Enrollment
192
Middle
DISTRICT 213 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BOONE CUSD 200·NCES 172870001115
North Boone Upper Elementary School
6200 N Boone School Rd, Poplar Grove, IL 61065 · (815) 765-9006 · Boone County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL192 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Illinois public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
81 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 92 | 48% |
| Grade 6 | 100 | 52% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Feeds from
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
49.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 21.7% |
% 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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 North Boone Upper Elementary School
North Boone Upper Elementary School's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Boone Upper Elementary School this school | 192 | 42.2% | 39.6% |
| North Boone Middle School Poplar Grove | 233 | 41.6% | 45.3% |
| Indian Creek Middle School Waterman | 213 | 40.8% | 39.5% |
| Serena Middle School Serena | 184 | 44.6% | 42.4% |
| Blackhawk Elementary School South Beloit | 139 | 50.4% | 16.1% |
| Kelvin Grove Jr High School Lockport | 260 | 36.5% | 62.7% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 North Boone Upper Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #334 of 578 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #365 of 640 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #414 of 640 ▼ 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 192 | #569 of 691 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.2% | #367 of 581 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.9% | #24 of 440 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
192
-46 (-19%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 229
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 | 192 | 16.9 | 11.4:1 | 42% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 202 | 17.7 | 11.4:1 | 46% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 219 | 18.9 | 11.6:1 | 39% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 238 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 15.2 | 18.1:1 | 45% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 229 | 13 | 17.6:1 | 52% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 263 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 38% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 229 | 11 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Boone Upper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (274 to 192); teachers up 12% (15.2 to 16.9).
About North Boone Upper Elementary School
North Boone Upper Elementary School is a small middle school in Poplar Grove, Illinois, (ZIP code 61065). The school enrolls 192 students, from grades 5 through 6. An average school in this group (middle schools in Illinois) has about 462 students.
North Boone CUSD 200 has 1,470 students in 6 schools, and North Boone Upper Elementary School is one of those schools.
Roughly 67% of students at North Boone Upper Elementary School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
North Boone Upper Elementary School's 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.4:1. On average, middle schools in Illinois have 13.0:1, compared with 11.4:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 42%. The 53% average for public schools in Boone County is 11 points higher.
Measured against Illinois public middle schools, North Boone Upper Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
North Boone Upper Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 39.6% is 7.5 points below the 47.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among Boone County residents, the median household income is $84,571, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides North Boone Upper Elementary School, Boone County has 16 other public schools.
Nearest public school: North Boone Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are 6 other public schools. On average proficiency, North Boone Upper Elementary School is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
North Boone Upper Elementary School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
North Boone Upper Elementary School's enrollment declined from 238 in 2020-21 to 192 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at North Boone Upper Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,230
Census ACS
Median income
$84,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
8,993 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Boone CUSD 200
- North Boone High SchoolHigh · 496 students
- Poplar Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
- North Boone Middle SchoolMiddle · 233 students
- Capron Elementary SchoolElementary · 162 students
- Manchester Elementary SchoolElementary · 136 students
Other schools in Poplar Grove
- North Boone High SchoolHigh · 496 students
- Poplar Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
- North Boone Middle SchoolMiddle · 233 students
- Manchester Elementary SchoolElementary · 136 students
Nearby schools
- North Boone Middle School0.1 mi · 233
- North Boone High School0.2 mi · 496
- Poplar Grove Elementary School2.8 mi · 251
- Manchester Elementary School3.6 mi · 136
- Capron Elementary School3.7 mi · 162
- Caledonia Elementary School4.9 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About North Boone Upper Elementary SchoolHow large is North Boone Upper Elementary School?
North Boone Upper Elementary School enrolls approximately 192 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does North Boone Upper Elementary School serve?
North Boone Upper Elementary School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many teachers does North Boone Upper Elementary School have?
North Boone Upper Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
How diverse is North Boone Upper Elementary School?
North Boone Upper Elementary School reports a student body of 67% White, 28% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees North Boone Upper Elementary School?
North Boone Upper Elementary School is overseen by North Boone CUSD 200 in Boone County.
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