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What's one thing Olson Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 412 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODSTOCK CUSD 200·NCES 174333005462
Olson Elementary School
720 W Judd St, Woodstock, IL 60098 · (815) 338-0473 · McHenry County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
199 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 56%
Community
4
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 17% |
This year's 1st grade class (81) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Based on grade levels within Woodstock CUSD 200. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
68.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +23.7pp since 2023
Math
45.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 45.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 29.7% |
% 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
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Olson Elementary School
Olson Elementary School's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olson Elementary School this school | 425 | 46.8% | 50.4% |
| Kerkstra Elementary School Oak Forest | 407 | 43.7% | 48.8% |
| Prairiewood Elementary School Woodstock | 374 | 44.9% | 46.0% |
| Arcola Elementary School Arcola | 410 | 45.9% | 34.0% |
| Dundee Highlands Elementary School West Dundee | 396 | 44.4% | 48.4% |
| Lee R Foster Elementary School Oak Forest | 397 | 48.6% | 55.3% |
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 Olson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #587 of 1,925 | #25 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #807 of 2,077 ▲ 11 | #27 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #386 of 2,077 ▲ 254 | #8 of 44 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #880 of 2,419 | #29 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,479 of 2,035 | #39 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #675 of 2,042 | #7 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.8% | #1,390 of 2,132 | #14 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #1,387 of 1,461 | #28 of 31 |
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
425
+56 (+15%) vs 2020
+80% since 1990-91, when it was 236
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 | 425 | 28.8 | 14.8:1 | 47% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 25.5 | 15.8:1 | 49% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 27.1 | 14.4:1 | 47% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 26.2 | 16.5:1 | 46% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 47% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | 28 | 17.7:1 | 46% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 259 | 23 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 236 | 14 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (432 to 425); teachers up 10% (26.2 to 28.8).
About Olson Elementary School
Olson Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Woodstock, Illinois. It educates 425 students in kindergarten through 5.
Woodstock CUSD 200 has a total of 11 schools and 6,097 students, Olson Elementary School among them.
White students make up a majority at Olson Elementary School, at 51%. The remaining shares are 40% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of McHenry County's population at about 80%. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Olson Elementary School was 14.8:1. This ratio sits 0.8 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 47%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in McHenry County is 35%.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Olson Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Olson Elementary School would score about 44.5%. It scores 50.4%, 5.9 points above that figure.
McHenry County census figures show that the median household income is $104,802, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 89 public schools in McHenry County, enrolling about 50,123 students in all.
Woodstock High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Olson Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Olson Elementary School in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment climbed 15% from its 2020-21 level of 369.
The Olson Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
McHenry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
312,591
Census ACS
Median income
$104,802
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodstock CUSD 200
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 988 students
- Woodstock North High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolMiddle · 736 students
- Verda Dierzen Early Learning CenterElementary · 675 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 576 students
- Mary Endres Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
Other schools in Woodstock
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 988 students
- Woodstock North High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolMiddle · 736 students
- Verda Dierzen Early Learning CenterElementary · 675 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 576 students
- Mary Endres Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
Other Olson Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Olson Elementary. Olson Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- OLSON ELEMENTARYBLOOMINGTON, MN · 524 students
- Olson ElementaryVerona, WI · 462 students
Nearby schools
- Woodstock High School0.4 mi · 988
- Dean Street Elementary School0.6 mi · 302
- Westwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 385
- Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center1.8 mi · 675
- Mary Endres Elementary School1.8 mi · 431
- Northwood Middle School1.8 mi · 576
Frequently asked questions
About Olson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Olson Elementary School?
Olson Elementary School enrolls approximately 425 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Olson Elementary School serve?
Olson Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Olson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Olson Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Olson Elementary School?
Olson Elementary School reports a student body of 51% White, 40% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Olson Elementary School public or private?
Olson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Woodstock CUSD 200.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.