Elementary · Illinois
Porta Central
Porta Central, a public elementary school in Petersburg, Illinois: grades 3–6, 288 students, 12.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Porta CUSD 202.
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
- 288
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.5
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- Grades
- 3–6
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 75% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 68% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared
Smaller than 75% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades 3–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- Porta CUSD 202
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Porta CUSD 202.
Location
- Address
- 1500 Owen Ave, Petersburg, IL 62675
- Phone
- (217)632-7781
- City or town
- Petersburg
- County
- Menard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–2 | 335 | 12.8 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 117 | 10.2 | |
| Pre-K–3 | 334 | 13.1 | |
| Pre-K–4 | 485 | 14.4 | |
Illini Central Grade SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 264 | 10.1 |
| Pre-K–4 | 129 | 8.4 |
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).
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NCES 173141004796