Enrollment
54
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRESCENT IROQUOIS CUSD 249·NCES 170032305620
Crescent City Grade School
600 South St, Crescent City, IL 60928 · (815) 683-2141 · Iroquois County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL54 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
6.3:1
9 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
8 students
STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 2 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 7 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 9 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 5 | 9% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
50.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 33.3% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 →
Schools most like Crescent City Grade School
Crescent City Grade School's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent City Grade School this school | 54 | 14.8% | 42.1% |
| Steward Elementary School Steward | 57 | 17.5% | 56.7% |
| Graymont Elementary School Graymont | 52 | 13.5% | 37.7% |
| St Libory Elementary School St Libory | 65 | 15.4% | 47.9% |
| Rutland Elementary School Ottawa | 70 | 14.3% | 63.6% |
| Grantfork Upper Elementary School Highland | 66 | 18.2% | 82.2% |
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 Crescent City Grade School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Iroquois County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 54 | #2,400 of 2,419 | #10 of 12 |
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
54
-8 (-13%) vs 2020
-41% since 2010-11, when it was 91
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 | 54 | 8.5 | 6.3:1 | 15% (8) |
| 2023-24 | 52 | 8 | 6.5:1 | 25% (13) |
| 2022-23 | 68 | 6.5 | 10.5:1 | 38% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 62 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 81 | 9 | 9.0:1 | 28% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 72 | 10 | 7.2:1 | 39% (28) |
| 2010-11 | 91 | 10 | 9.1:1 | 34% (31) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crescent City Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (81 to 54); teachers down 6% (9 to 8.5).
About Crescent City Grade School
Crescent City Grade School is a very small elementary school. Its address is in Crescent City, Illinois. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 54 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 86% below the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Crescent City Grade School belongs to Crescent Iroquois CUSD 249.
More than half of the students at Crescent City Grade School are White (80%). The rest of enrollment is 11% multiracial and 7% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Iroquois County's population at about 89%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Crescent City Grade School scores 35%.
Staffing at Crescent City Grade School comes to 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 6.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. Crescent City Grade School counts 15% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 38 points below the 53% average for public schools in Iroquois County.
Crescent City Grade School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 30% of Illinois public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Crescent City Grade School ranks in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools. It scores 42.1%; the prediction is 63.0%.
Census data for Iroquois County show median household income comes to about $66,255, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 24 public schools in the county, enrolling about 3,909, Crescent City Grade School among them.
Glenn Raymond School, about 6.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within ten miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Crescent City Grade School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Crescent City Grade School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 54 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 62.
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Iroquois County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,449
Census ACS
Median income
$66,255
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
3,909 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Glenn Raymond School6.2 mi · 321
- Watseka Comm High School6.6 mi · 294
- Watseka Junior High School6.6 mi · 202
- Wanda Kendall Elementary School6.8 mi · 122
- Iroquois West High School6.8 mi · 284
- Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman7.1 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About Crescent City Grade SchoolHow many students attend Crescent City Grade School?
Crescent City Grade School enrolls approximately 54 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Crescent City Grade School serve?
Crescent City Grade School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Crescent City Grade School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Crescent City Grade School is approximately 6.3:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Crescent City Grade School?
At Crescent City Grade School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 11% Two or more.
Is Crescent City Grade School public or private?
Crescent City Grade School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Crescent Iroquois CUSD 249.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.