Coleman Elem School

As a sprawling primary school in Elgin, Illinois, Coleman Elem School caters to 641 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by SD U-46. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Coleman Elem School sits 68% above that benchmark.

Across the 51 schools in SD U-46 (34,036 students total), Coleman Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Coleman Elem School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%); the rest reads as 7% White, 2% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Native American. By comparison, Kane County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kane County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Coleman Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.0%; this one delivers 21.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kane County put median household income runs about $103,163, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Kane County's 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), Coleman Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Elgin Math and Science Acad Chtr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Coleman Elem School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Coleman Elem School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 26.1%.

Coleman Elem School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Coleman Elem School's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 726 (now 641). Hispanic enrollment moved from 80% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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