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Enrollment
767
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 308·NCES 173027005698
Lakewood Creek Elementary
2301 Lakewood Crk, Montgomery, IL 60538 · (630) 636-3200 · Kendall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL767 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
290 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 66 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
48.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.6pp since 2023
Math
34.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 22.8% |
% 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Lakewood Creek Elementary
Lakewood Creek Elementary's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Creek Elementary this school | 767 | 37.8% | 40.7% |
| Fox Chase Elementary School Oswego | 661 | 37.7% | 52.2% |
| Brentano Elementary Math & Science Academy Chicago | 763 | 34.9% | 52.6% |
| McPherson Elementary School Chicago | 794 | 41.7% | 39.1% |
| Charles Reed Elementary School Plainfield | 641 | 36.7% | 38.0% |
| Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center Woodstock | 675 | 35.4% | N/A |
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 Lakewood Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kendall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #894 of 1,925 | #18 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #1,122 of 2,077 ▼ 47 | #19 of 22 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #1,035 of 2,077 ▲ 1 | #17 of 22 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 767 | #80 of 2,419 | #1 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,901 of 2,035 | #18 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #324 of 2,042 | #8 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #1,602 of 2,132 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #564 of 615 | #11 of 11 |
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
767
+112 (+17%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 827
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 | 767 | 43.5 | 17.6:1 | 38% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 762 | 39.5 | 19.3:1 | 36% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 762 | 38.3 | 19.9:1 | 33% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 655 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 757 | 45.2 | 16.8:1 | 27% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 736 | 48 | 15.3:1 | 22% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 827 | 37 | 22.4:1 | 21% (176) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakewood Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (757 to 767); teachers down 4% (45.2 to 43.5).
About Lakewood Creek Elementary
Lakewood Creek Elementary serves students in Montgomery, Illinois, as a large elementary school. School enrollment was 767 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 101% above that.
CUSD 308 has a total of 21 schools and 16,766 students, Lakewood Creek Elementary among them.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Lakewood Creek Elementary, 41% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 40% White, 12% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Kendall County's population at about 22%. By the diversity index, Lakewood Creek Elementary comes in at 66%.
Staffing totals 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.6:1. That ratio is over the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Lakewood Creek Elementary is 38%.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Lakewood Creek Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Lakewood Creek Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (40.7%) and its predicted rate (49.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kendall County, median household income is about $111,601, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 50 public schools operate in Kendall County, serving about 29,773 students.
Of nearby public schools, Kaneland McDole Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.9 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lakewood Creek Elementary at 6th of 8.
The NCES locale for Lakewood Creek Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 655 to 767.
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Kendall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,675
Census ACS
Median income
$111,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
29,773 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 308
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Thompson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Murphy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 700 students
- Grande Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 687 students
Other schools in Montgomery
- Long Beach Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Boulder Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Kaneland McDole Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Nicholson Elementary SchoolElementary · 337 students
Nearby schools
- Kaneland McDole Elementary School0.9 mi · 440
- Bristol Bay Elementary School1.8 mi · 695
- Grande Reserve Elementary School1.8 mi · 728
- Fox Chase Elementary School2.3 mi · 661
- Bristol Grade School2.3 mi · 196
- Boulder Hill Elementary School3.1 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Lakewood Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Lakewood Creek Elementary?
Lakewood Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 767 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lakewood Creek Elementary serve?
Lakewood Creek Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lakewood Creek Elementary?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Lakewood Creek Elementary.
How diverse is Lakewood Creek Elementary?
Lakewood Creek Elementary reports a student body of 40% White, 41% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lakewood Creek Elementary in?
Lakewood Creek Elementary is part of CUSD 308.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.