# Pershing Early Learning Center

*Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/pershing-early-learning-center-decatur/llm*

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/pershing-early-learning-center-decatur

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `171185005582`
- **School name**: Pershing Early Learning Center
- **Location**: Decatur, IL 62523
- **Address**: 300 E Eldorado St
- **District**: Decatur SD 61 (LEAID `1711850`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **Coordinates**: 39.87506, -88.97501
- **Phone**: (217)362-3301

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 416
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 16
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 26.0:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 81.5%

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.0%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 5.4%
- **Black/African American**: 1.0%
- **Asian**: 42.9%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 34.1%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.0%
- **Two or more races**: 16.6%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 67.5%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 49.3% — 223 students


## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $19,470
- **Federal share**: $1,191
- **State + local share**: $18,279
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $19,130,993
- **Federal share**: 21.4%
- **State share**: 43.3%
- **Local share**: 35.3%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $6,898,547

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $41,951
- **Poverty rate**: 11.4%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 7.1%
- **Unemployment**: 0.0%
- **Median gross rent**: $832
- **Foreign-born residents**: 0.0%
- **Single-parent households**: 17.5%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 28.8 miles (CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 25
- **Nearest brownfield**: 1.07 miles (FORMER K S MERCHANDISE DEPARTMENT STORE)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: DECATUR
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2023-10-01

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 7.55308 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 2.7 miles

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/pershing-early-learning-center-decatur
- **Performance**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/pershing-early-learning-center-decatur/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/pershing-early-learning-center-decatur/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/pershing-early-learning-center-decatur/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/pershing-early-learning-center-decatur/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/pershing-early-learning-center-decatur/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/pershing-early-learning-center-decatur/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/pershing-early-learning-center-decatur/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/pershing-early-learning-center-decatur/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/pershing-early-learning-center-decatur/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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