Is Washington Academy a good school?

Washington Academy ranks in the bottom 18.8% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Washington Academy?

In the 2022-23 school year, 689 students attended Washington Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Washington Academy?

Students at Washington Academy are 64% Hispanic, 29% White, 3% Two or more races, 3% African American.

What schools do graduates of Washington Academy attend?

Students who attend Washington Academy usually go on to attend: Middle : Belvidere South Middle School High : Belvidere High School

Washington Academy

Summary:

Washington Academy is an elementary school located in Belvidere, Illinois, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 689. The school is part of the Belvidere CUSD 100 district, which is ranked 670 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Washington Academy consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of Illinois elementary schools, with significantly below-average academic performance across all grade levels and subject areas compared to state and district averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 16.1% of Washington Academy students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 27.1% in the Belvidere CUSD 100 district and 41.2% statewide. The school also faces a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 11.2% in 2019-2020 to 30.1% in 2021-2022. Additionally, Washington Academy has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 79.25% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Interestingly, the nearby Caledonia Elementary School and Seth Whitman Elementary School within the Belvidere CUSD 100 district generally outperform Washington Academy, but still struggle compared to the state averages. However, schools outside the Belvidere CUSD 100 district, such as Poplar Grove Elementary School in the North Boone CUSD 200 district, demonstrate significantly stronger academic performance, suggesting that district-level factors may play a role in the challenges faced by Washington Academy and other Belvidere schools.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

1031 5th Ave
Belvidere, IL 61008-5139

(815) 544-3124

District: Belvidere CUSD 100

SchoolDigger Rank:
1678^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,653

Students who attend Washington Academy usually attend:

Middle:	Belvidere South Middle School
High:	Belvidere High School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.4

Number of students: 689

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

64.2%

White:

29.5%

Two or more races:

2.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 79.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Washington Academy ranks worse than 81.2% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 5^th among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Belvidere CUSD 100 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.16. (See more...)

Compare Details Washington Academy is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2015 the calculated Average Standard Score was 37.67. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Washington Academy is $14,653. 3 elementary schools in the Belvidere CUSD 100 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Washington Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Washington Academy 1678^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Washington Academy in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Belvidere CUSD 100:

SchoolDigger ranks Belvidere CUSD 100 670^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Washington Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	43.84	1325^th	2020	34.4%
2004	54.11	1141^st	2030	43.8%
2005	56.60	1082^nd	2022	46.5%
2006	50.08	1308^th	2086	37.3%
2007	40.63	1492^nd	2095	28.8%
2008	31.49	1598^th	2092	23.6%
2009	24.75	1723^rd	2120	18.7%
2010	15.66	1884^th	2139	11.9%
2011	19.03	1854^th	2147	13.6%
2012	28.69	1702^nd	2166	21.4%
2013	17.07	1876^th	2167	13.4%
2014	21.74	1722^nd	2093	17.7%
2015	21.70	1663^rd	2052	19.0%
2016	20.47	1681^st	2046	17.8%
2017	21.23	1645^th	2044	19.5%
2018	20.44	1627^th	2037	20.1%
2019	21.02	1697^th	2086	18.6%
2021	19.24	1605^th	1948	17.6%
2022	16.60	1794^th	2082	13.8%
2023	13.93	1913^th	2077	7.9%
2024	20.16	1678^th	2067	18.8%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Washington Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.34	690^th	718	3.9%
2019	43.68	396^th	743	46.7%
2021	31.48	428^th	537	20.3%
2022	20.53	755^th	768	1.7%
2023	19.73	770^th	788	2.3%
2024	37.78	505^th	826	38.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Washington Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	42.98	355^th	763	53.5%
2019	30.06	847^th	1194	29.1%
2021	21.40	586^th	640	8.4%
2022	29.07	793^rd	1113	28.8%
2023	29.69	794^th	1156	31.3%
2024	22.31	1017^th	1195	14.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Washington Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.37	1523^rd	1765	13.7%
2019	26.24	1479^th	1816	18.6%
2021	33.85	1023^rd	1514	32.4%
2022	19.88	1584^th	1763	10.2%
2023	18.83	1660^th	1808	8.2%
2024	28.29	1362^nd	1793	24.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Washington Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	18.99	1641^st	1964	16.4%
2019	23.92	1576^th	2019	21.9%
2021	16.03	1490^th	1680	11.3%
2022	16.55	1714^th	1970	13.0%
2023	14.23	1806^th	1957	7.7%
2024	20.40	1576^th	1942	18.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Washington Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	32.69	578^th	907	36.3%
2024	22.16	789^th	886	10.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Washington Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.22	1520^th	1972	22.9%
2019	21.61	1632^nd	2019	19.2%
2021	20.23	1398^th	1707	18.1%
2022	17.38	1708^th	1977	13.6%
2023	14.95	1797^th	1984	9.4%
2024	20.90	1559^th	1959	20.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Washington Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.27	833^rd	938	11.2%
2019	25.15	794^th	955	16.9%
2021	28.00	578^th	742	22.1%
2022	15.97	924^th	954	3.1%
2023	15.04	942^nd	970	2.9%
2024	27.06	735^th	959	23.4%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Washington Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	13.82	1355^th	1463	7.4%
2019	10.22	1395^th	1462	4.6%
2021	9.08	1275^th	1308	2.5%
2022	10.90	1353^rd	1425	5.1%
2023	9.32	1366^th	1419	3.7%
2024	10.06	1333^rd	1392	4.2%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2013	32.33	990^th	1367	27.6%
2014	42.81	780^th	1322	41.0%
2015	37.67	758^th	1302	41.8%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Washington Academy

