all | K–2 | 400 | 11.8 |
Parrish Elem SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–1 | 466 | 14.7 |
DeSoto Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 198 | 10.4 |
Thomas Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 2–3 | 400 | 13.8 |
Elverado Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 75 | 9.6 |
Lewis SchoolFree meals for all | 4–5 | 325 | 13.4 |
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).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.
NCES 172761005285