Saratoga Elem School

Saratoga Elem School is a primary school of large scale in Morris, Illinois, part of Saratoga CCSD 60C, educateing 786 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 106% bigger than typical.

Operationally, Saratoga Elem School answers to Saratoga CCSD 60C, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Saratoga Elem School logs that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Grundy County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Saratoga Elem School has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 41% of students at Saratoga Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Saratoga Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.8%.

In the surrounding community, Grundy County reports that median household earnings sit near $92,235, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Grundy County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,070 students), Saratoga Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Shabbona Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Saratoga Elem School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 804 students in 2018 compared to 786 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.