Seneca Grade School North Campus

Set in Seneca, Illinois, Seneca Grade School North Campus is a low-enrollment elementary campus, part of Seneca CCSD 170. It enrolls 256 students across grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Seneca CCSD 170 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 465 students. Seneca Grade School North Campus is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Seneca Grade School North Campus logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to LaSalle County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Seneca Grade School North Campus logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Seneca Grade School North Campus tighter than the state norm the norm. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, LaSalle County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Seneca Grade School North Campus sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.9%; this one delivers 56.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (LaSalle County) logs that median household income runs about $73,045, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across LaSalle County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,523 students), Seneca Grade School North Campus is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Seneca Elem School South Campus, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Seneca Grade School North Campus at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 46.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 279 students in 2018 compared to 256 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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