Washington Academy

Washington Academy is a primary school of sizable scale in Belvidere, Illinois, operated by Belvidere CUSD 100, hosting 721 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 89% bigger than typical.

Belvidere CUSD 100 comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 7,523 students; Washington Academy is among them.

Demographically, Washington Academy logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 27% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Boone County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Washington Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.1%.

In the area at large, Boone County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,571, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Boone County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,993 students), Washington Academy is one campus in the mix.

Perry Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Washington Academy at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 31.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Washington Academy's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 892 (now 721). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 50% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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