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What's the most underrated thing about Lakewood School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
590
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 300·NCES 170855005298
Lakewood School
1651 Ravine Ln, Carpentersville, IL 60110 · (224) 484-2600 · Kane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
15.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
513 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 19 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
27.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.1pp since 2023
Math
20.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.5% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 9.4% | 7.1% |
% 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 School
Lakewood School's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood School this school | 590 | 86.9% | 20.9% |
| Pasteur Elementary School Chicago | 620 | 86.1% | 51.6% |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary School Cicero | 622 | 86.2% | 23.9% |
| Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School Chicago | 532 | 86.3% | 26.5% |
| Davis N Elementary School Chicago | 540 | 87.6% | 10.6% |
| Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar Chicago | 528 | 88.4% | 28.6% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #1,579 of 1,925 | #57 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #1,571 of 2,077 ▲ 184 | #65 of 83 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #1,720 of 2,077 ▲ 221 | #63 of 83 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #288 of 2,419 | #14 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #1,651 of 2,035 | #58 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.3% | #1,951 of 2,042 | #84 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #363 of 2,132 | #4 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #1,343 of 1,461 | #46 of 51 |
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
590
-208 (-26%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 637
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 | 590 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 87% (513) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 78% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 759 | 51.5 | 14.7:1 | 73% (553) |
| 2020-21 | 798 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 603 | 47 | 12.8:1 | 85% (514) |
| 2015-16 | 866 | 57 | 15.2:1 | 87% (754) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 49 | 15.6:1 | 93% (705) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 35 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 32 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakewood School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (603 to 590); teachers down 19% (47 to 38).
About Lakewood School
Lakewood School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Carpentersville, Illinois. The school's 590 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
CUSD 300 oversees Lakewood School and 26 other schools, with 20,705 students in total.
The large majority of students at Lakewood School, 96%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 2% White. Kane County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Lakewood School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
Lakewood School employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.6:1. That ratio is over the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 87% in 2024-25. That is higher than the 48% average for public schools in Kane County.
allk12 grades Lakewood School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Lakewood School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 21.3%. Lakewood School scores 20.9%, within a point of that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Kane County show that median household income is about $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 167 public schools in Kane County, with a combined enrollment of about 87,252.
The closest other public school is Golfview Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Lakewood School ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 20.9% against a local average of 24.4%.
NCES describes the area around Lakewood School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Lakewood School went from 798 students to 590.
Discussions about Lakewood School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 300
- Dundee-Crown High SchoolHigh · 2,573 students
- Harry D Jacobs High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Hampshire High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Westfield Community SchoolElementary · 1,287 students
- Dundee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,144 students
- Carpentersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
Other schools in Carpentersville
- Dundee-Crown High SchoolHigh · 2,573 students
- Carpentersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 749 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- Meadowdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Golfview Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
Nearby schools
- Golfview Elementary School0.6 mi · 401
- Meadowdale Elementary School0.8 mi · 421
- Carpentersville Middle School0.8 mi · 1,142
- Delacey Family Educ Center1.0 mi · 210
- Parkview Elementary School1.2 mi · 552
- Sunny Hill Elementary School1.5 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About Lakewood SchoolHow large is Lakewood School?
Lakewood School enrolls approximately 590 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lakewood School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lakewood School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lakewood School have?
Lakewood School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Lakewood School?
Student demographics at Lakewood School are roughly 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Lakewood School in?
Lakewood School is part of CUSD 300.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.