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If you could change one rule at Ferson Creek School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST CHARLES CUSD 303·NCES 173717005452
Ferson Creek School
38W160 Bolcum Rd, Saint Charles, IL 60175 · (331) 228-2300 · Kane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
45 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
84.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.1pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.1% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 70.7% |
% 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
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Ferson Creek School
Ferson Creek School's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferson Creek School this school | 533 | 8.4% | 79.2% |
| Maplebrook Elementary School Naperville | 512 | 9.2% | 78.9% |
| Wild Rose Elementary School Saint Charles | 535 | 8.8% | 76.2% |
| Prairie Elementary School Naperville | 515 | 8.3% | 84.0% |
| Burley Elementary School Chicago | 494 | 8.3% | 78.1% |
| Spencer Loomis Elementary School Hawthorn Woods | 516 | 8.5% | 81.0% |
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 Ferson Creek School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #31 of 1,925 | #2 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #45 of 2,077 ▲ 3 | #1 of 83 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.1% | #74 of 2,077 ▼ 16 | #3 of 83 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #424 of 2,419 | #19 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,309 of 2,035 | #40 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #1,131 of 2,042 | #44 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.4% | #2,101 of 2,132 | #76 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #607 of 615 | #32 of 32 |
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
533
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 561
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 | 533 | 37.5 | 14.2:1 | 8% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 43.6 | 13.8:1 | 9% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 41.6 | 14.2:1 | 8% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 531 | 28.8 | 18.4:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 5% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 34 | 19.0:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 652 | 32 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 561 | 27 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ferson Creek School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (531 to 533); teachers up 30% (28.8 to 37.5).
About Ferson Creek School
Ferson Creek School is a medium-sized elementary school in Saint Charles, Illinois, (ZIP code 60175). The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 533 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381, so this school runs 40% larger than that.
St Charles CUSD 303 has 16 schools and 11,952 students, and Ferson Creek School is one of those schools.
At Ferson Creek School, White students make up 75% of the student body. The remaining shares are 13% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Kane County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.2:1, with 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois fairly closely. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Ferson Creek School is 8%. For comparison, public schools in Kane County average 48%.
The allk12 Grade for Ferson Creek School is A. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Ferson Creek School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 79.2% and a predicted 66.6%.
Ferson Creek School is located in Kane County, where the median household income is $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ferson Creek School is one of 167 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Corron Elementary School, about 2.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 79.2% is above the 64.3% average for nearby schools.
Ferson Creek School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment at Ferson Creek School was 536 in 2020-21 and 533 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 St Charles CUSD 303
- St Charles East High SchoolHigh · 1,930 students
- St Charles North High SchoolHigh · 1,903 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,364 students
- Wredling Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,289 students
- Wild Rose Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Bell-Graham Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
Other schools in Saint Charles
- St Charles East High SchoolHigh · 1,930 students
- St Charles North High SchoolHigh · 1,903 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,364 students
- Wredling Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,289 students
- Wild Rose Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Bell-Graham Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
Nearby schools
- Corron Elementary School2.0 mi · 487
- Bell-Graham Elementary School2.1 mi · 520
- St Charles North High School2.2 mi · 1,903
- Wasco Elementary School2.5 mi · 466
- Wild Rose Elementary School2.6 mi · 535
- Otter Creek Elementary School2.8 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Ferson Creek SchoolHow large is Ferson Creek School?
Ferson Creek School enrolls approximately 533 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ferson Creek School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ferson Creek School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Ferson Creek School have?
Ferson Creek School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is Ferson Creek School?
Ferson Creek School reports a student body of 75% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Ferson Creek School in?
Ferson Creek School is part of St Charles CUSD 303.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.