Loves Park Elem School

Loves Park Elem School operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in Loves Park, Illinois, run under Harlem UD 122. Current enrollment sits at 279 students spanning grades 1 through 5. That puts it 27% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Harlem UD 122 runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 6,108 students. Loves Park Elem School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Loves Park Elem School reports that White students make up the majority at 55%; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic, 14% Black, 13% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Winnebago County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Winnebago County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Loves Park Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Winnebago County shows median household earnings sit near $65,837, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Winnebago County's 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students), Loves Park Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Harlem Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Loves Park Elem School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.8%.

Loves Park Elem School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Loves Park Elem School's enrollment has decreased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 348 (now 279). Over the same period, the White share fell from 68% to 55%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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