Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYCAMORE CUSD 427·NCES 173846003920
Southeast Elementary School
718 S Locust St, Sycamore, IL 60178 · (815) 899-8219 · DeKalb County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
92 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Sycamore CUSD 427. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
56.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
55.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +24.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.3% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 30.9% |
% 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Southeast Elementary School
Southeast Elementary School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Elementary School this school | 300 | 30.7% | 53.2% |
| Dorothy Simon Elementary School Winnebago | 297 | 29.6% | N/A |
| Greenwood Elementary School Woodstock | 290 | 29.3% | 48.2% |
| Monroe Center Grade School Monroe Center | 327 | 30.6% | 42.2% |
| Coal City Intermediate School Coal City | 294 | 32.7% | 62.0% |
| Ludwig Elementary School Lockport | 321 | 32.7% | 59.5% |
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 Southeast Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #493 of 1,925 | #6 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #532 of 2,077 ▲ 248 | #6 of 22 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #795 of 2,077 ▼ 65 | #6 of 22 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #1,540 of 2,419 | #11 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #688 of 2,035 | #9 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #1,182 of 2,042 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.7% | #1,768 of 2,132 | #20 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #746 of 1,461 | #5 of 13 |
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
300
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 411
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 | 300 | 24.2 | 12.4:1 | 31% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 23.1 | 13.1:1 | 26% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 22.6 | 13.1:1 | 25% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 346 | 21.1 | 16.4:1 | 27% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 19 | 17.4:1 | 29% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 16 | 20.9:1 | 25% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 317 | 17 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 411 | 24 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southeast Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (346 to 300); teachers up 15% (21.1 to 24.2).
About Southeast Elementary School
Southeast Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in Sycamore, Illinois. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 300 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
The district, Sycamore CUSD 427, has 3,720 students enrolled across 7 schools.
Southeast Elementary School is 77% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. The White share in DeKalb County as a whole is similar, at about 74%. Southeast Elementary School's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.4:1. That is 1.5 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Southeast Elementary School reports 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 48% average among public schools in DeKalb County.
Southeast Elementary School scores 53.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 53.8%.
DeKalb County has about 100,703 residents, and the median household income is $70,724, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Southeast Elementary School, DeKalb County has 42 other public schools.
West Elementary School is the public school closest to Southeast Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Southeast Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Southeast Elementary School in the Suburb: Small locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 300, starting from 304.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,703
Census ACS
Median income
$70,724
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
16,328 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sycamore CUSD 427
- Sycamore High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Sycamore Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- South Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- North Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 309 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other schools in Sycamore
- Sycamore High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Sycamore Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- South Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- North Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 309 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other Southeast Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 13 states are named Southeast Elementary. Southeast Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 17.
- Southeast Elementary SchoolEvergreen Park, IL · 303 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 817 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 816 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolAnkeny, IA · 585 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolMeridian, MS · 562 students
Nearby schools
- West Elementary School0.9 mi · 270
- South Prairie Elementary School1.0 mi · 456
- Sycamore High School1.1 mi · 1,161
- Sycamore Middle School1.4 mi · 847
- North Elementary School2.0 mi · 309
- North Grove Elementary School2.7 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About Southeast Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Southeast Elementary School?
Southeast Elementary School enrolls approximately 300 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Southeast Elementary School serve?
Southeast Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Southeast Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Southeast Elementary School.
How diverse is Southeast Elementary School?
Southeast Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Southeast Elementary School public or private?
Southeast Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sycamore CUSD 427.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.