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Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRYSTAL LAKE CCSD 47·NCES 171135001358
Husmann Elementary School
131 W Paddock St, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 · (815) 459-7114 · McHenry County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
128 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 21 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
49.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
41.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +24.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 25 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.6% | 41.6% |
| 2023-24 | 31.6% | 16.9% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Husmann Elementary School
Husmann Elementary School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Husmann Elementary School this school | 518 | 24.7% | 44.3% |
| Ball Elementary School Chatham | 552 | 22.8% | 65.6% |
| West Elementary School Crystal Lake | 520 | 28.7% | 51.6% |
| Prairie Grove Elementary School Crystal Lake | 552 | 21.9% | 58.3% |
| Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary School O Fallon | 465 | 25.8% | 66.8% |
| Deer Path Elementary School Cary | 452 | 25.7% | 51.5% |
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 Husmann Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #764 of 1,925 | #32 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #918 of 2,077 ▲ 401 | #31 of 44 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #1,010 of 2,077 ▲ 106 | #34 of 44 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #482 of 2,419 | #15 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,454 of 2,035 | #38 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #1,162 of 2,042 | #41 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.7% | #1,872 of 2,132 | #40 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #471 of 615 | #12 of 16 |
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
518
+59 (+13%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 667
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 | 518 | 35.4 | 14.6:1 | 25% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 31.9 | 15.8:1 | 26% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 34.5 | 14.5:1 | 24% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 36.8 | 13.5:1 | 17% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 17% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 39 | 16.2:1 | 16% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 29 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 667 | 30 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Husmann Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (498 to 518); teachers down 4% (36.8 to 35.4).
About Husmann Elementary School
Husmann Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Crystal Lake, Illinois. It educates 518 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Crystal Lake CCSD 47 runs 12 schools with a combined 6,889 students. Husmann Elementary School is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Husmann Elementary School is 76% White. After that, the student body is 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, McHenry County is about 80% White. Husmann Elementary School has a diversity index of 40%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Husmann Elementary School counts 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.6 students for each one. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is lower than this school's figure. About 25% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in McHenry County average 35%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Husmann Elementary School is 12.9 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.3% actual, 57.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
Within McHenry County, median household income is about $104,802, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Federal data list 89 public schools in McHenry County, with a combined enrollment of about 50,123.
Crystal Lake Central High School is the public school closest to Husmann Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Husmann Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 45.1% on proficiency, and Husmann Elementary School is below that at 44.3%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Husmann Elementary School saw enrollment rise 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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McHenry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
312,591
Census ACS
Median income
$104,802
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crystal Lake CCSD 47
- Hannah Beardsley Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Lundahl Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Richard F Bernotas Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
- Coventry Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
Other schools in Crystal Lake
- Crystal Lake Central High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Crystal Lake South High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Prairie Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,133 students
- Hannah Beardsley Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Lundahl Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Richard F Bernotas Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
Nearby schools
- Crystal Lake Central High School0.2 mi · 1,443
- Richard F Bernotas Middle School0.8 mi · 737
- North Elementary School0.8 mi · 638
- South Elementary School1.1 mi · 390
- Hannah Beardsley Middle School1.2 mi · 829
- Lundahl Middle School1.2 mi · 797
Frequently asked questions
About Husmann Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Husmann Elementary School?
Husmann Elementary School enrolls approximately 518 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Husmann Elementary School serve?
Husmann Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Husmann Elementary School have?
Husmann Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Husmann Elementary School?
At Husmann Elementary School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Husmann Elementary School public or private?
Husmann Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Crystal Lake CCSD 47.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.