Is Mary Morgan Elementary School a good school?

Mary Morgan Elementary School ranks 483 rd of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Mary Morgan Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 659 students attended Mary Morgan Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Mary Morgan Elementary School?

Students at Mary Morgan Elementary School are 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Mary Morgan Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Mary Morgan Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Byron Middle School High : Byron High School 9-12

Mary Morgan Elementary School

Summary:

Mary Morgan Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Byron, Illinois, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 659 students. The school is part of the Byron CUSD 226 district, which is ranked 162 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Mary Morgan Elementary School consistently ranks among the top 25% of Illinois elementary schools, with a statewide ranking between 82 and 483 over the past 10 years. The school's performance on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) exams is impressive, with 42.6% of all students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 47% proficient or better in Mathematics in the 2023-2024 school year, significantly higher than the state averages. The school's performance on the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) is also strong, with 64.1% of students proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to the state average of 53.2%. Mary Morgan Elementary School has consistently high rankings for its female and male student subgroups, and its Hispanic student subgroup ranks 52nd out of 970 Illinois elementary schools in 2022-2023, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance for students with disabilities and low socioeconomic status is also impressive, with these subgroups ranking in the top 25% and top 5% of Illinois elementary schools, respectively, in recent years.

While Mary Morgan Elementary School is a high-performing school, the nearby schools in the Rockford School District 205 area generally have lower academic performance and higher chronic absenteeism rates. For example, Barbour Two-Way Lang Immersion, the closest school to Mary Morgan, has significantly lower proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, as well as a higher chronic absenteeism rate of 19.9%. Similarly, other nearby Rockford schools like Washington Elementary, Arthur Froberg Elementary, and Riverdahl Elementary have much lower academic performance and higher chronic absenteeism compared to Mary Morgan.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

420 N Colfax St
Byron, IL 61010-1438

(815) 234-5491

District: Byron CUSD 226

SchoolDigger Rank:
483^rd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,887

Students who attend Mary Morgan Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Byron Middle School
High:	Byron High School 9-12

Student/teacher ratio: 12.9

Number of students: 659

Racial breakdown:

White:

85.7%

Hispanic:

7.4%

Two or more races:

5.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 25.6%

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Performance Trends

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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 74.53. (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.

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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mary Morgan Elementary School is $14,887.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mary Morgan Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Mary Morgan Elementary School 483^rd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Mary Morgan Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Byron CUSD 226:

SchoolDigger ranks Byron CUSD 226 162^nd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Mary Morgan Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Mary Morgan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2006	83.22	172^nd	2086	91.8%
2007	80.26	282^nd	2095	86.5%
2008	85.51	124^th	2092	94.1%
2009	84.88	146^th	2120	93.1%
2010	83.00	213^th	2139	90.0%
2011	82.72	238^th	2147	88.9%
2012	84.87	148^th	2166	93.2%
2013	88.93	160^th	2167	92.6%
2014	91.24	95^th	2093	95.5%
2015	92.53	140^th	2052	93.2%
2016	94.94	85^th	2046	95.8%
2017	91.15	143^rd	2044	93.0%
2018	94.58	82^nd	2037	96.0%
2019	91.20	136^th	2086	93.5%
2021	90.11	156^th	1948	92.0%
2022	85.97	260^th	2082	87.5%
2023	82.71	326^th	2077	84.3%
2024	74.53	483^rd	2067	76.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Mary Morgan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	95.50	15^th	763	98.0%
2019	77.89	145^th	1194	87.9%
2021	57.94	199^th	640	68.9%
2022	58.32	302^nd	1113	72.9%
2023	56.27	378^th	1156	67.3%
2024	56.98	400^th	1195	66.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Mary Morgan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	98.45	8^th	1765	99.5%
2019	89.70	60^th	1816	96.7%
2021	93.30	27^th	1514	98.2%
2022	87.97	86^th	1763	95.1%
2023	89.46	93^rd	1808	94.9%
2024	74.95	265^th	1793	85.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Mary Morgan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	92.90	91^st	1964	95.4%
2019	90.81	130^th	2019	93.6%
2021	89.70	112^th	1680	93.3%
2022	84.69	257^th	1970	87.0%
2023	78.82	353^rd	1957	82.0%
2024	72.49	470^th	1942	75.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Mary Morgan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	52.90	314^th	907	65.4%
2024	72.89	122^nd	886	86.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Mary Morgan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	94.72	72^nd	1972	96.3%
2019	89.96	144^th	2019	92.9%
2021	85.32	178^th	1707	89.6%
2022	85.10	240^th	1977	87.9%
2023	82.75	273^rd	1984	86.2%
2024	73.72	449^th	1959	77.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mary Morgan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	90.32	52^nd	970	94.6%

