Carruthers Elementary School

Public 3-5

 80 Candy Ln
       Murphysboro, IL  62966-2953


(618) 687-3231

District: Murphysboro CUSD 186

SchoolDigger Rank:
1359th of 2,077 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,108 Help


Students who attend Carruthers Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Murphysboro Middle School
High:    Murphysboro High School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.6 Help
Number of students:  406

Racial breakdown:

White:
66.3%
African American:
15.8%
Two or more races:
9.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  99.5% Help


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Compare Details Carruthers Elementary School ranks worse than 65.4% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.55. (See more...)
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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.
Student Body
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Compare Details Carruthers Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Murphysboro CUSD 186 School District. Racial makeup is: White (66.3%), African American (15.8%), two or more races (9.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 99.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Murphysboro CUSD 186 School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Carruthers Elementary School is 12.6. 1 elementary schools in the Murphysboro CUSD 186 School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Carruthers Elementary School is $14,108. 1 elementary schools in the Murphysboro CUSD 186 School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Carruthers Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Carruthers Elementary School 1359th of 2077 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Carruthers Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Murphysboro CUSD 186:

SchoolDigger ranks Murphysboro CUSD 186 673rd of 823 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 SchoolDigger Rating
2003 67.78 786th 2020 61.1%
2004 79.22 364th 2030 82.1%
2005 72.19 606th 2022 70.0%
2006 48.71 1328th 2086 36.3%
2007 54.28 1220th 2095 41.8%
2008 41.85 1424th 2092 31.9%
2009 50.35 1270th 2120 40.1%
2010 64.91 914th 2139 57.3%
2011 56.58 1139th 2147 46.9%
2012 51.27 1265th 2166 41.6%
2013 42.45 1340th 2167 38.2%
2014 39.28 1333rd 2093 36.3%
2015 28.66 1453rd 2052 29.2%
2016 22.69 1623rd 2046 20.7%
2017 24.69 1559th 2044 23.7%
2018 26.28 1512th 2037 25.8%
2019 27.30 1521st 2086 27.1%
2021 25.53 1401st 1948 28.1%
2022 31.71 1353rd 2082 35.0%
2023 31.55 1359th 2077 34.6%
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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 SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.86 58th 78 25.6%
2019 33.14 57th 89 36.0%
2021 28.01 25th 40 37.5%
2022 32.46 51st 95 46.3%
2023 26.65 65th 93 30.1%
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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 SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.32 633rd 763 17.0%
2019 19.89 1138th 1194 4.7%
2021 20.20 608th 640 5.0%
2022 26.54 870th 1113 21.8%
2023 19.74 1066th 1156 7.8%
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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 SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.36 917th 1765 48.0%
2019 48.03 888th 1816 51.1%
2021 46.65 700th 1514 53.8%
2022 53.20 702nd 1763 60.2%
2023 52.38 755th 1808 58.2%
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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 SchoolDigger Rating
2022 40.18 20th 36 44.4%
2023 37.31 20th 30 33.3%
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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 SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.98 1490th 1964 24.1%
2019 24.90 1547th 2019 23.4%
2021 21.69 1335th 1680 20.5%
2022 30.76 1303rd 1970 33.9%
2023 31.53 1284th 1957 34.4%
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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 779th 907 14.1%
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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 SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.65 1389th 1972 29.6%
2019 30.63 1386th 2019 31.4%
2021 26.09 1233rd 1707 27.8%
2022 32.97 1248th 1977 36.9%
2023 31.25 1291st 1984 34.9%
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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 SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.95 627th 698 10.2%
2019 22.59 644th 711 9.4%
2021 29.47 336th 428 21.5%
2022 31.12 489th 684 28.5%
2023 25.94 580th 692 16.2%
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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 SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.43 619th 938 34.0%
2022 39.52 555th 954 41.8%
2023 53.30 367th 970 62.2%
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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 SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.43 1302nd 1463 11.0%
2019 16.49 1303rd 1462 10.9%
2021 15.07 1211th 1308 7.4%
2022 17.35 1270th 1425 10.9%
2023 19.02 1225th 1419 13.7%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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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.

Immunization Rates

Carruthers Elementary School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaVaricellaDTPHepatitis BPneumococcal
201597.9%98.6%98.6%98.6%98.3%97.9%
201698.2%98.0%98.0%98.0%97.8%98.0%0.2%0.0%
201798.7%98.7%98.7%98.7%99.1%98.3%
201898.6%97.6%97.6%97.6%97.6%98.6%
201998.2%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.7%
202198.7%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%98.5%98.5%
202299.5%99.5%99.5%99.5%99.5%99.5%99.5%
202398.0%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.3%100.0%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Carruthers Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,297 (12.1%) $9,414 (87.9%) $10,711
2020 $1,329 (11.9%) $9,851 (88.1%) $11,180
2021 $2,676 (20.0%) $10,674 (80.0%) $13,350
2022 $2,676 (20.0%) $10,674 (80.0%) $13,350
2023 $2,349 (16.7%) $11,759 (83.3%) $14,108

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Carruthers Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1521st of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1359th of 2077 Elementary schools
 7.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Carruthers Elementary School)13.823.8
 10%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Murphysboro CUSD 186)13.823.8
 10%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.428.8
 7.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Carruthers Elementary School)31.726
 5.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Murphysboro CUSD 186)31.726
 5.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Illinois)40.633
 7.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Carruthers Elementary School)2415.5
 8.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Murphysboro CUSD 186)2415.5
 8.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Carruthers Elementary School)20.516.3
 4.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Murphysboro CUSD 186)20.516.3
 4.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Carruthers Elementary School)17.713.8
 3.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Murphysboro CUSD 186)17.713.8
 3.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Carruthers Elementary School)14.19.2
 4.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Murphysboro CUSD 186)14.19.2
 4.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (Carruthers Elementary School)45.644.2
 1.4%
   5th Grade Science (Murphysboro CUSD 186)45.644.2
 1.4%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students442406
 8.1%
African American7064
 8.6%
American Indian00
Asian01
Hispanic2733
 22.2%
Pacific Islander00
White314269
 14.3%
Two or More Races3139
 25.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients97.7%99.5%
 1.8%


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Students who attend Carruthers Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Murphysboro Middle School
High : Murphysboro High School

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

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

Carruthers Elementary School ranks 1359th of 2077 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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