Is Carruthers Elementary School a good school?

Carruthers Elementary School ranks 1410 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Carruthers Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 406 students attended Carruthers Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Carruthers Elementary School?

Students at Carruthers Elementary School are 66% White, 16% African American, 10% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Carruthers Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Carruthers Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Murphysboro Middle School High : Murphysboro High School

Carruthers Elementary School

Summary:

Carruthers Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Murphysboro, Illinois, serving grades 3-5 with a total enrollment of 406 students. The school is part of the Murphysboro CUSD 186 district, which is ranked 725 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Carruthers Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with significantly below-average performance on standardized tests in English Language Arts and Mathematics. In 2023-2024, only 19.5% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 41.2%, and only 18.8% were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state average of 28.4%. The school's performance is also below the district average, with Murphysboro CUSD 186 scoring 18% proficient or better in ELA and 14.1% in Mathematics. However, the school's performance on the Illinois Science Assessment is better, with 59.1% of students proficient or better, compared to the state average of 53.2%. Carruthers Elementary School has also experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 9.1% in 2019-2020 to 28.5% in 2023-2024, which is much higher than the state average.

Compared to nearby schools, Carruthers Elementary School's performance is generally lower. For example, Tri-C Elementary School in Carterville has significantly higher proficiency rates in ELA (53.8%) and Mathematics (53.8%), and Giant City Elementary School in Carbondale also outperforms Carruthers Elementary School, with 57.4% proficient or better in ELA and 49.3% in Mathematics. The school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 99.51% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, may be a contributing factor to these challenges.

Detail:

Public 3-5

80 Candy Ln
Murphysboro, IL 62966-2953

(618) 687-3231

District: Murphysboro CUSD 186

SchoolDigger Rank:
1410^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,522

Students who attend Carruthers Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Murphysboro Middle School
High:	Murphysboro High School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.6

Number of students: 406

Racial breakdown:

White:

66.3%

African American:

15.8%

Two or more races:

9.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 99.5%

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Performance Trends

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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 29.64. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Carruthers Elementary School is $14,522.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Carruthers Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Carruthers Elementary School 1410^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Carruthers Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Murphysboro CUSD 186:

SchoolDigger ranks Murphysboro CUSD 186 725^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Carruthers Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Carruthers Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	67.78	786^th	2020	61.1%
2004	79.22	364^th	2030	82.1%
2005	72.19	606^th	2022	70.0%
2006	48.71	1328^th	2086	36.3%
2007	54.28	1220^th	2095	41.8%
2008	41.85	1424^th	2092	31.9%
2009	50.35	1270^th	2120	40.1%
2010	64.91	914^th	2139	57.3%
2011	56.58	1139^th	2147	46.9%
2012	51.27	1265^th	2166	41.6%
2013	42.45	1340^th	2167	38.2%
2014	39.28	1333^rd	2093	36.3%
2015	28.66	1453^rd	2052	29.2%
2016	22.69	1623^rd	2046	20.7%
2017	24.69	1559^th	2044	23.7%
2018	26.28	1512^th	2037	25.8%
2019	27.30	1521^st	2086	27.1%
2021	25.53	1401^st	1948	28.1%
2022	31.71	1353^rd	2082	35.0%
2023	31.55	1359^th	2077	34.6%
2024	29.64	1410^th	2067	31.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Carruthers Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	28.86	58^th	78	25.6%
2019	33.14	57^th	89	36.0%
2021	28.01	25^th	40	37.5%
2022	32.46	51^st	95	46.3%
2023	26.65	65^th	93	30.1%
2024	25.20	64^th	93	31.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Carruthers Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.32	633^rd	763	17.0%
2019	19.89	1138^th	1194	4.7%
2021	20.20	608^th	640	5.0%
2022	26.54	870^th	1113	21.8%
2023	19.74	1066^th	1156	7.8%
2024	17.81	1124^th	1195	5.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Carruthers Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	45.36	917^th	1765	48.0%
2019	48.03	888^th	1816	51.1%
2021	46.65	700^th	1514	53.8%
2022	53.20	702^nd	1763	60.2%
2023	52.38	755^th	1808	58.2%
2024	48.88	827^th	1793	53.9%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Carruthers Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	40.18	20^th	36	44.4%
2023	37.31	20^th	30	33.3%
2024	35.02	34^th	52	34.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Carruthers Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.98	1490^th	1964	24.1%
2019	24.90	1547^th	2019	23.4%
2021	21.69	1335^th	1680	20.5%
2022	30.76	1303^rd	1970	33.9%
2023	31.53	1284^th	1957	34.4%
2024	31.66	1281^st	1942	34.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Carruthers Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	23.09	779^th	907	14.1%
2024	22.41	785^th	886	11.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Carruthers Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.65	1389^th	1972	29.6%
2019	30.63	1386^th	2019	31.4%
2021	26.09	1233^rd	1707	27.8%
2022	32.97	1248^th	1977	36.9%
2023	31.25	1291^st	1984	34.9%
2024	27.59	1382^nd	1959	29.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Carruthers Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.95	627^th	698	10.2%
2019	22.59	644^th	711	9.4%
2021	29.47	336^th	428	21.5%
2022	31.12	489^th	684	28.5%
2023	25.94	580^th	692	16.2%
2024	27.29	530^th	655	19.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Carruthers Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	34.43	619^th	938	34.0%
2022	39.52	555^th	954	41.8%
2023	53.30	367^th	970	62.2%
2024	63.13	249^th	959	74.0%

