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What's one thing Larsen Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
570
Middle
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371001689
Larsen Middle School
665 Dundee Ave, Elgin, IL 60120 · (847) 888-5250 · Kane County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
358 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 301 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 269 | 47% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
30.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
14.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.8% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | 12.3% |
% 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
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Larsen Middle School
Larsen Middle School's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larsen Middle School this school | 570 | 62.8% | 23.4% |
| Tefft Middle School Streamwood | 606 | 64.2% | 30.1% |
| Jefferson Middle School Aurora | 577 | 62.2% | 34.1% |
| Jack Benny Middle School Waukegan | 475 | 62.1% | 17.3% |
| Hester Jr High School Franklin Park | 426 | 62.9% | 46.0% |
| Abbott Middle School Elgin | 551 | 69.3% | 19.4% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Larsen Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #498 of 578 | #16 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #543 of 640 ▼ 42 | #19 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #562 of 640 no change | #20 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #239 of 691 | #18 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #405 of 558 | #17 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.4% | #365 of 560 | #16 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.8% | #156 of 581 | #8 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #147 of 440 | #12 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
570
-72 (-11%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 647
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 | 570 | 39.8 | 14.3:1 | 63% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 39.5 | 13.8:1 | 56% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 611 | 41.4 | 14.8:1 | 57% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 642 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 679 | 42.3 | 16.0:1 | 74% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 684 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 73% (496) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | 40 | 16.3:1 | 77% (502) |
| 2000-01 | 753 | 59 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 38 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Larsen Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (679 to 570); teachers down 6% (42.3 to 39.8).
About Larsen Middle School
Larsen Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school. Its address is in Elgin, Illinois. It educates 570 students in grades 7 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Illinois is about 462 students.
Larsen Middle School is one school in a 51-school district, SD U-46, which enrolls 34,036 students.
Hispanic students account for 80% of enrollment at Larsen Middle School. Other students are 7% White, 6% Asian, and 5% Black. That is higher than the 33% Hispanic share among all Kane County residents. By the diversity index, Larsen Middle School comes in at 35%.
Its 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.3:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 63% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 48% average among public schools in Kane County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Larsen Middle School is 35.3%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 23.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kane County, median household income is about $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 167 public schools operate in Kane County, serving about 87,252 students.
The shortest distance from Larsen Middle School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to McKinley Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Larsen Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Larsen Middle School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 570 was 11% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 642.
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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 SD U-46
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Other schools in Elgin
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Prairie Knolls Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Country Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- Lords Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 641 students
Nearby schools
- McKinley Elementary School0.4 mi · 395
- Ronald D O Neal0.5 mi · 445
- Coleman Elementary School0.8 mi · 641
- Channing Memorial Elementary School1.0 mi · 491
- Lords Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 655
- Ellis Middle School1.2 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Larsen Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Larsen Middle School?
Larsen Middle School enrolls approximately 570 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Larsen Middle School serve?
Larsen Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Larsen Middle School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Larsen Middle School.
How diverse is Larsen Middle School?
Larsen Middle School reports a student body of 7% White, 80% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Larsen Middle School public or private?
Larsen Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SD U-46.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.