Blackhawk Elementary School

Located at 840 Blackhawk Blvd, in South Beloit, Illinois, Blackhawk Elementary School is a micro-enrollment junior high that educates 139 students (grades 5 through 6), operated by County of Winnebago SD 320. Enrollment runs roughly 70% leaner than the state mean of about 462.

County of Winnebago SD 320 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 895 students; Blackhawk Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Blackhawk Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 62%; the rest looks like 28% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Blackhawk Elementary School has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Winnebago County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Blackhawk Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.4%; Blackhawk Elementary School posts 16.1%, -26.3 points below that line.

In the area at large, Winnebago County reports that median household income runs about $65,837, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Blackhawk Elementary School is one of 94 public schools in Winnebago County (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students).

Nearest neighbor: South Beloit Jr High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Blackhawk Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Blackhawk Elementary School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Blackhawk Elementary School's enrollment has rose 6% since 2018, when it stood at 131 (now 139). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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