IllinoisSchoolsOkaw Valley Elementary School

Okaw Valley Elementary School

PublicRegular
Bethany, Illinois · Okaw Valley CUSD 302
Teachers16.0FTE
Ratio10.6:1students per teacher
Students169enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students169
Grade Span
Student:Teacher10.6:1
Free/Reduced Lunch62%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Pupil : Teacher Ratio
11.3:1
(2024)
6.6%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
15
(2024)
6.3%vs prior yr
Enrollment
170
(2024)
0.6%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

10.2:111.3:112.4:113.6:114.7:115.8:12020202120222023202413.6:110.9:110.6:111.3:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:1This schoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

1671721771821871921414151516162020202120222023202418919017516917014161615EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment189190175169170
Teacher FTE14161615
Pupil : Teacher ratio13.6:110.9:110.6:111.3:115.4:1

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.