Johnsburg Elementary School

Located at 2118 Church St, in Johnsburg, Illinois, Johnsburg Elementary School is an average-sized elementary school that caters to 386 students (grades 3 through 5), run under Johnsburg CUSD 12.

Within Johnsburg CUSD 12, which oversees 4 schools and 1,681 students, Johnsburg Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Johnsburg Elementary School records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to McHenry County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Johnsburg Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Johnsburg Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.5%, the actual is 43.8%, a residual of -7.6 points.

In the area at large, McHenry County reports that the typical household earns roughly $104,802 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across McHenry County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,123 students), Johnsburg Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Johnsburg Jr High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Johnsburg Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Johnsburg Elementary School's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 351 (now 386). The White share of enrollment shrank from 88% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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