Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371001694
McKinley Elementary School
258 Lovell St, Elgin, IL 60120 · (847) 888-5262 · Kane County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
306 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 41% smaller than its 6th grade class (63).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
25.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.6pp since 2023
Math
18.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.5% | 18.3% |
| 2023-24 | 13.9% | 11.9% |
% 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
19.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 McKinley Elementary School
McKinley Elementary School's state test result (19.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Elementary School this school | 395 | 77.5% | 19.1% |
| Lowrie Elementary School Elgin | 397 | 75.8% | 16.3% |
| Hiawatha Elementary School Berwyn | 394 | 75.6% | 34.5% |
| Washington Elementary School Waukegan | 384 | 78.4% | 23.6% |
| Whittier Primary School Northlake | 368 | 79.1% | N/A |
| Pershing Elementary School Berwyn | 418 | 74.2% | 41.4% |
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 McKinley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #1,634 of 1,925 | #58 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #1,652 of 2,077 ▼ 116 | #69 of 83 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #1,799 of 2,077 ▲ 2 | #67 of 83 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #1,027 of 2,419 | #63 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,670 of 2,035 | #59 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.7% | #1,552 of 2,042 | #76 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #569 of 2,132 | #11 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #1,453 of 1,461 | #51 of 51 |
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
395
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 312
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 | 395 | 25.2 | 15.7:1 | 77% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 25.7 | 15.7:1 | 65% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 23.9 | 16.4:1 | 69% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 396 | 20.5 | 19.4:1 | 87% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 19 | 20.4:1 | 85% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 21 | 20.7:1 | 89% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 446 | 29 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 312 | 15 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (396 to 395); teachers up 23% (20.5 to 25.2).
About McKinley Elementary School
McKinley Elementary School is a public elementary school run by SD U-46 in Elgin, Illinois. It is open to students in kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 395 students.
The 51 schools in SD U-46 enroll 34,036 students altogether, McKinley Elementary School among them.
McKinley Elementary School is 88% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 7% White and 3% Black. That compares with about 33% Hispanic among all Kane County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.
McKinley Elementary School reports a ratio of 15.7 students per teacher, from 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 15.7:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. Lunch program data show 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 48% average for public schools in Kane County is 29 points lower.
McKinley Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 19.1%, compared with a predicted 26.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Kane County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $103,163 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting McKinley Elementary School, Kane County has 167 public schools.
Larsen Middle School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 24.5% on proficiency, and McKinley Elementary School is below that at 19.1%.
McKinley Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 386 to 395, a small change.
McKinley Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SD U-46
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Other schools in Elgin
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Prairie Knolls Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Country Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- Lords Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 641 students
Other McKinley Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 19 states are named McKinley Elementary. McKinley Elementary School is the 22nd largest of the 56.
- McKinley Elementary SchoolOttawa, IL · 364 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolBellwood, IL · 304 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolSouth Holland, IL · 176 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 917 students
- McKinley ElementaryStockton, CA · 705 students
Nearby schools
- Larsen Middle School0.4 mi · 570
- Ronald D O Neal0.7 mi · 445
- Coleman Elementary School1.0 mi · 641
- Channing Memorial Elementary School1.1 mi · 491
- Ellis Middle School1.4 mi · 496
- Elgin Math and Science Academy Chtr1.4 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley Elementary SchoolHow large is McKinley Elementary School?
McKinley Elementary School enrolls approximately 395 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does McKinley Elementary School serve?
McKinley Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at McKinley Elementary School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at McKinley Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at McKinley Elementary School?
Student demographics at McKinley Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 88% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is McKinley Elementary School in?
McKinley Elementary School is part of SD U-46.
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