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What's the one class at Lincoln Cltrl Ctr-Montessori Elem every student should take?
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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANKAKEE SD 111·NCES 172076002365
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School
240 Warren Ave, Kankakee, IL 60901 · (815) 933-0709 · Kankakee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% 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.
- 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
17.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
370 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 117% larger than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School→Kankakee High School
Based on grade levels within Kankakee SD 111. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
45.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +21.6pp since 2023
Math
23.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.1% | 23.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.5% | 16.7% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School this school | 437 | 84.7% | 32.4% |
| Proegler School Kankakee | 466 | 84.3% | N/A |
| West View Elementary School Rockford | 521 | 85.8% | 27.4% |
| R K Welsh Elementary School Rockford | 483 | 87.4% | 14.6% |
| Brennemann Elementary School Chicago | 482 | 83.2% | 20.6% |
| C Henry Bloom Elementary School Rockford | 426 | 79.1% | 18.1% |
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 Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kankakee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #1,178 of 1,925 | #9 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #1,501 of 2,077 ▼ 166 | #13 of 18 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,182 of 2,077 ▲ 250 | #7 of 18 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #807 of 2,419 | #6 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,864 of 2,035 | #15 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #244 of 2,042 | #2 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #407 of 2,132 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #1,435 of 1,461 | #15 of 15 |
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
437
-46 (-10%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 275
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 | 437 | 25.5 | 17.1:1 | 85% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 28.3 | 15.8:1 | 84% (374) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 27 | 15.9:1 | 83% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 57% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 20 | 17.4:1 | 58% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 312 | 17 | 18.4:1 | 65% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 201 | 16 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 275 | 26 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (440 to 437); teachers down 2% (26 to 25.5).
About Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school located in Kankakee, Illinois. It serves 437 students in pre-K through 8.
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School is run by Kankakee SD 111, whose 10 schools enroll 4,602 students.
At Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School, the largest share of students is Black, at 43%. After that, the student body is 31% Hispanic, 20% White, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Kankakee County is about 14% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.1:1, with 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 3.2 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 85%. The 61% average for public schools in Kankakee County is 24 points lower.
allk12 grades Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School is 9.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
In Kankakee County (population about 106,635), the median household income is $71,281, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School is one of 44 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School is King Middle Grade School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School is ahead of the 16.4% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 46 fewer students in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Kankakee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,635
Census ACS
Median income
$71,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
16,499 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kankakee SD 111
- Kankakee High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- John Kennedy Middle Grade SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Kankakee Junior High SchoolMiddle · 501 students
- Proegler SchoolElementary · 466 students
- King Middle Grade SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Taft Primary SchoolElementary · 316 students
Other schools in Kankakee
- Kankakee High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- John Kennedy Middle Grade SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Kankakee Junior High SchoolMiddle · 501 students
- Limestone Middle SchoolMiddle · 468 students
- Proegler SchoolElementary · 466 students
- King Middle Grade SchoolElementary · 385 students
Nearby schools
- King Middle Grade School0.1 mi · 385
- Edison Primary School0.4 mi · 192
- Steuben Elementary School0.5 mi · 234
- Mark Twain Primary School0.7 mi · 192
- Kankakee Junior High School0.8 mi · 501
- Proegler School0.9 mi · 466
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School?
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School is approximately 17.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School are roughly 20% White, 31% Hispanic, 43% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School?
Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School is overseen by Kankakee SD 111 in Kankakee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.