Kingston Elementary School

Set in Kingston, Illinois, Kingston Elementary School is a cozy elementary-level community, run under Genoa Kingston CUSD 424. It teaches 310 students across grades pre-K through 2.

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

Demographically, Kingston Elementary School logs that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 25% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Kingston Elementary School records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, census data for DeKalb County shows median household earnings sit near $70,724, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Kingston Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Genoa-Kingston High School, roughly 1.8 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kingston Elementary School has contracted 4%, going from 324 students in 2018 to 310 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 75% to 69%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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