Enrollment
116
Elementary
DISTRICT 103 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK CCSD 66·NCES 172827002978
Newark Elementary School
503 Chicago Rd, Newark, IL 60541 · (815) 695-5143 · Kendall County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL116 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
27 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 1 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 28% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 41% smaller than its 4th grade class (32).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Newark Elementary School→Millbrook Junior High School
Based on grade levels within Newark CCSD 66. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
71.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +21.4pp since 2023
Math
59.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +27.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 28 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.4% | 59.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 31.3% |
% 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Newark Elementary School
Newark Elementary School's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newark Elementary School this school | 116 | 23.3% | 58.7% |
| Taylor Ridge Elementary School Taylor Ridge | 138 | 22.5% | N/A |
| Midway School Moro | 120 | 23.3% | N/A |
| Cornell Elementary School Cornell | 114 | 26.3% | 43.5% |
| Hollis Consolidated Grade School Peoria | 147 | 23.8% | 56.6% |
| Cissna Park Elementary School Cissna Park | 128 | 30.5% | 52.1% |
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 Newark Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kendall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #353 of 1,925 | #2 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #431 of 2,077 ▲ 336 | #4 of 22 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #310 of 2,077 ▲ 179 | #2 of 22 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 116 | #2,306 of 2,419 | #25 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.3% | #1,901 of 2,132 | #18 of 23 |
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
116
+5 (+5%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 195
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 | 116 | 10.6 | 10.9:1 | 23% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 108 | 11 | 9.8:1 | 21% (23) |
| 2022-23 | 111 | 9 | 12.3:1 | 29% (32) |
| 2020-21 | 111 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 144 | 10.4 | 13.8:1 | 17% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 142 | 10 | 14.2:1 | 20% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 122 | 8 | 15.3:1 | 20% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 162 | 8 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 195 | 11 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newark Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (144 to 116); teachers up 2% (10.4 to 10.6).
About Newark Elementary School
Newark Elementary School serves students in Newark, Illinois, as a small elementary school. The latest federal count shows 116 students in pre-K through 4. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 70% smaller than average.
Newark CCSD 66 runs Newark Elementary School along with 1 other school, enrolling 205 students in total.
White students make up 82% of enrollment at Newark Elementary School. The remaining shares are 15% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Kendall County's population at about 65%. Pick two students at random and there is a 31% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 10.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Newark Elementary School and a ratio of 10.9:1. This ratio sits 3.0 below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 23% of students. The rate at public schools in Kendall County averages 32%, higher than here.
Newark Elementary School scores 58.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.1%.
Census Bureau estimates for Kendall County show that the median household income is $111,601, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Newark Elementary School is one of 50 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Newark Comm High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Newark Elementary School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Newark Elementary School's average proficiency of 58.7% compares with 51.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place Newark Elementary School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school enrolled 116 students in 2024-25, 5 more than the 111 it had in 2020-21.
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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 Newark
- Newark Comm High SchoolHigh · 175 students
- Lisbon Grade SchoolElementary · 121 students
- Millbrook Junior High SchoolMiddle · 89 students
- Lisbon CCSD 90Elementary
- Newark CCSD 66Elementary
- Newark CHSD 18Elementary
Nearby schools
- Newark Comm High School0.1 mi · 175
- Millbrook Junior High School4.0 mi · 89
- Sheridan Elementary School5.3 mi · 135
- Lisbon Grade School6.7 mi · 121
- Sandwich Community High School7.0 mi · 560
- Lynn G Haskin Elementary School7.0 mi · 226
Frequently asked questions
About Newark Elementary SchoolHow large is Newark Elementary School?
Newark Elementary School enrolls approximately 116 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Newark Elementary School serve?
Newark Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Newark Elementary School?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Newark Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Newark Elementary School?
At Newark Elementary School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is Newark Elementary School public or private?
Newark Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newark CCSD 66.
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