Balmoral Elem Sch

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Crete, Illinois, Balmoral Elem Sch hosts 472 students from grades K through 5, run under Crete Monee CUSD 201U. That puts it 24% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Balmoral Elem Sch is one of 8 schools operated by Crete Monee CUSD 201U, a district that enrolls 4,562 students overall.

Demographically, Balmoral Elem Sch logs that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 28% Hispanic, 18% White, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Will County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Balmoral Elem Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Will County's rate of about 44%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Balmoral Elem Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.7%; this one delivers 22.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Will County reports that median household earnings sit near $109,984, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Balmoral Elem Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Crete-Monee Early Childhood Cntr, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Balmoral Elem Sch at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 28.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Balmoral Elem Sch has showed little movement, going from 483 students in 2018 to 472 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 15% to 28%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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