Dean Street Elem School

As a small elementary school in Woodstock, Illinois, Dean Street Elem School works with 302 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Woodstock CUSD 200. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 21% below typical.

Within Woodstock CUSD 200, which oversees 11 schools and 6,097 students, Dean Street Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Dean Street Elem School lists that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 43% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the resource side, Dean Street Elem School reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against McHenry County (around 35%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dean Street Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.1%.

In the broader community, McHenry County reports that median household income runs about $104,802, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, McHenry County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,123 students), of which Dean Street Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Woodstock High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Dean Street Elem School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 302 students in 2018 compared to 302 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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