Lakewood School

Summary:

Lakewood School is an elementary school located in Carpentersville, Illinois, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 759 students. The school is part of the Community Unit School District 300, which is ranked 411 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Lakewood School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with a ranking between 1,500-2,000 out of over 2,000 schools in recent years, and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lakewood School significantly underperforms compared to the district and state averages in academic proficiency. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 9.4% of Lakewood students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 37.6% in the district and 41.2% statewide. In mathematics, only 7.1% of Lakewood students were proficient or better, compared to 28.5% in the district and 28.4% statewide. Lakewood School also has a very high chronic absenteeism rate, reaching 29.3% in the 2021-2022 school year, significantly higher than the district and state averages. The school's student subgroups, such as Hispanic, English Language Learner, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students, consistently rank in the bottom quartile or bottom third of Illinois elementary schools in their respective categories.

In contrast, the nearby Algonquin Lakes Elementary and Sleepy Hollow Elementary schools, which are also part of the Community Unit School District 300, significantly outperform Lakewood School in academic proficiency, chronic absenteeism, and overall school rankings. These schools have 4-star ratings from SchoolDigger, indicating they are among the top-performing schools in the state. Additionally, the nearby Sunny Hill Elementary School, which is part of the Barrington CUSD 220 district, spends significantly more per student and has stronger academic performance compared to Lakewood School.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1651 Ravine Ln
       Carpentersville, IL  60110-2130


(224) 484-2600

District: Cusd 300

SchoolDigger Rank:
1863rd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,302 Help


Students who attend Lakewood School usually attend:

Middle:    Carpentersville Middle School
High:    Oak Ridge School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.8 Help
Number of students:  534

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
96.1%
White:
2.6%
African American:
0.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  77.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Lakewood School ranks worse than 90.1% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 18 ranked elementary schools in the Cusd 300 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.72. (See more...)
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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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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (96.1%), White (2.6%), African American (0.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 77.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lakewood School is 14.8. 11 elementary schools in the Cusd 300 School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lakewood School is $13,302. 18 elementary schools in the Cusd 300 School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lakewood School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lakewood School 1863rd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Lakewood School in the ranking list.)

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Cusd 300:

SchoolDigger ranks Cusd 300 411th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lakewood School

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Rank History for all students at Lakewood School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2016 22.59 1625th 2046 20.6%
2017 20.59 1661st 2044 18.7%
2018 33.09 1349th 2037 33.8%
2019 21.04 1696th 2086 18.7%
2021 19.82 1584th 1948 18.7%
2022 22.20 1593rd 2082 23.5%
2023 21.47 1625th 2077 21.8%
2024 14.72 1863rd 2067 9.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lakewood School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.58 347th 718 51.7%
2019 29.72 620th 743 16.6%
2021 32.18 412th 537 23.3%
2022 37.19 492nd 768 35.9%
2023 32.30 589th 788 25.3%
2024 25.01 740th 826 10.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Lakewood School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.53 542nd 763 29.0%
2019 25.92 963rd 1194 19.3%
2021 31.67 419th 640 34.5%
2022 34.42 669th 1113 39.9%
2023 31.42 758th 1156 34.4%
2024 15.70 1161st 1195 2.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lakewood School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.77 763rd 1765 56.8%
2019 36.32 1208th 1816 33.5%
2021 30.20 1108th 1514 26.8%
2022 33.81 1172nd 1763 33.5%
2023 31.11 1295th 1808 28.4%
2024 20.63 1574th 1793 12.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Lakewood School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.53 1227th 1964 37.5%
2019 20.13 1692nd 2019 16.2%
2021 20.30 1380th 1680 17.9%
2022 25.19 1453rd 1970 26.2%
2023 24.66 1461st 1957 25.3%
2024 15.15 1749th 1942 9.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Lakewood School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 29.19 658th 907 27.5%
2024 19.69 852nd 886 3.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Lakewood School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.91 1362nd 1972 30.9%
2019 24.02 1561st 2019 22.7%
2021 17.00 1496th 1707 12.4%
2022 20.52 1577th 1977 20.2%
2023 19.59 1615th 1984 18.6%
2024 16.04 1719th 1959 12.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lakewood School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.28 453rd 938 51.7%
2019 29.85 713th 955 25.3%
2021 25.86 612th 742 17.5%
2022 28.55 714th 954 25.2%
2023 30.65 695th 970 28.4%
2024 20.21 858th 959 10.5%
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Rank History for White students at Lakewood School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 43.55 824th 1425 42.2%
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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.

