Indian Creek Elementary School

Indian Creek Elementary School is a K-5 school of cozy scale in Shabbona, Illinois, overseen by Indian Creek CUSD 425, teacheing 269 students in grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Indian Creek Elementary School sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Indian Creek Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Indian Creek CUSD 425, a district that teaches 750 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Indian Creek Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 41% of students at Indian Creek Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Indian Creek Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.1%; this one delivers 58.1%.

Around the school, census data for DeKalb County shows median household income runs about $70,724, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Indian Creek Elementary School is one of 43 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 16,328 students).

Nearest neighbor: Indian Creek High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Indian Creek Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.8%.

Indian Creek Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Indian Creek Elementary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 269 (now 269). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 92% to 79%.

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