IllinoisSchoolsEarly Step Pre-School

Early Step Pre-School

PublicRegular
Fulton, Illinois · River Bend CUSD 2
Teachers2.0FTE
Ratio19.5:1students per teacher
Students39enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students39
Grade Span
Student:Teacher19.5:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
Title INo
SectorPublic
Pupil : Teacher Ratio
21.7:1
(2024)
11%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
3
(2024)
50%vs prior yr
Enrollment
65
(2024)
67%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselor : Pupils
ASCA max 1:250
Nurse : Pupils
NASN max 1:750
Psychologist : Pupils
NASP max 1:500
Social Worker : Pupils
SSWAA max 1:250

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

14.6:116.9:119.1:121.3:123.5:125.8:12020202120222023202422.5:125.0:119.5:121.7:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:1Early Step Pre-SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

3743495561672223332020202120222023202448455039652223EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment4845503965
Teacher FTE2223
Pupil : Teacher ratio22.5:125.0:119.5:121.7:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.