Avon Center Elementary School
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 1 | 0% |
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 36.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.9% | 20.8% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Avon Center Elementary School
Avon Center Elementary School's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Center Elementary School this school | 361 | 53.7% | 38.2% |
| Willard Elementary School South Elgin | 370 | 55.4% | 38.9% |
| Centennial Elementary School Plano | 351 | 53.8% | 25.2% |
| P H Miller Elementary School Plano | 438 | 55.9% | N/A |
| North Elementary School Villa Park | 434 | 56.5% | 44.9% |
| Chase Elementary School Chicago | 415 | 54.0% | 39.9% |
Where Avon Center Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #981 of 1,925 | #37 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #1,084 of 2,077 ▲ 65 | #68 of 102 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #1,067 of 2,077 ▲ 37 | #63 of 102 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #1,200 of 2,419 | #78 of 121 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #568 of 2,035 | #49 of 114 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #694 of 2,042 | #42 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.7% | #1,200 of 2,132 | #43 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #1,199 of 1,461 | #58 of 71 |
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 | 361 | 30 | 12.1:1 | 54% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 28.9 | 12.2:1 | 55% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 27 | 12.7:1 | 56% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 26.5 | 14.3:1 | 49% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 52% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 30 | 13.7:1 | 35% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 34 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 30 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (380 to 361); teachers up 13% (26.5 to 30).
About Avon Center Elementary School
Avon Center Elementary School is an elementary school located in Round Lake Beach, Illinois, in Lake County. The grade span is kindergarten through 4, and enrollment is 361 students.
Grayslake CCSD 46 has 9 schools and 3,650 students, and Avon Center Elementary School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students account for 56% of enrollment at Avon Center Elementary School. Smaller groups are 34% White, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Lake County is roughly 25% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Avon Center Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.1:1, with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 54%. Across public schools in Lake County, the average is about the same, 54%.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Avon Center Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Avon Center Elementary School is 2.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (38.2% versus 40.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Lake County has about 714,223 residents, and median household income is about $110,416, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 48% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Federal data list 214 public schools in Lake County, with a combined enrollment of about 118,032.
Of nearby public schools, Grayslake North High School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Avon Center Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Avon Center Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The student count in 2024-25 was 361, 4% above the 347 of 2020-21.
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