Genoa Elementary School

As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Genoa, Illinois, Genoa Elementary School serves 353 students from grades 3 through 5, overseen by Genoa Kingston CUSD 424.

Within Genoa Kingston CUSD 424, which oversees 4 schools and 1,503 students, Genoa Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Genoa Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Genoa Elementary School shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Genoa Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at Genoa Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Genoa Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.1%; actual is 32.8%, a gap of -15.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for DeKalb County put median household income runs about $70,724, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across DeKalb County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,328 students), Genoa Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Genoa-Kingston Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Genoa Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.9%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 363 students in 2018 compared to 353 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Genoa Elementary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.