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What's the one class at Long Beach Elem School every student should take?
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Enrollment
632
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 308·NCES 173027003131
Long Beach Elementary School
67 Longbeach Rd, Montgomery, IL 60538 · (630) 636-3300 · Kendall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL632 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
376 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 59 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
35.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.4pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.3% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 15.9% | 14.6% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Long Beach Elementary School
Long Beach Elementary School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Elementary School this school | 632 | 59.5% | 27.4% |
| Robert C Hill Elementary School Romeoville | 547 | 62.2% | 45.6% |
| Elmwood Elementary School Elmwood Park | 567 | 57.8% | 48.0% |
| John Mills Elementary School Elmwood Park | 711 | 58.5% | 46.8% |
| Komarek Elementary School North Riverside | 570 | 53.7% | 44.2% |
| Dever Elementary School Chicago | 733 | 55.1% | 28.8% |
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 Long Beach Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kendall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #1,368 of 1,925 | #21 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #1,489 of 2,077 ▼ 75 | #22 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #1,502 of 2,077 ▲ 216 | #22 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 632 | #213 of 2,419 | #9 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #1,923 of 2,035 | #19 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #564 of 2,042 | #13 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #1,030 of 2,132 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.8% | #152 of 615 | #4 of 11 |
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
632
+200 (+46%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 537
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 | 632 | 35 | 18.1:1 | 59% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 32 | 20.4:1 | 61% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 674 | 31.1 | 21.7:1 | 67% (449) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 38.7 | 14.0:1 | 48% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 39% (188) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | 33 | 18.9:1 | 43% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 785 | 37 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 25 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Long Beach Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (541 to 632); teachers down 10% (38.7 to 35).
About Long Beach Elementary School
Located in Montgomery, Illinois, Long Beach Elementary School is a large elementary school. It has an enrollment of 632 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Besides Long Beach Elementary School, CUSD 308 runs 20 other schools. The district enrolls 16,766 students.
Of every 100 students at Long Beach Elementary School, about 56 are Hispanic. It is also 26% White, 10% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Kendall County's residents are about 22% Hispanic, 34 points below the school's share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
Teacher count: 35 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 18.1:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Roughly 59% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 32% average for public schools in Kendall County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Long Beach Elementary School is 9.8 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 27.4% actual, 37.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
In Kendall County, home to about 137,675 people, the median household earns about $111,601 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Kendall County number 50, with about 29,773 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Old Post Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Long Beach Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment figures are 432 for 2020-21 and 632 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger.
People who know Long Beach Elementary School can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Kendall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,675
Census ACS
Median income
$111,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
29,773 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 308
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Thompson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Lakewood Creek ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Murphy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 700 students
Other schools in Montgomery
- Lakewood Creek ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Boulder Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Kaneland McDole Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Nicholson Elementary SchoolElementary · 337 students
Other Long Beach Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Long Beach Elementary. Long Beach Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Long Beach Elementary SchoolLong Beach, WA · 189 students
Nearby schools
- Old Post Elementary School0.4 mi · 387
- Boulder Hill Elementary School0.5 mi · 476
- Thompson Jr High School1.1 mi · 832
- Rose E Krug Elementary School1.5 mi · 271
- Nicholson Elementary School1.6 mi · 337
- G N Dieterich Elementary School1.8 mi · 507
Frequently asked questions
About Long Beach Elementary SchoolHow large is Long Beach Elementary School?
Long Beach Elementary School enrolls approximately 632 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Long Beach Elementary School serve?
Long Beach Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Long Beach Elementary School?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Long Beach Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Long Beach Elementary School?
Student demographics at Long Beach Elementary School are roughly 26% White, 56% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Long Beach Elementary School in?
Long Beach Elementary School is part of CUSD 308.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.