Belvidere North High Sch

Located at 9393 Beloit Rd, in Belvidere, Illinois, Belvidere North High Sch is a high-enrollment secondary school that serves 1,354 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Belvidere CUSD 100. Enrollment runs roughly 62% bigger than the state mean of about 834.

Across the 10 schools in Belvidere CUSD 100 (7,523 students total), Belvidere North High Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Belvidere North High Sch records that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 35% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Belvidere North High Sch reports 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Belvidere North High Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.2%, the actual is 34.7%, a residual of -10.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Boone County put the typical household earns roughly $84,571 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Belvidere North High Sch is one of 17 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 8,993 students).

Nearest neighbor: Seth Whitman Elem Sch, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Belvidere North High Sch comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Belvidere North High Sch's enrollment has ticked down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,515 (now 1,354). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 63% to 56%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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