Kaneland Blackberry Creek Elem

Kaneland Blackberry Creek Elem is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in Elburn, Illinois, operated by Kaneland CUSD 302, works with 424 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Kaneland CUSD 302 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,908 students; Kaneland Blackberry Creek Elem is among them.

On the student-mix side, Kaneland Blackberry Creek Elem logs that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Kaneland Blackberry Creek Elem has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Kaneland Blackberry Creek Elem tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kane County) shows that median household income runs about $103,163, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Kane County runs 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), of which Kaneland Blackberry Creek Elem is one.

Kaneland John Stewart Elem Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 495 students in 2018 compared to 424 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 7% to 12% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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