West Elem School

Set in Crystal Lake, Illinois, West Elem School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, overseen by Crystal Lake CCSD 47. It hosts 520 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 36% larger than typical.

Within Crystal Lake CCSD 47, which oversees 12 schools and 6,889 students, West Elem School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, West Elem School lists that White students make up the majority at 76%; the rest breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with McHenry County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, West Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.0%, the actual is 51.6%, a residual of -3.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for McHenry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $104,802 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across McHenry County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,123 students), West Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is South Elem School, roughly 1.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West Elem School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Elem School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 527 students in 2018 compared to 520 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 76% across the same window.

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