Ferson Creek School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Saint Charles, Illinois, Ferson Creek School hosts 533 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under St Charles CUSD 303. That puts it 40% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 16 schools in St Charles CUSD 303 (11,952 students total), Ferson Creek School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Ferson Creek School logs that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest breaks down as 13% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Kane County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, Ferson Creek School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.6%, the actual is 79.2%, a residual of +12.5 points.

In the surrounding community, Kane County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,163 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Kane County runs 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), of which Ferson Creek School is one.

Corron Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ferson Creek School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 64.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ferson Creek School has changed only slightly, going from 531 students in 2018 to 533 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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