North Elem School

Set in Crystal Lake, Illinois, North Elem School is a sprawling primary school, operated by Crystal Lake CCSD 47. It works with 638 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 67% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Across the 12 schools in Crystal Lake CCSD 47 (6,889 students total), North Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Elem School lists that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.6%, the actual is 53.8%, a residual of -0.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for McHenry County indicate median household income runs about $104,802, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across McHenry County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,123 students), North Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Richard F Bernotas Middle Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, North Elem School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. North Elem School's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 699 (now 638).

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