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Which teacher or staff member at Boulder Hill Elem School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
476
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 308·NCES 173027003129
Boulder Hill Elementary School
163 Boulder Hill Pass, Montgomery, IL 60538 · (630) 636-2900 · Kendall County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
280 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
37.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.6pp since 2023
Math
25.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.6% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 18.6% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Boulder Hill Elementary School
Boulder Hill Elementary School's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Hill Elementary School this school | 476 | 58.8% | 31.3% |
| North Elementary School Villa Park | 434 | 56.5% | 44.9% |
| Robert C Hill Elementary School Romeoville | 547 | 62.2% | 45.6% |
| J Covington Elementary School Oak Lawn | 470 | 56.0% | 38.5% |
| Irene King Elementary School Romeoville | 533 | 63.8% | 49.6% |
| P H Miller Elementary School Plano | 438 | 55.9% | N/A |
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 Boulder Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kendall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #1,236 of 1,925 | #20 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #1,442 of 2,077 ▼ 194 | #21 of 22 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #1,431 of 2,077 ▼ 18 | #20 of 22 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #642 of 2,419 | #13 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #249 of 2,035 | #2 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #610 of 2,042 | #15 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #1,048 of 2,132 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #623 of 1,461 | #6 of 11 |
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
476
-153 (-24%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 517
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 | 476 | 44 | 10.8:1 | 59% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 43 | 12.1:1 | 56% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 42 | 11.7:1 | 60% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 629 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 38.2 | 14.8:1 | 50% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 44% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 36% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 646 | 26 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 25 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boulder Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (566 to 476); teachers up 15% (38.2 to 44).
About Boulder Hill Elementary School
The public elementary school Boulder Hill Elementary School is located in Montgomery, Illinois. The school serves 476 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
The district, CUSD 308, has 16,766 students enrolled across 21 schools.
Hispanic students account for 57% of enrollment at Boulder Hill Elementary School. Other groups include 25% White, 11% Black, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 22% Hispanic. Boulder Hill Elementary School has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 44 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.8:1. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Boulder Hill Elementary School is 59%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kendall County is 32%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Boulder Hill Elementary School is 37.5%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.3%.
Kendall County has these Census figures: median household income is about $111,601, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Kendall County number 50 and enroll about 29,773.
The next-closest public school is Old Post Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Boulder Hill Elementary School's average proficiency of 31.3% compares with 39.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Boulder Hill Elementary School saw enrollment fall 24% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Kendall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,675
Census ACS
Median income
$111,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
29,773 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 308
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Thompson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Lakewood Creek ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Murphy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 700 students
Other schools in Montgomery
- Lakewood Creek ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Long Beach Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Kaneland McDole Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Nicholson Elementary SchoolElementary · 337 students
Nearby schools
- Old Post Elementary School0.5 mi · 387
- Long Beach Elementary School0.5 mi · 632
- Thompson Jr High School0.9 mi · 832
- Fox Chase Elementary School1.5 mi · 661
- Nicholson Elementary School1.7 mi · 337
- Oswego High School1.8 mi · 2,870
Frequently asked questions
About Boulder Hill Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Boulder Hill Elementary School?
Boulder Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 476 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Boulder Hill Elementary School serve?
Boulder Hill Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Boulder Hill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Boulder Hill Elementary School is approximately 10.8:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Boulder Hill Elementary School?
Boulder Hill Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 57% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Boulder Hill Elementary School in?
Boulder Hill Elementary School is part of CUSD 308.
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