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Rank History for White students at Mary Morgan Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	87.79	101^st	1463	93.1%
2019	82.02	178^th	1462	87.8%
2021	79.43	184^th	1308	85.9%
2022	72.53	309^th	1425	78.3%
2023	66.19	411^th	1419	71.0%
2024	55.82	599^th	1392	57.0%

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

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Mary Morgan Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	523	n/a	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	527
1990	519	n/a	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	521
1991	546	1	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	549
1992	608	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	609
1993	657	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	659
1994	696	0	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	699
1995	349	3	4	6	3	n/a	n/a	0	365
1996	349	3	4	6	3	n/a	n/a	0	365
1997	363	2	4	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	372
1998	402	2	2	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	412
1999	381	3	3	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	392
2000	359	3	8	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	377
2001	369	2	9	3	1	n/a	n/a	0	384
2002	335	4	2	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	348
2003	335	4	2	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	348
2004	335	9	4	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	356
2005	314	5	4	7	0	n/a	n/a	7	337
2006	670	14	27	14	4	n/a	n/a	10	739
2007	620	23	30	17	1	n/a	n/a	24	715
2008	613	24	12	13	4	n/a	n/a	40	706
2009	638	17	10	14	2	n/a	n/a	34	715
2010	638	15	8	16	1	n/a	n/a	46	724
2011	623	6	8	44	4	0	25	0	710
2012	599	6	5	42	1	0	25	0	678
2013	585	9	4	36	4	0	22	0	660
2014	607	8	3	36	2	0	18	0	674
2015	574	6	2	43	3	0	30	0	658
2016	571	7	1	40	2	0	31	0	652
2017	605	8	1	47	2	0	32	0	695
2018	640	7	4	54	2	0	32	0	739
2019	626	6	3	60	0	0	30	0	725
2020	620	3	2	61	0	0	30	0	716
2021	592	2	2	54	0	0	26	0	676
2022	602	3	2	49	0	0	28	0	684
2023	565	7	3	49	1	0	34	0	659

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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 Mary Morgan Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	527	33.0	15.9	n/a
1990	521	35.0	14.8	n/a
1991	549	36.3	15.1	n/a
1992	609	37.1	16.4	n/a
1993	659	40.9	16.1	n/a
1994	699	43.4	16.1	n/a
1995	365	27.4	13.3	n/a
1996	365	27.4	13.3	n/a
1997	372	25.0	14.9	n/a
1998	412	22.4	18.4	n/a
1999	392	24.3	16.1	n/a
2000	377	24.4	15.5	n/a
2001	384	23.6	16.3	n/a
2002	348	23.8	14.6	6.3
2003	348	23.8	14.6	6.3
2004	356	23.0	15.5	10.4
2005	337	20.0	16.9	7.9
2006	739	37.2	19.9	n/a
2007	715	40.0	17.9	n/a
2008	706	37.0	19.1	n/a
2009	715	46.4	15.4	n/a
2010	724	48.3	14.9	n/a
2011	710	47.5	14.9	17.5
2012	678	47.5	14.2	20.1
2013	660	50.3	13.1	25.3
2014	674	51.5	13.0	28.2
2015	658	50.0	13.1	27.8
2016	652	44.0	14.8	20.1
2017	695	47.2	14.6	21.9
2018	739	51.4	14.3	19.2
2019	725	52.4	13.8	22.5
2020	716	51.7	13.8	20.1
2021	676	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	684	52.2	13.0	21.5
2023	659	50.9	12.9	25.6

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 Mary Morgan Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	527	33.0	15.9	n/a
1990	521	35.0	14.8	n/a
1991	549	36.3	15.1	n/a
1992	609	37.1	16.4	n/a
1993	659	40.9	16.1	n/a
1994	699	43.4	16.1	n/a
1995	365	27.4	13.3	n/a
1996	365	27.4	13.3	n/a
1997	372	25.0	14.9	n/a
1998	412	22.4	18.4	n/a
1999	392	24.3	16.1	n/a
2000	377	24.4	15.5	n/a
2001	384	23.6	16.3	n/a
2002	348	23.8	14.6	6.3
2003	348	23.8	14.6	6.3
2004	356	23.0	15.5	10.4
2005	337	20.0	16.9	7.9
2006	739	37.2	19.9	n/a
2007	715	40.0	17.9	n/a
2008	706	37.0	19.1	n/a
2009	715	46.4	15.4	n/a
2010	724	48.3	14.9	n/a
2011	710	47.5	14.9	17.5
2012	678	47.5	14.2	20.1
2013	660	50.3	13.1	25.3
2014	674	51.5	13.0	28.2
2015	658	50.0	13.1	27.8
2016	652	44.0	14.8	20.1
2017	695	47.2	14.6	21.9
2018	739	51.4	14.3	19.2
2019	725	52.4	13.8	22.5
2020	716	51.7	13.8	20.1
2021	676	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	684	52.2	13.0	21.5
2023	659	50.9	12.9	25.6

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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