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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Leggee Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
877
Elementary
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTLEY COMM SCH DIST 158·NCES 171983004183
Leggee Elementary School
13723 Harmony Rd, Huntley, IL 60142 · (847) 659-6200 · McHenry County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL877 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
155 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 144 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 124 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 156 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 153 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 155 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
75.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.6pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.5% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.9% | 48.9% |
% 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
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Leggee Elementary School
Leggee Elementary School's state test result (67.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leggee Elementary School this school | 877 | 17.7% | 67.2% |
| Millburn Elementary School Old Mill Creek | 711 | 20.5% | 63.9% |
| Bell Elementary School Chicago | 902 | 10.1% | 78.6% |
| Nettelhorst Elementary School Chicago | 653 | 19.3% | 65.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Chicago | 868 | 10.1% | 82.4% |
| Walkers Grove Elementary School Plainfield | 634 | 21.8% | 74.0% |
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 Leggee Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #171 of 1,925 | #2 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #274 of 2,077 ▲ 53 | #2 of 44 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #212 of 2,077 ▲ 89 | #1 of 44 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 877 | #40 of 2,419 | #1 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #920 of 2,035 | #23 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #800 of 2,042 | #15 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.7% | #2,001 of 2,132 | #49 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #583 of 615 | #15 of 16 |
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
877
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+41% since 2000-01, when it was 621
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 | 877 | 67 | 13.1:1 | 18% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 885 | 68 | 13.0:1 | 16% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 907 | 65 | 13.9:1 | 15% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 883 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 870 | 59 | 14.8:1 | 10% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 1,038 | 67 | 15.5:1 | 14% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 1,032 | 63 | 16.4:1 | 14% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 28 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leggee Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (870 to 877); teachers up 14% (59 to 67).
About Leggee Elementary School
Leggee Elementary School is a large elementary school. Its address is in Huntley, Illinois. The school reports 877 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 130% above the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158, which runs Leggee Elementary School, has 9 schools and 8,401 students.
Leggee Elementary School's enrollment is 64% White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 5% Black. By comparison, McHenry County residents are about 80% White. By the diversity index, Leggee Elementary School comes in at 54%.
Leggee Elementary School operates with 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. About 18% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The rate at public schools in McHenry County averages 35%, higher than here.
In Illinois, Leggee Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 67.2% actual against a predicted 61.3%.
Leggee Elementary School is located in McHenry County, where median household income is about $104,802, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 89 public schools in McHenry County, with a combined enrollment of about 50,123.
Huntley High School is located about 0.2 miles from Leggee Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 67.2% average proficiency ranks 1st among 7 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Leggee Elementary 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.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (883) and 2024-25 (877).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
McHenry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
312,591
Census ACS
Median income
$104,802
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158
- Huntley High SchoolHigh · 2,804 students
- Marlowe Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,215 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Heineman Middle SchoolMiddle · 724 students
- Chesak Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Conley Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
Nearby schools
- Huntley High School0.2 mi · 2,804
- Big Timber Elementary School3.1 mi · 451
- Gary D Wright Elementary School3.2 mi · 742
- Chesak Elementary School3.3 mi · 643
- District 158 Early Childhood Center3.3 mi · 242
- Hampshire High School3.3 mi · 2,046
Frequently asked questions
About Leggee Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Leggee Elementary School?
Leggee Elementary School enrolls approximately 877 students in grades KG-05.
Is Leggee Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Leggee Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Leggee Elementary School have?
Leggee Elementary School employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Leggee Elementary School?
Student demographics at Leggee Elementary School are roughly 64% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 12% Asian.
Is Leggee Elementary School public or private?
Leggee Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.