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Enrollment
622
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELVIDERE CUSD 100·NCES 170579005760
Seth Whitman Elementary School
8989 Beloit Rd, Belvidere, IL 61008 · (815) 544-3357 · Boone County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL622 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
14.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
258 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 43 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
47.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.3pp since 2023
Math
42.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 42.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 30.1% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Seth Whitman Elementary School
Seth Whitman Elementary School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Whitman Elementary School this school | 622 | 41.5% | 42.6% |
| Riverwood Elementary School McHenry | 619 | 41.4% | 44.2% |
| B J Hooper Elementary School Lindenhurst | 545 | 43.1% | 47.3% |
| Cotton Creek School Island Lake | 580 | 36.4% | 51.3% |
| Coventry Elementary School Crystal Lake | 629 | 47.7% | 38.9% |
| Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center Woodstock | 675 | 35.4% | N/A |
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 Seth Whitman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Boone County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #838 of 1,925 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #895 of 2,077 ▼ 95 | #4 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #1,098 of 2,077 ▼ 85 | #4 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 622 | #225 of 2,419 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,395 of 2,035 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #715 of 2,042 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.5% | #1,522 of 2,132 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #1,023 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
622
+62 (+11%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 751
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 | 622 | 42.9 | 14.5:1 | 41% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 648 | 44.5 | 14.6:1 | 43% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 46.6 | 13.4:1 | 39% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 40.7 | 16.6:1 | 37% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 37 | 18.1:1 | 40% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 751 | 40 | 18.8:1 | 38% (289) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seth Whitman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (677 to 622); teachers up 6% (40.7 to 42.9).
About Seth Whitman Elementary School
Seth Whitman Elementary School is a large elementary school in Belvidere CUSD 100, located in Belvidere, Illinois. Enrollment totals 622 students across kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 63% larger than that mark.
Across its 10 schools, Belvidere CUSD 100 enrolls 7,523 students. Seth Whitman Elementary School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Seth Whitman Elementary School is 53% White. Next come 40% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 72% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 14.5:1 is based on 42.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 41%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Boone County is 53%.
Seth Whitman Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 37% of Illinois public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Seth Whitman Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.6%; the prediction is 47.6%.
For the population of Boone County, median household income comes to about $84,571, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Boone County's 17 public schools enroll about 8,993 students and include Seth Whitman Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Seth Whitman Elementary School is closest to Belvidere Central Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Seth Whitman Elementary School places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
An 11% increase took enrollment from 560 in 2020-21 to 622 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Seth Whitman Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Belvidere CUSD 100
- Belvidere North High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Belvidere High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- Belvidere Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 911 students
- Belvidere South Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- Washington AcademyElementary · 721 students
- Meehan Elementary SchoolElementary · 688 students
Other schools in Belvidere
- Belvidere North High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Belvidere High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- Belvidere Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 911 students
- Belvidere South Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- Washington AcademyElementary · 721 students
- Meehan Elementary SchoolElementary · 688 students
Nearby schools
- Belvidere Central Middle School0.2 mi · 911
- Belvidere North High School0.3 mi · 1,354
- Lincoln Elementary School1.7 mi · 573
- Perry Elementary School1.8 mi · 284
- Washington Academy2.5 mi · 721
- Belvidere South Middle School3.1 mi · 754
Frequently asked questions
About Seth Whitman Elementary SchoolHow large is Seth Whitman Elementary School?
Seth Whitman Elementary School enrolls approximately 622 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Seth Whitman Elementary School serve?
Seth Whitman Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Seth Whitman Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Seth Whitman Elementary School.
How diverse is Seth Whitman Elementary School?
Seth Whitman Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 40% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Seth Whitman Elementary School?
Seth Whitman Elementary School is overseen by Belvidere CUSD 100 in Boone County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.