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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371002887
Creekside Elementary School
655 N Airlite St, Elgin, IL 60123 · (847) 289-6270 · Kane County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
293 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 43 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 20% smaller than its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
50%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
36.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +23.7pp since 2023
Math
22.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 22.9% |
| 2023-24 | 12.7% | 8.6% |
% 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
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Creekside Elementary School
Creekside Elementary School's state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside Elementary School this school | 469 | 62.5% | 25.5% |
| Yankee Ridge Multilingual School Urbana | 482 | 62.9% | N/A |
| Oakhill Elementary School Streamwood | 434 | 65.0% | 31.4% |
| Chicago Academy Elementary School Chicago | 548 | 63.1% | 41.0% |
| Irene King Elementary School Romeoville | 533 | 63.8% | 49.6% |
| Smith Elementary School Aurora | 425 | 60.5% | 22.0% |
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 Creekside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #1,435 of 1,925 | #46 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #1,521 of 2,077 ▲ 169 | #59 of 83 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #1,472 of 2,077 ▲ 374 | #50 of 83 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #663 of 2,419 | #37 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,211 of 2,035 | #36 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #935 of 2,042 | #31 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.5% | #939 of 2,132 | #28 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #489 of 1,461 | #14 of 51 |
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
469
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 662
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 | 469 | 33.7 | 13.9:1 | 62% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 54% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 35.3 | 13.2:1 | 64% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 30.1 | 19.2:1 | 64% (371) |
| 2015-16 | 699 | 32 | 21.8:1 | 64% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 23 | 23.4:1 | 46% (248) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 35 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creekside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (578 to 469); teachers up 12% (30.1 to 33.7).
About Creekside Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in Elgin, Illinois, Creekside Elementary School is part of SD U-46. The school serves pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 469 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
Creekside Elementary School is one school in a 51-school district, SD U-46, which enrolls 34,036 students.
Hispanic students are 69% of those enrolled at Creekside Elementary School. Other reported shares: 15% White, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 33% Hispanic among all Kane County residents. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at Creekside Elementary School are from different groups.
A staff of 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 62%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Kane County, the school's rate is higher.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Creekside Elementary School is 9.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 25.5%. Predicted: 35.4%.
In the wider Kane County area, the median household earns about $103,163 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Kane County, 167 public schools serve about 87,252 students.
Kimball Middle School sits about 0.8 miles from Creekside Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Creekside Elementary School places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 469, down from 483 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Creekside Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Other Creekside Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 14 states are named Creekside Elementary. Creekside Elementary School is the 20th largest of the 27.
- Creekside Elementary SchoolPlainfield, IL · 472 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolFranklin, TN · 780 students
- Creekside ElementarySuffolk, VA · 764 students
- Creekside ElementaryWinterville, NC · 622 students
- Creekside ElementaryMoreno Valley, CA · 612 students
Nearby schools
- Kimball Middle School0.8 mi · 501
- Hillcrest Elementary School1.0 mi · 509
- Highland Elementary School1.1 mi · 616
- Larkin High School1.2 mi · 2,174
- Century Oaks Elementary School1.2 mi · 542
- Abbott Middle School1.6 mi · 551
Frequently asked questions
About Creekside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Creekside Elementary School?
Creekside Elementary School enrolls approximately 469 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Creekside Elementary School serve?
Creekside Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Creekside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Creekside Elementary School is approximately 13.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Creekside Elementary School?
At Creekside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 69% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Creekside Elementary School public or private?
Creekside Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SD U-46.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.