IllinoisSchoolsRalston Elem School

Ralston Elem School

PublicRegular
Machesney Park, Illinois · Harlem UD 122
Teachers19.0FTE
Ratio15.5:1students per teacher
Students294enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students294
Grade Span1–6
Student:Teacher15.5:1
Free/Reduced Lunch46%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
6.5%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
16
15.8%vs prior yr
Enrollment
232
21.1%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

14.4:114.7:114.9:115.1:115.3:115.6:12020202120222023202415.0:114.9:115.5:114.5:1Ralston Elem SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

2232502773043313581616171819192020202120222023202434928528429423219191916EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment349285284294232
Teacher FTE19191916
Pupil : Teacher ratio15.0:114.9:115.5:114.5:115.4:1

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.