Enrollment
251
Elementary
DISTRICT 183 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BOONE CUSD 200·NCES 172870003014
Poplar Grove Elementary School
208 N State St, Poplar Grove, IL 61065 · (815) 765-3113 · Boone County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
114 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 12% smaller than its 4th grade class (52).
Student demographics
46%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
Poplar Grove Elementary School→North Boone Upper Elementary School→North Boone Middle School→North Boone High School
Based on grade levels within North Boone CUSD 200. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
67.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +25.1pp since 2023
Math
61.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.3% | 61.2% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 47.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Poplar Grove Elementary School
Poplar Grove Elementary School's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Grove Elementary School this school | 251 | 45.4% | 59.4% |
| Taft Grade School Lockport | 272 | 46.3% | 34.8% |
| Lynn G Haskin Elementary School Sandwich | 226 | 46.0% | 68.6% |
| Kingston Elementary School Kingston | 310 | 43.2% | N/A |
| Lincoln Elementary School Pontiac | 227 | 50.2% | 26.8% |
| Herman E Dummer Sandwich | 275 | 49.1% | 51.7% |
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 Poplar Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Boone County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #338 of 1,925 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #384 of 2,077 ▼ 21 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #426 of 2,077 ▲ 304 | #1 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #1,815 of 2,419 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #749 of 2,035 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #1,014 of 2,042 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #1,422 of 2,132 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #992 of 1,461 | N/A |
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
251
+18 (+8%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 214
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 | 251 | 20 | 12.6:1 | 45% (114) |
| 2023-24 | 248 | 21.5 | 11.5:1 | 49% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 238 | 22.8 | 10.4:1 | 45% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 233 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 24.8 | 11.1:1 | 14% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 284 | 24 | 11.8:1 | 35% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | 21 | 14.3:1 | 42% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 214 | 14 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 214 | 12 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Poplar Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (275 to 251); teachers down 20% (24.8 to 20).
About Poplar Grove Elementary School
At 208 N State St in Poplar Grove, Illinois, Poplar Grove Elementary School operates as a small elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 4 make up the school's enrollment of 251 students. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 34% below average.
North Boone CUSD 200 is responsible for 6 schools, Poplar Grove Elementary School included, with 1,470 students in all.
The largest group at Poplar Grove Elementary School is White students, at 69%. Smaller groups are 27% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Boone County residents are about 72% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 46%.
The school had 20 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 45%. Among public schools in Boone County, the average eligibility rate is 53%.
Poplar Grove Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 84% of Illinois public elementary schools.
A school in Illinois with Poplar Grove Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 45.3%. Poplar Grove Elementary School scores 59.4%.
Boone County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $84,571, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 17 public schools in the county, enrolling about 8,993, Poplar Grove Elementary School among them.
North Boone Middle School, about 2.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Poplar Grove Elementary School, there are 5 other public schools. On average proficiency, Poplar Grove Elementary School is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 8%, from 233 to 251.
The discussion board for Poplar Grove Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- North Boone Middle SchoolMiddle · 233 students
- North Boone Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 192 students
- Capron Elementary SchoolElementary · 162 students
- Manchester Elementary SchoolElementary · 136 students
Other schools in Poplar Grove
- North Boone High SchoolHigh · 496 students
- North Boone Middle SchoolMiddle · 233 students
- North Boone Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 192 students
- Manchester Elementary SchoolElementary · 136 students
Nearby schools
- North Boone Middle School2.8 mi · 233
- North Boone Upper Elementary School2.8 mi · 192
- North Boone High School3.1 mi · 496
- Caledonia Elementary School3.7 mi · 449
- Capron Elementary School4.4 mi · 162
- Belvidere North High School5.8 mi · 1,354
Frequently asked questions
About Poplar Grove Elementary SchoolHow large is Poplar Grove Elementary School?
Poplar Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 251 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Poplar Grove Elementary School serve?
Poplar Grove Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Poplar Grove Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Poplar Grove Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Poplar Grove Elementary School?
Student demographics at Poplar Grove Elementary School are roughly 69% White, 27% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Poplar Grove Elementary School public or private?
Poplar Grove Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Boone CUSD 200.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.