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Ronald D O Neal
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)BeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Ronald D O Neal
Ronald D O Neal operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in Elgin, Illinois, overseen by SD U-46. Current enrollment sits at 445 students spanning grades K through 6.
Across the 51 schools in SD U-46 (34,036 students total), Ronald D O Neal accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Ronald D O Neal reports that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 6% White, 4% Black. By comparison, Kane County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Ronald D O Neal higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kane County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ronald D O Neal sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.1%; this one delivers 23.1%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kane County) shows that median household earnings sit near $103,163, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Kane County runs 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), of which Ronald D O Neal is one.
The closest other public school is Larsen Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ronald D O Neal comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 20.4%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Five-year trend. Ronald D O Neal's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 545 (now 445). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.
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