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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371001700
Ronald D O Neal
510 Franklin Blvd, Elgin, IL 60120 · (847) 888-5266 · Kane County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
358 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 16% smaller than its 6th grade class (63).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
31.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.6pp since 2023
Math
24.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.3% | 24.6% |
| 2023-24 | 15.7% | 8.9% |
% 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
23.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Ronald D O Neal
Ronald D O Neal's state test result (23.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald D O Neal this school | 445 | 80.4% | 23.1% |
| Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School Chicago | 461 | 81.6% | 19.3% |
| Channing Memorial Elementary School Elgin | 491 | 83.5% | 15.7% |
| McKinley Elementary School Elgin | 395 | 77.5% | 19.1% |
| Liberty Elementary School Cicero | 453 | 78.6% | 33.8% |
| Washington Elementary School Waukegan | 384 | 78.4% | 23.6% |
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 Ronald D O Neal ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #1,505 of 1,925 | #51 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #1,472 of 2,077 ▲ 196 | #57 of 83 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #1,631 of 2,077 ▲ 96 | #59 of 83 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #781 of 2,419 | #45 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #1,531 of 2,035 | #50 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #1,536 of 2,042 | #75 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #493 of 2,132 | #8 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #520 of 1,461 | #15 of 51 |
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
445
-71 (-14%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 539
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 | 445 | 29.7 | 15.0:1 | 80% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 27.6 | 16.2:1 | 74% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 31.1 | 14.6:1 | 81% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 28.2 | 19.3:1 | 89% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 26 | 21.4:1 | 88% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 23 | 21.3:1 | 93% (456) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 30 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 23 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ronald D O Neal.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (545 to 445); teachers up 5% (28.2 to 29.7).
About Ronald D O Neal
Ronald D O Neal is a medium-sized elementary school in Elgin, Illinois, under SD U-46. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 445 students.
The district for Ronald D O Neal is SD U-46, with 51 schools and 34,036 students.
The large majority of students at Ronald D O Neal, 87%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 6% White and 4% Black. Kane County's residents are about 33% Hispanic, 54 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Ronald D O Neal belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 23%.
Ronald D O Neal operates with 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. About 80% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The 48% average for public schools in Kane County is 32 points lower.
allk12 grades Ronald D O Neal a C-. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 23.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 25.1%.
Among Kane County residents, median household income is about $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 167 public schools in Kane County, with a combined enrollment of about 87,252.
The nearest other public school, Larsen Middle School, is about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Ronald D O Neal ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
Ronald D O Neal is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Ronald D O Neal had 516 students in 2020-21 and 445 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SD U-46
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Other schools in Elgin
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Prairie Knolls Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Country Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- Lords Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 641 students
Nearby schools
- Larsen Middle School0.5 mi · 570
- Channing Memorial Elementary School0.5 mi · 491
- Ellis Middle School0.7 mi · 496
- McKinley Elementary School0.7 mi · 395
- Lords Park Elementary School0.9 mi · 655
- Coleman Elementary School1.2 mi · 641
Frequently asked questions
About Ronald D O NealWhat is the total enrollment at Ronald D O Neal?
Ronald D O Neal enrolls approximately 445 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Ronald D O Neal serve?
Ronald D O Neal serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Ronald D O Neal?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Ronald D O Neal.
What is the student diversity at Ronald D O Neal?
Student demographics at Ronald D O Neal are roughly 6% White, 87% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Ronald D O Neal public or private?
Ronald D O Neal is a public K-12 school, overseen by SD U-46.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.