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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 300·NCES 170855004800
Algonquin Lakes Elementary School
1401 Compton Dr, Algonquin, IL 60102 · (847) 532-7500 · Kane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
237 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
60.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.8pp since 2023
Math
59.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.8% | 59.3% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 44.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Algonquin Lakes Elementary School
Algonquin Lakes Elementary School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algonquin Lakes Elementary School this school | 408 | 58.1% | 56.0% |
| Columbus Manor Elementary School Oak Lawn | 359 | 57.1% | 60.2% |
| Mary Endres Elementary School Woodstock | 431 | 55.9% | 47.3% |
| Westfield School Winthrop Harbor | 346 | 55.8% | 35.1% |
| Harnew Elementary School Oak Lawn | 512 | 60.4% | 48.6% |
| Ridge Central Elementary School Chicago Ridge | 508 | 54.3% | 32.9% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Algonquin Lakes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #420 of 1,925 | #21 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #428 of 2,077 ▲ 20 | #23 of 83 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #654 of 2,077 ▼ 75 | #31 of 83 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #963 of 2,419 | #58 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #854 of 2,035 | #22 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #466 of 2,042 | #11 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.1% | #1,064 of 2,132 | #35 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #882 of 1,461 | #28 of 51 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
408
+23 (+6%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 591
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 408 | 31.7 | 12.9:1 | 58% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 30.8 | 12.8:1 | 51% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 32 | 12.9:1 | 47% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 30.4 | 15.0:1 | 38% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 31% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | 31 | 19.1:1 | 27% (159) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Algonquin Lakes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (457 to 408); teachers up 4% (30.4 to 31.7).
About Algonquin Lakes Elementary School
At 1401 Compton Dr in Algonquin, Illinois, Algonquin Lakes Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 408 students enrolled.
CUSD 300 enrolls 20,705 students, and its 27 schools include Algonquin Lakes Elementary School.
Enrollment at Algonquin Lakes Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 44%. The rest of enrollment is 42% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Kane County's population at about 58%. The chance that two students picked at random at Algonquin Lakes Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
Algonquin Lakes Elementary School employs 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. Algonquin Lakes Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 58%. That is 10 points above the 48% average for public schools in Kane County.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 38.0% for Algonquin Lakes Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 56.0%. The 18.0-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Kane County show that median household income is about $103,163, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Algonquin Lakes Elementary School is one of 167 public schools in Kane County, which together enroll about 87,252 students.
Eastview Elementary School is the public school closest to Algonquin Lakes Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Algonquin Lakes Elementary School ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 6%, from 385 to 408.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 300
- Dundee-Crown High SchoolHigh · 2,573 students
- Harry D Jacobs High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Hampshire High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Westfield Community SchoolElementary · 1,287 students
- Dundee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,144 students
- Carpentersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
Other schools in Algonquin
- Harry D Jacobs High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Westfield Community SchoolElementary · 1,287 students
- Heineman Middle SchoolMiddle · 724 students
- Conley Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- Mackeben Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Kenneth E Neubert Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
Nearby schools
- Eastview Elementary School0.8 mi · 401
- Algonquin Middle School0.8 mi · 370
- Perry Elementary School1.0 mi · 278
- Dundee-Crown High School1.1 mi · 2,573
- Sunny Hill Elementary School1.6 mi · 245
- Meadowdale Elementary School1.9 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About Algonquin Lakes Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Algonquin Lakes Elementary School?
Algonquin Lakes Elementary School enrolls approximately 408 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Algonquin Lakes Elementary School serve?
Algonquin Lakes Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Algonquin Lakes Elementary School have?
Algonquin Lakes Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
How diverse is Algonquin Lakes Elementary School?
Algonquin Lakes Elementary School reports a student body of 44% White, 42% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Algonquin Lakes Elementary School?
Algonquin Lakes Elementary School is overseen by CUSD 300 in Kane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.