Otter Creek Elem School

Otter Creek Elem School is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in Elgin, Illinois, operated by SD U-46, hosting 437 students in grades K through 6.

Otter Creek Elem School is one of 51 schools operated by SD U-46, a district that enrolls 34,036 students overall.

On demographics, Otter Creek Elem School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 25% White, 12% Asian, 11% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Kane County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Otter Creek Elem School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Otter Creek Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Kane County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,163, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kane County runs 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), of which Otter Creek Elem School is one.

Corron Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Otter Creek Elem School. On composite proficiency, Otter Creek Elem School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 51.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Otter Creek Elem School's enrollment has shrank 37% since 2018, when it stood at 697 (now 437). Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 64% to 48%. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Otter Creek Elem School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.