Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 580 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL CUSD 301·NCES 170783000399
Lily Lake Grade School
5N720 IL Route 47, Maple Park, IL 60151 · (847) 464-6011 · Kane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
66 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 5 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Central CUSD 301. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
74.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.7pp since 2023
Math
64.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.8% | 64.7% |
| 2023-24 | 61.1% | 45.8% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Lily Lake Grade School
Lily Lake Grade School's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lily Lake Grade School this school | 275 | 24.0% | 67.5% |
| Emmons Grade School Antioch | 288 | 23.3% | 61.5% |
| Oak Knoll Early Childhood Center Cary | 316 | 25.0% | N/A |
| Algonquin Road Elementary School Fox River Grove | 239 | 23.8% | 52.4% |
| Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School Hinckley | 297 | 27.3% | 46.9% |
| Spring Grove Elementary School Spring Grove | 327 | 25.1% | 64.1% |
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 Lily Lake Grade School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #165 of 1,925 | #8 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #317 of 2,077 ▲ 84 | #12 of 83 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #234 of 2,077 ▼ 1 | #8 of 83 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #1,680 of 2,419 | #80 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #1,506 of 2,035 | #48 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.4% | #1,220 of 2,042 | #52 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.0% | #1,885 of 2,132 | #61 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.5% | #76 of 615 | #6 of 32 |
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
275
+36 (+15%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 371
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 | 275 | 18.5 | 14.9:1 | 24% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 15.3 | 18.3:1 | 19% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 17.5 | 15.9:1 | 17% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 214 | 17 | 12.6:1 | 13% (27) |
| 2015-16 | 214 | 15 | 14.3:1 | 12% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 194 | 13 | 14.9:1 | 6% (11) |
| 2000-01 | 243 | 19 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 371 | 19 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lily Lake Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (214 to 275); teachers up 9% (17 to 18.5).
About Lily Lake Grade School
Lily Lake Grade School serves students in Maple Park, Illinois, as a small elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 275 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 28% smaller than that.
Central CUSD 301 has a total of 7 schools and 5,082 students, Lily Lake Grade School among them.
Lily Lake Grade School's enrollment is 77% White. Next come 17% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 58% White among all Kane County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Lily Lake Grade School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
The school employs the equivalent of 18.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Lily Lake Grade School is 24%. It compares with 48% for public schools in Kane County.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Lily Lake Grade School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.7% for Lily Lake Grade School. The school posts 67.5%, 9.9 points above the prediction.
County data help place the school in context: in Kane County, median household income is about $103,163, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Lily Lake Grade School is among the 167 public schools in Kane County.
The school nearest to Lily Lake Grade School is Kaneland John Stewart Elementary School, at a distance of about 3.6 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Lily Lake Grade School places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Lily Lake Grade School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 239 in 2020-21 and 275 in 2024-25, a gain of 36 students.
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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 Central CUSD 301
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,575 students
- Prairie Knolls Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Country Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- Howard B Thomas Grade SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Prairie View Grade SchoolElementary · 615 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 418 students
Other schools in Maple Park
- Kaneland Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Kaneland IgKnight AcademyMiddle · 100 students
- Fox Valley Career CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Kaneland John Stewart Elementary School3.6 mi · 500
- Wasco Elementary School4.0 mi · 466
- Howard B Thomas Grade School4.5 mi · 678
- Central High School4.7 mi · 1,575
- Central Middle School4.7 mi · 418
- Bell-Graham Elementary School4.8 mi · 520
Frequently asked questions
About Lily Lake Grade SchoolHow large is Lily Lake Grade School?
Lily Lake Grade School enrolls approximately 275 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lily Lake Grade School serve?
Lily Lake Grade School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lily Lake Grade School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lily Lake Grade School is approximately 14.9:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lily Lake Grade School?
At Lily Lake Grade School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 17% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lily Lake Grade School public or private?
Lily Lake Grade School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central CUSD 301.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.