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Rank History for White students at Carruthers Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	17.43	1302^nd	1463	11.0%
2019	16.49	1303^rd	1462	10.9%
2021	15.07	1211^th	1308	7.4%
2022	17.35	1270^th	1425	10.9%
2023	19.02	1225^th	1419	13.7%
2024	16.70	1239^th	1392	11.0%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Carruthers Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	418	60	5	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	486
1989	412	73	6	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	493
1990	425	75	5	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	512
1991	412	85	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	498
1992	487	110	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	598
1993	456	119	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	579
1994	454	110	1	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	569
1995	419	103	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	523
1996	419	103	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	523
1997	402	108	0	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	527
1998	398	102	2	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	518
1999	358	118	0	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	494
2000	339	91	5	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	452
2001	345	87	2	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	451
2002	233	93	2	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	350
2003	233	93	2	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	350
2004	246	78	1	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	348
2005	296	89	2	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	409
2006	282	79	2	14	1	n/a	n/a	13	391
2007	317	78	1	20	2	n/a	n/a	21	439
2008	299	70	1	20	0	n/a	n/a	18	408
2009	327	73	1	30	1	n/a	n/a	38	470
2010	360	71	1	35	2	n/a	n/a	38	507
2011	339	78	0	38	2	0	35	0	492
2012	352	89	1	42	2	0	43	0	529
2013	303	87	1	37	1	0	31	0	460
2014	271	75	1	38	1	0	27	0	413
2015	270	75	1	44	1	0	35	0	426
2016	271	91	1	41	1	0	37	0	442
2017	295	88	1	25	0	0	43	0	452
2018	307	80	1	30	2	0	40	0	460
2019	314	70	0	27	0	0	31	0	442
2020	315	58	0	28	0	0	33	0	434
2021	254	62	0	26	0	0	38	0	380
2022	270	57	0	29	0	0	38	0	394
2023	269	64	1	33	0	0	39	0	406

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Carruthers Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	486	21.0	23.1	n/a
1989	493	20.0	24.6	n/a
1990	512	20.0	25.6	n/a
1991	498	21.0	23.7	n/a
1992	598	23.0	26.0	n/a
1993	579	24.0	24.1	n/a
1994	569	25.0	22.8	n/a
1995	523	21.0	24.9	n/a
1996	523	21.0	24.9	n/a
1997	527	19.1	27.6	n/a
1998	518	19.0	27.3	n/a
1999	494	21.0	23.5	n/a
2000	452	23.0	19.7	n/a
2001	451	22.0	20.5	n/a
2002	350	21.0	16.7	73.1
2003	350	21.0	16.7	73.1
2004	348	18.5	18.8	68.1
2005	409	23.0	17.8	71.1
2006	391	21.5	18.2	70.4
2007	439	22.0	20.0	70.1
2008	408	19.0	21.5	80.3
2009	470	27.2	17.3	81.7
2010	507	28.0	18.1	72.5
2011	492	26.0	18.9	74.8
2012	529	28.0	18.8	72.2
2013	460	28.0	16.4	60.2
2014	413	29.0	14.2	98.5
2015	426	26.0	16.3	98.4
2016	442	27.0	16.3	100
2017	452	28.0	16.1	99.3
2018	460	31.0	14.8	99.8
2019	442	32.7	13.4	97.7
2020	434	42.5	10.2	99.5
2021	380	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	394	34.0	11.5	94.7
2023	406	32.0	12.6	99.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Carruthers Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	486	21.0	23.1	n/a
1989	493	20.0	24.6	n/a
1990	512	20.0	25.6	n/a
1991	498	21.0	23.7	n/a
1992	598	23.0	26.0	n/a
1993	579	24.0	24.1	n/a
1994	569	25.0	22.8	n/a
1995	523	21.0	24.9	n/a
1996	523	21.0	24.9	n/a
1997	527	19.1	27.6	n/a
1998	518	19.0	27.3	n/a
1999	494	21.0	23.5	n/a
2000	452	23.0	19.7	n/a
2001	451	22.0	20.5	n/a
2002	350	21.0	16.7	73.1
2003	350	21.0	16.7	73.1
2004	348	18.5	18.8	68.1
2005	409	23.0	17.8	71.1
2006	391	21.5	18.2	70.4
2007	439	22.0	20.0	70.1
2008	408	19.0	21.5	80.3
2009	470	27.2	17.3	81.7
2010	507	28.0	18.1	72.5
2011	492	26.0	18.9	74.8
2012	529	28.0	18.8	72.2
2013	460	28.0	16.4	60.2
2014	413	29.0	14.2	98.5
2015	426	26.0	16.3	98.4
2016	442	27.0	16.3	100
2017	452	28.0	16.1	99.3
2018	460	31.0	14.8	99.8
2019	442	32.7	13.4	97.7
2020	434	42.5	10.2	99.5
2021	380	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	394	34.0	11.5	94.7
2023	406	32.0	12.6	99.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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