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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371001668
Channing Memorial Elementary School
63 S Channing St, Elgin, IL 60120 · (847) 888-5185 · Kane County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
410 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
4
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 | 25 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
18.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
14.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.6% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 12.4% | 6.7% |
% 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
15.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Channing Memorial Elementary School
Channing Memorial Elementary School's state test result (15.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Channing Memorial Elementary School this school | 491 | 83.5% | 15.7% |
| LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr Waukegan | 519 | 83.8% | 45.6% |
| Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School Chicago | 461 | 81.6% | 19.3% |
| Ronald D O Neal Elgin | 445 | 80.4% | 23.1% |
| CICS - West Belden Campus Chicago | 520 | 87.3% | 25.0% |
| Stowe Elementary School Chicago | 558 | 87.3% | 15.0% |
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 Channing Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #1,734 of 1,925 | #65 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #1,763 of 2,077 ▲ 11 | #72 of 83 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #1,953 of 2,077 ▼ 96 | #78 of 83 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #586 of 2,419 | #34 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,572 of 2,035 | #52 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.8% | #1,465 of 2,042 | #70 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #433 of 2,132 | #7 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #382 of 615 | #23 of 32 |
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
491
+87 (+22%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 580
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 | 491 | 32.4 | 15.2:1 | 84% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 32.6 | 16.0:1 | 73% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 29.1 | 12.0:1 | 71% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 22.1 | 20.9:1 | 91% (418) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 31 | 20.4:1 | 89% (562) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 30 | 22.2:1 | 85% (564) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 33 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 580 | 27 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Channing Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (461 to 491); teachers up 47% (22.1 to 32.4).
About Channing Memorial Elementary School
Elgin, Illinois, is home to Channing Memorial Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 491 students, spread over kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 29% larger than average.
Channing Memorial Elementary School is one school in a 51-school district, SD U-46, which enrolls 34,036 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Channing Memorial Elementary School is Hispanic, at 85%. The rest of enrollment is 7% Black, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Kane County, the Hispanic share is about 33%. The diversity index for Channing Memorial Elementary School is 27%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Channing Memorial Elementary School comes to 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.2:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 1.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Channing Memorial Elementary School counts 84% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 48% average for public schools in Kane County.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 23.3%.
Census data for Kane County show median household income comes to about $103,163, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 167 public schools and about 87,252 students.
Of the public schools around it, Channing Memorial Elementary School is closest to Ellis Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Channing Memorial Elementary School is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for Channing Memorial Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 404 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 491 by 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Channing Memorial Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 SD U-46
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Other schools in Elgin
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Prairie Knolls Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Country Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- Lords Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 641 students
Nearby schools
- Ellis Middle School0.3 mi · 496
- Ronald D O Neal0.5 mi · 445
- Lowrie Elementary School0.9 mi · 397
- Larsen Middle School1.0 mi · 570
- McKinley Elementary School1.1 mi · 395
- Huff Elementary School1.1 mi · 577
Frequently asked questions
About Channing Memorial Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Channing Memorial Elementary School?
Channing Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 491 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Channing Memorial Elementary School serve?
Channing Memorial Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Channing Memorial Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Channing Memorial Elementary School is approximately 15.2:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Channing Memorial Elementary School?
Student demographics at Channing Memorial Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 85% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Channing Memorial Elementary School in?
Channing Memorial Elementary School is part of SD U-46.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.