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What's something Dundee-Crown High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
2,573
High
DISTRICT 2,225 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 300·NCES 170855000487
Dundee-Crown High School
1500 Kings Rd, Carpentersville, IL 60110 · (224) 484-5000 · Kane County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,573 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Illinois public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
166 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
1,849 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 769 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 635 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 585 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 584 | 23% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Dundee-Crown High School
Dundee-Crown High School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee-Crown High School this school | 2,573 | 71.9% | 27.4% |
| Reavis High School Burbank | 1,930 | 65.5% | 33.4% |
| Larkin High School Elgin | 2,174 | 65.0% | 20.3% |
| Joliet Central High School Joliet | 3,295 | 77.7% | 21.4% |
| Jefferson High School Rockford | 2,173 | 70.0% | 12.6% |
| Lake View High School Chicago | 1,431 | 75.1% | 21.0% |
Matched among Illinois high 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 Dundee-Crown High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #382 of 573 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,573 | #40 of 708 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #364 of 528 | #8 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.5% | #208 of 537 | #7 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #147 of 578 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #123 of 191 | #3 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,573
-72 (-3%) vs 2020
+79% since 1990-91, when it was 1,441
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 | 2,573 | 166.2 | 15.5:1 | 72% (1,849) |
| 2023-24 | 2,561 | 168.4 | 15.2:1 | 66% (1,699) |
| 2022-23 | 2,636 | 166.5 | 15.8:1 | 63% (1,673) |
| 2020-21 | 2,645 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,458 | 160.9 | 15.3:1 | 61% (1,502) |
| 2015-16 | 2,453 | 150 | 16.4:1 | 61% (1,504) |
| 2010-11 | 2,544 | 128 | 19.9:1 | 57% (1,457) |
| 2000-01 | 2,065 | 114 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,441 | 77 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dundee-Crown High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (2,458 to 2,573); teachers up 3% (160.9 to 166.2).
About Dundee-Crown High School
Dundee-Crown High School, a large high school, is located in Carpentersville, Illinois. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 2,573 students on the rolls. High schools in Illinois average about 834 students, which makes this school 209% bigger than average.
Across its 27 schools, CUSD 300 enrolls 20,705 students. Dundee-Crown High School is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Dundee-Crown High School is Hispanic: 69%. Other groups make up 22% White, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. Kane County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dundee-Crown High School scores 46%.
Dundee-Crown High School has 166.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.5:1. High schools in Illinois average 13.8:1, 1.7 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 72% at Dundee-Crown High School. For comparison, public schools in Kane County average 48%.
Dundee-Crown High School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 46% of Illinois public high schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 30.0% at Dundee-Crown High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.4%.
Looking at the county, Kane County, 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's public schools total 167, with about 87,252 students.
Of the public schools around it, Dundee-Crown High School is closest to Perry Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Dundee-Crown High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Dundee-Crown High School ranks 5th of 9 nearby schools, at 27.4% versus a 35.5% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 2,645 students in 2020-21 to 2,573 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Dundee-Crown High School lets the school community talk 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 CUSD 300
- Harry D Jacobs High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Hampshire High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Westfield Community SchoolElementary · 1,287 students
- Dundee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,144 students
- Carpentersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
- Hampshire Middle SchoolMiddle · 821 students
Other schools in Carpentersville
- Carpentersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 749 students
- Lakewood SchoolElementary · 590 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- Meadowdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Golfview Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
Nearby schools
- Perry Elementary School0.2 mi · 278
- Meadowdale Elementary School0.9 mi · 421
- Sunny Hill Elementary School0.9 mi · 245
- Algonquin Lakes Elementary School1.1 mi · 408
- Lakewood School1.6 mi · 590
- Eastview Elementary School1.7 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About Dundee-Crown High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dundee-Crown High School?
Dundee-Crown High School enrolls approximately 2,573 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Dundee-Crown High School serve?
Dundee-Crown High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Dundee-Crown High School have?
Dundee-Crown High School employs 166 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dundee-Crown High School?
At Dundee-Crown High School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 69% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Dundee-Crown High School?
Dundee-Crown High School is overseen by CUSD 300 in Kane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.