IllinoisSchoolsBethel Grade School

Bethel Grade School

PublicRegular
Mount Vernon, Illinois · Bethel SD 82
Teachers13.0FTE
Ratio11.2:1students per teacher
Students145enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students145
Grade Span
Student:Teacher11.2:1
Free/Reduced Lunch73%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
5.4%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
13
0.0%vs prior yr
Enrollment
154
6.2%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

10.9:111.8:112.8:113.8:114.8:115.7:12020202120222023202411.3:111.4:111.2:111.8:1Bethel Grade SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

1421521621711811911313131414142020202120222023202418815816014515414141313EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment188158160145154
Teacher FTE14141313
Pupil : Teacher ratio11.3:111.4:111.2:111.8:115.4:1

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.