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What do you wish you knew before starting at Cambridge Lakes Charter School?
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Enrollment
642
Combined
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 737
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 300·NCES 170855005954
Cambridge Lakes Charter School
840 Campus Dr, Pingree Grove, IL 60140 · (847) 464-4300 · Kane County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 12.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
99 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 56%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 3 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 13 | 2% |
| Grade 11 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 12 | 7 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 22% larger than its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
45.3%
IL avg 51.0% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
35.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 35.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 25.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
642
-87 (-12%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 584
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 | 642 | 49 | 13.1:1 | 15% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 44 | 14.1:1 | 11% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 41.8 | 15.2:1 | 28% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 729 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 828 | 54.3 | 15.3:1 | 22% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 868 | 56 | 15.5:1 | 15% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | 42 | 13.9:1 | 16% (95) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cambridge Lakes Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (828 to 642); teachers down 10% (54.3 to 49).
About Cambridge Lakes Charter School
The public school serving multiple grade levels Cambridge Lakes Charter School is located in Pingree Grove, Illinois. It teaches 642 students in kindergarten through 12.
The district, CUSD 300, has 20,705 students enrolled across 27 schools.
The student body at Cambridge Lakes Charter School has no majority group. White students lead at 39%. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 7% Black. The county population is about 58% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
Cambridge Lakes Charter School reported 49 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.1:1. Combined schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 12.0:1. Roughly 15% of students at Cambridge Lakes Charter School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Kane County report 48%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Cambridge Lakes Charter School is 62.6%. It actually posts 41.3%, which is 21.3 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
In Kane County, the median household earns about $103,163 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Kane County, 167 public schools serve about 87,252 students.
Measured in a straight line, Country Trails Elementary School is about 2.6 miles from Cambridge Lakes Charter School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Cambridge Lakes Charter School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Cambridge Lakes Charter School's location as Suburb: Large. Cambridge Lakes Charter School is a publicly funded charter school.
From 729 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 642 by 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Cambridge Lakes Charter School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 300
- Dundee-Crown High SchoolHigh · 2,573 students
- Harry D Jacobs High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Hampshire High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Westfield Community SchoolElementary · 1,287 students
- Dundee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,144 students
- Carpentersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
Nearby schools
- Country Trails Elementary School2.6 mi · 751
- Big Timber Elementary School3.5 mi · 451
- Gilberts Elementary School4.0 mi · 729
- Gary D Wright Elementary School4.1 mi · 742
- Hampshire High School4.3 mi · 2,046
- Dundee Middle School4.7 mi · 1,144
Frequently asked questions
About Cambridge Lakes Charter SchoolHow many students attend Cambridge Lakes Charter School?
Cambridge Lakes Charter School enrolls approximately 642 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Cambridge Lakes Charter School serve?
Cambridge Lakes Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Cambridge Lakes Charter School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Cambridge Lakes Charter School.
How diverse is Cambridge Lakes Charter School?
Cambridge Lakes Charter School reports a student body of 39% White, 35% Hispanic, 7% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Cambridge Lakes Charter School public or private?
Cambridge Lakes Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by CUSD 300.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.