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	717	10	4	102	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	833
1989	725	15	10	102	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	852
1990	714	17	4	117	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	852
1991	838	19	4	141	0	n/a	n/a	0	1002
1992	864	18	6	147	0	n/a	n/a	0	1035
1993	836	19	7	149	0	n/a	n/a	0	1011
1994	924	16	10	155	6	n/a	n/a	0	1111
1995	971	18	11	243	3	n/a	n/a	0	1246
1996	971	18	11	243	3	n/a	n/a	0	1246
1997	764	24	11	232	0	n/a	n/a	0	1031
1998	716	15	4	262	0	n/a	n/a	0	997
1999	706	34	6	264	1	n/a	n/a	0	1011
2000	722	24	5	330	4	n/a	n/a	0	1085
2001	689	23	8	285	0	n/a	n/a	0	1005
2002	532	38	4	249	2	n/a	n/a	0	825
2003	532	38	4	249	2	n/a	n/a	0	825
2004	494	37	10	421	7	n/a	n/a	0	969
2005	552	17	9	474	1	n/a	n/a	69	1122
2006	560	17	10	520	2	n/a	n/a	53	1162
2007	429	13	11	508	2	n/a	n/a	47	1010
2008	438	27	11	607	2	n/a	n/a	46	1131
2009	429	24	12	600	2	n/a	n/a	53	1120
2010	398	26	12	575	2	n/a	n/a	53	1066
2011	291	21	7	426	3	1	17	0	766
2012	306	26	7	397	1	3	17	0	757
2013	309	37	8	405	2	2	19	0	782
2014	398	40	8	427	4	3	26	0	906
2015	378	26	6	412	3	3	33	0	861
2016	377	24	8	445	5	3	36	0	898
2017	359	35	5	459	5	1	44	0	908
2018	345	53	6	450	3	0	35	0	892
2019	330	39	3	422	3	0	28	0	825
2020	297	30	3	443	1	0	26	0	800
2021	201	19	4	387	5	0	19	0	635
2022	219	23	5	427	4	0	29	0	707
2023	203	19	3	442	2	0	20	0	689

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Washington Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	833	45.3	18.3	n/a
1989	852	45.0	18.9	n/a
1990	852	41.6	20.4	n/a
1991	1002	44.8	22.3	n/a
1992	1035	44.2	23.4	n/a
1993	1011	43.8	23.1	n/a
1994	1111	48.3	23.0	n/a
1995	1246	47.4	26.3	n/a
1996	1246	47.4	26.3	n/a
1997	1031	47.0	21.9	n/a
1998	997	44.0	22.7	n/a
1999	1011	49.0	20.6	n/a
2000	1085	48.0	22.6	n/a
2001	1005	52.0	19.3	n/a
2002	825	42.9	19.2	33.6
2003	825	42.9	19.2	33.6
2004	969	47.4	20.4	44
2005	1122	53.4	21.0	49.4
2006	1162	55.0	21.1	49.6
2007	1010	55.0	18.4	60.9
2008	1131	50.0	22.6	62.3
2009	1120	56.9	19.7	66.1
2010	1066	58.9	18.0	74.8
2011	766	50.0	15.3	69.5
2012	757	45.0	16.8	62.4
2013	782	16.9	46.0	62.1
2014	906	52.0	17.4	58.5
2015	861	50.0	17.2	67.8
2016	898	56.0	16.0	67.4
2017	908	58.0	15.6	61.7
2018	892	58.6	15.2	57.3
2019	825	55.1	14.9	62.2
2020	800	57.7	13.8	61
2021	635	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	707	46.5	15.1	59.5
2023	689	55.1	12.4	79.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Washington Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	833	45.3	18.3	n/a
1989	852	45.0	18.9	n/a
1990	852	41.6	20.4	n/a
1991	1002	44.8	22.3	n/a
1992	1035	44.2	23.4	n/a
1993	1011	43.8	23.1	n/a
1994	1111	48.3	23.0	n/a
1995	1246	47.4	26.3	n/a
1996	1246	47.4	26.3	n/a
1997	1031	47.0	21.9	n/a
1998	997	44.0	22.7	n/a
1999	1011	49.0	20.6	n/a
2000	1085	48.0	22.6	n/a
2001	1005	52.0	19.3	n/a
2002	825	42.9	19.2	33.6
2003	825	42.9	19.2	33.6
2004	969	47.4	20.4	44
2005	1122	53.4	21.0	49.4
2006	1162	55.0	21.1	49.6
2007	1010	55.0	18.4	60.9
2008	1131	50.0	22.6	62.3
2009	1120	56.9	19.7	66.1
2010	1066	58.9	18.0	74.8
2011	766	50.0	15.3	69.5
2012	757	45.0	16.8	62.4
2013	782	16.9	46.0	62.1
2014	906	52.0	17.4	58.5
2015	861	50.0	17.2	67.8
2016	898	56.0	16.0	67.4
2017	908	58.0	15.6	61.7
2018	892	58.6	15.2	57.3
2019	825	55.1	14.9	62.2
2020	800	57.7	13.8	61
2021	635	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	707	46.5	15.1	59.5
2023	689	55.1	12.4	79.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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