Spencer Pointe

Spencer Pointe operates as an average-sized elementary campus in New Lenox, Illinois, operated by New Lenox SD 122. Current enrollment sits at 437 students spanning grades 1 through 3.

Across the 12 schools in New Lenox SD 122 (4,956 students total), Spencer Pointe accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Spencer Pointe reports that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Spencer Pointe higher than the state norm the norm. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Will County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Spencer Pointe tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Will County) shows that median household earnings sit near $109,984, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Spencer Pointe is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Spencer Crossing, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Spencer Pointe comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Spencer Pointe's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 477 (now 437). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

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