Gary D Wright Elem Sch

Gary D Wright Elem Sch is a high-enrollment elementary school in Hampshire, Illinois, part of CUSD 300. The school caters to 742 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 95% above typical.

CUSD 300 comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 20,705 students; Gary D Wright Elem Sch is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gary D Wright Elem Sch logs that White students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school reports 26% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. Compared to Kane County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Gary D Wright Elem Sch reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kane County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gary D Wright Elem Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 44.1%, a residual of -6.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Kane County) records that median household earnings sit near $103,163, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Gary D Wright Elem Sch is one of 167 public schools in Kane County (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hampshire High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Gary D Wright Elem Sch. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gary D Wright Elem Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Gary D Wright Elem Sch's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 769 (now 742). The White share of enrollment decreased from 69% to 56% over that span.

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