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Enrollment
479
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 300·NCES 170855004804
Lincoln Prairie Elementary School
500 Harvest Gate, Lake In The Hills, IL 60156 · (847) 532-6600 · McHenry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-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
14.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
248 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 | 33 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
63%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
68.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +21.2pp since 2023
Math
64.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 69 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.5% | 64.9% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 46.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Prairie Elementary School
Lincoln Prairie Elementary School's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Prairie Elementary School this school | 479 | 51.8% | 60.8% |
| Madison Elementary School Lombard | 477 | 47.0% | 40.1% |
| Pennoyer Elementary School Norridge | 419 | 47.5% | 45.0% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Moline | 384 | 54.4% | 31.0% |
| William F Murphy Elementary School Woodridge | 399 | 49.9% | 61.5% |
| Spring Creek Elementary School Rockford | 523 | 53.0% | 31.1% |
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 Prairie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #304 of 1,925 | #7 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #314 of 2,077 ▲ 57 | #6 of 44 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #392 of 2,077 ▲ 180 | #9 of 44 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #630 of 2,419 | #22 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,281 of 2,035 | #32 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #448 of 2,042 | #1 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #1,252 of 2,132 | #10 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #430 of 615 | #11 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
479
+60 (+14%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 499
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 | 479 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 52% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 33.8 | 13.8:1 | 48% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 35.8 | 12.5:1 | 42% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 31.5 | 14.5:1 | 29% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 25% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 27 | 18.5:1 | 19% (96) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Prairie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (456 to 479); teachers up 8% (31.5 to 34).
About Lincoln Prairie Elementary School
Lincoln Prairie Elementary School is an elementary school in Lake In The Hills, Illinois, and it is part of CUSD 300. It serves 479 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 26% larger than that.
CUSD 300 has 27 schools; together they serve 20,705 students.
At Lincoln Prairie Elementary School, White students make up 54% of the student body. The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. McHenry County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school's share is lower. Lincoln Prairie Elementary School's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 34 full-time equivalents, or about 14.1 students per teacher. That is close to the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 52%. It compares with 35% for public schools in McHenry County.
Lincoln Prairie Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Lincoln Prairie Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 60.8%. Predicted: 41.6%. Difference: 19.2 points.
According to the American Community Survey, in McHenry County, the median household income is $104,802, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. There are 89 public schools in McHenry County, enrolling about 50,123 students in all.
The school nearest to Lincoln Prairie Elementary School is Harry D Jacobs High School, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Lincoln Prairie Elementary School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Lincoln Prairie Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment climbed 14% from its 2020-21 level of 419.
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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 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 Lake In The Hills
- Marlowe Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,215 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Chesak Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
Nearby schools
- Harry D Jacobs High School0.8 mi · 2,056
- Indian Prairie Elementary School1.0 mi · 496
- Glacier Ridge Elementary School1.4 mi · 360
- Lake in the Hills Elementary School1.5 mi · 502
- Woods Creek Elementary School1.7 mi · 489
- Kenneth E Neubert Elementary School1.9 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Prairie Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Prairie Elementary School?
Lincoln Prairie Elementary School enrolls approximately 479 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lincoln Prairie Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Prairie Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Prairie Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Prairie Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Prairie Elementary School?
At Lincoln Prairie Elementary School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 24% Hispanic, 5% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Prairie Elementary School public or private?
Lincoln Prairie Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CUSD 300.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.