Alden Hebron Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (22).
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Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 27 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.2% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.3% | 25.9% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
Schools most like Alden Hebron Elementary School
Alden Hebron Elementary School's state test result (54.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alden Hebron Elementary School this school | 210 | 37.1% | 54.6% |
| Montmorency CCSD #145 Rock Falls | 209 | 37.8% | 44.1% |
| Prairie View Elementary School Sandwich | 221 | 37.1% | 63.5% |
| Pearl City Elementary School Pearl City | 213 | 39.9% | 40.3% |
| Southside School Morrison | 200 | 37.5% | 47.8% |
| New Baden Elementary School New Baden | 246 | 40.7% | 70.0% |
Where Alden Hebron Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #451 of 1,925 | #14 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #586 of 2,077 ▲ 366 | #16 of 44 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #672 of 2,077 ▼ 328 | #22 of 44 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 210 | #2,012 of 2,419 | #49 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #215 of 2,035 | #5 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.2% | #1,415 of 2,042 | #48 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #1,616 of 2,132 | #22 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #1,298 of 1,461 | #24 of 31 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 210 | 19.8 | 10.6:1 | 37% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 233 | 21.1 | 11.1:1 | 39% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 21.3 | 11.1:1 | 36% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 190 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 217 | 16.8 | 12.9:1 | 48% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 227 | 17 | 13.3:1 | 43% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 222 | 14 | 15.9:1 | 19% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 253 | 16 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 241 | 11 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (217 to 210); teachers up 18% (16.8 to 19.8).
About Alden Hebron Elementary School
Federal records list Alden Hebron Elementary School as an elementary school in Hebron, Illinois. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 210 students. It has 45% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Alden Hebron SD 19 is made up of 3 schools with 421 students in all.
The share of students at Alden Hebron Elementary School who are White is 82%. Other groups make up 17% Hispanic. McHenry County residents are about 80% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 29% means there is a 29% chance two randomly chosen students at Alden Hebron Elementary School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Alden Hebron Elementary School totals 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Alden Hebron Elementary School is about 37%. Public schools in McHenry County average a similar 35%.
A school with Alden Hebron Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 50.1%. Alden Hebron Elementary School scores 54.6%, 4.5 points above that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for McHenry County show that the median household earns about $104,802 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. McHenry County has 89 public schools with about 50,123 students, including Alden Hebron Elementary School.
Alden-Hebron Middle School is about 0.1 miles from Alden Hebron Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Alden Hebron Elementary School holds 2 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 48.7%, lower than Alden Hebron Elementary School's 54.6%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
In 2020-21, Alden Hebron Elementary School enrolled 190 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 210.
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