Lisbon Grade School

Lisbon Grade School, a minimally staffed elementary campus in Newark, Illinois, run under Lisbon CCSD 90, teaches 121 students, covering grades K through 8. That puts it 68% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Lisbon Grade School sits inside Lisbon CCSD 90, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Lisbon Grade School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school shows 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Kendall County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Lisbon Grade School lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 6% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kendall County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Lisbon Grade School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kendall County indicate median household earnings sit near $111,601, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Lisbon Grade School is one of 50 public schools in Kendall County (combined enrollment of about 29,773 students).

Nettle Creek Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Lisbon Grade School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Lisbon Grade School's enrollment has edged up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 112 (now 121). White enrollment moved from 94% to 88% across the same window.

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