Valley View Elem School

Set in Mchenry, Illinois, Valley View Elem School is an average-sized elementary-level community, run under McHenry CCSD 15. It serves 526 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 38% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Within McHenry CCSD 15, which oversees 8 schools and 4,025 students, Valley View Elem School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Valley View Elem School shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Valley View Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Valley View Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.2%; this one delivers 47.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (McHenry County) records that median household income runs about $104,802, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Valley View Elem School is one of 89 public schools in McHenry County (combined enrollment of about 50,123 students).

The closest other public school is Parkland School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Valley View Elem School. On composite proficiency, Valley View Elem School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Valley View Elem School's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 595 (now 526). White enrollment moved from 75% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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