Enrollment
239
Elementary
DISTRICT 207 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOX RIVER GROVE CONS SD 3·NCES 171566001878
Algonquin Road Elementary School
975 Algonquin Rd, Fox River Grove, IL 60021 · (847) 516-5101 · McHenry County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL239 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
57 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 14 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 12% larger than its 4th grade class (43).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Algonquin Road Elementary School→Fox River Grove Middle School
Based on grade levels within Fox River Grove Cons SD 3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
60.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.8pp since 2023
Math
54.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +21.5pp since 2023
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 54 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 54.1% |
| 2023-24 | 44.2% | 32.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
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 Road Elementary School
Algonquin Road Elementary School's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algonquin Road Elementary School this school | 239 | 23.8% | 52.4% |
| Lily Lake Grade School Maple Park | 275 | 24.0% | 67.5% |
| Emmons Grade School Antioch | 288 | 23.3% | 61.5% |
| Pleasant Lane Elementary School Lombard | 245 | 28.2% | 62.9% |
| Oak Knoll Early Childhood Center Cary | 316 | 25.0% | N/A |
| Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School Hinckley | 297 | 27.3% | 46.9% |
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 Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #518 of 1,925 | #18 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #560 of 2,077 ▲ 164 | #14 of 44 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #683 of 2,077 ▼ 23 | #23 of 44 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 239 | #1,885 of 2,419 | #48 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #987 of 2,035 | #27 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #1,113 of 2,042 | #35 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.8% | #1,887 of 2,132 | #41 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.7% | #216 of 615 | #4 of 16 |
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
239
+10 (+4%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 374
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 | 239 | 18 | 13.3:1 | 24% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 20 | 12.2:1 | 27% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 17.1 | 13.6:1 | 19% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 229 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 212 | 16.3 | 13.0:1 | 17% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 251 | 19 | 13.2:1 | 16% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 281 | 21 | 13.4:1 | 16% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 27 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 22 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Algonquin Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (212 to 239); teachers up 10% (16.3 to 18).
About Algonquin Road Elementary School
Located in Fox River Grove, Illinois, Algonquin Road Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school's 239 students are in pre-K through 4. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
The district for Algonquin Road Elementary School is Fox River Grove Cons SD 3, with 2 schools and 413 students.
White students make up a majority at Algonquin Road Elementary School, at 74%. The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Algonquin Road Elementary School's diversity index is 42%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 13.3 students per teacher and 18 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois fairly closely. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in McHenry County average 35%.
The allk12 Grade for Algonquin Road Elementary School is B-. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 57.8% at Algonquin Road Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.4%.
Census estimates describe McHenry County this way: the median household income is $104,802, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. In all, McHenry County has 89 public schools and roughly 50,123 students.
Nearby, Fox River Grove Middle School is about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 51.5% on proficiency, and Algonquin Road Elementary School is above that at 52.4%.
Algonquin Road Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Algonquin Road Elementary School's enrollment climbed 4%, to 239.
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McHenry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
312,591
Census ACS
Median income
$104,802
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fox River Grove Cons SD 3
- Fox River Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 174 students
Other schools in Fox River Grove
- Fox River Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 174 students
Nearby schools
- Fox River Grove Middle School0.9 mi · 174
- Briargate Elementary School1.7 mi · 400
- Oak Knoll Early Childhood Center1.7 mi · 316
- Three Oaks School2.1 mi · 443
- Cary-Grove Community High School2.3 mi · 1,348
- Cary Jr High School2.8 mi · 761
Frequently asked questions
About Algonquin Road Elementary SchoolHow large is Algonquin Road Elementary School?
Algonquin Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 239 students in grades PK-04.
Is Algonquin Road Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Algonquin Road Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Algonquin Road Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Algonquin Road Elementary School is approximately 13.3:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Algonquin Road Elementary School?
At Algonquin Road Elementary School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Algonquin Road Elementary School in?
Algonquin Road Elementary School is part of Fox River Grove Cons SD 3.
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