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Enrollment information for Lakewood School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 418 3 8 13 n/a n/a n/a 0 442
1990 500 2 10 12 n/a n/a n/a 0 524
1991 574 16 14 33 0 n/a n/a 0 637
1992 575 11 8 37 0 n/a n/a 0 631
1993 624 7 9 30 0 n/a n/a 0 670
1994 659 9 7 26 0 n/a n/a 0 701
1995 729 13 10 26 0 n/a n/a 0 778
1996 729 13 10 26 0 n/a n/a 0 778
1997 725 15 14 29 0 n/a n/a 0 783
1998 687 9 19 28 1 n/a n/a 0 744
1999 660 15 17 23 0 n/a n/a 0 715
2000 589 12 12 22 8 n/a n/a 0 643
2001 570 18 14 34 8 n/a n/a 0 644
2002 196 91 5 487 2 n/a n/a 0 781
2003 196 91 5 487 2 n/a n/a 0 781
2004 173 115 9 525 5 n/a n/a 0 827
2005 155 95 11 568 6 n/a n/a 0 835
2006 122 76 8 569 3 n/a n/a 4 782
2007 110 86 6 558 1 n/a n/a 9 770
2008 84 81 7 500 0 n/a n/a 13 685
2009 91 99 6 525 1 n/a n/a 20 742
2010 76 96 2 482 1 n/a n/a 18 675
2011 60 106 3 571 3 0 19 0 762
2012 53 103 5 592 0 0 15 0 768
2013 58 102 3 664 1 0 13 0 841
2014 45 95 2 670 2 0 11 0 825
2015 57 95 5 631 2 0 8 0 798
2016 64 89 5 696 0 0 12 0 866
2017 24 24 6 515 3 0 7 0 579
2018 29 21 7 539 2 0 5 0 603
2019 34 24 8 562 2 0 4 0 634
2020 34 31 8 614 3 0 4 0 694
2021 51 34 7 693 5 1 7 0 798
2022 56 25 6 710 2 0 9 0 808
2023 46 25 4 676 0 0 8 0 759
2024 14 4 1 513 0 0 2 0 534

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 Lakewood School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 442 23.0 19.2 n/a
1990 524 25.0 20.9 n/a
1991 637 32.0 19.9 n/a
1992 631 30.6 20.6 n/a
1993 670 31.0 21.6 n/a
1994 701 31.5 22.3 n/a
1995 778 35.0 22.2 n/a
1996 778 35.0 22.2 n/a
1997 783 36.0 21.8 n/a
1998 744 37.1 20.1 n/a
1999 715 36.3 19.7 n/a
2000 643 35.6 18.1 n/a
2001 644 35.4 18.2 n/a
2002 781 45.7 17.1 71.3
2003 781 45.7 17.1 71.3
2004 827 47.0 17.6 77.6
2005 835 49.0 17.0 81.3
2006 782 47.0 16.6 86.1
2007 770 46.0 16.7 88.8
2008 685 43.0 15.9 88.8
2009 742 47.0 15.8 84.8
2010 675 48.0 14.0 92.2
2011 762 49.0 15.5 92.5
2012 768 48.0 16.0 92.6
2013 841 70.1 11.9 92
2014 825 57.6 14.3 95.2
2015 798 53.0 15.0 92.1
2016 866 58.0 14.9 87.1
2017 579 44.9 12.8 89.6
2018 603 46.9 12.8 85.2
2019 634 50.2 12.6 80.9
2020 694 44.6 15.5 78.4
2021 798 n/a n/a n/a
2022 808 52.4 15.4 63
2023 759 51.5 14.7 72.9
2024 534 35.9 14.8 77.9

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 Lakewood School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 442 23.0 19.2 n/a
1990 524 25.0 20.9 n/a
1991 637 32.0 19.9 n/a
1992 631 30.6 20.6 n/a
1993 670 31.0 21.6 n/a
1994 701 31.5 22.3 n/a
1995 778 35.0 22.2 n/a
1996 778 35.0 22.2 n/a
1997 783 36.0 21.8 n/a
1998 744 37.1 20.1 n/a
1999 715 36.3 19.7 n/a
2000 643 35.6 18.1 n/a
2001 644 35.4 18.2 n/a
2002 781 45.7 17.1 71.3
2003 781 45.7 17.1 71.3
2004 827 47.0 17.6 77.6
2005 835 49.0 17.0 81.3
2006 782 47.0 16.6 86.1
2007 770 46.0 16.7 88.8
2008 685 43.0 15.9 88.8
2009 742 47.0 15.8 84.8
2010 675 48.0 14.0 92.2
2011 762 49.0 15.5 92.5
2012 768 48.0 16.0 92.6
2013 841 70.1 11.9 92
2014 825 57.6 14.3 95.2
2015 798 53.0 15.0 92.1
2016 866 58.0 14.9 87.1
2017 579 44.9 12.8 89.6
2018 603 46.9 12.8 85.2
2019 634 50.2 12.6 80.9
2020 694 44.6 15.5 78.4
2021 798 n/a n/a n/a
2022 808 52.4 15.4 63
2023 759 51.5 14.7 72.9
2024 534 35.9 14.8 77.9

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.

Immunization Rates

Lakewood School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcalPneumococcal
201599.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%49.8%99.3%99.6%
201699.9%99.8%99.8%99.8%49.9%99.5%49.9%48.4%
201799.5%99.7%99.7%99.7%2.6%99.0%99.5%2.6%
201899.5%99.7%99.7%99.7%2.5%99.2%99.5%2.7%
201998.6%98.9%98.9%98.9%3.1%98.9%98.9%3.1%
202198.2%98.1%98.1%98.1%98.7%97.8%97.9%
202297.9%98.8%98.8%98.8%98.3%98.7%
202397.4%97.5%97.5%97.5%96.4%97.3%
202493.6%95.0%95.0%95.0%90.7%92.6%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Lakewood School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,216 (10.0%) $10,897 (90.0%) $12,113
2020 $1,116 (10.2%) $9,782 (89.8%) $10,898
2021 $1,117 (9.8%) $10,253 (90.2%) $11,370
2022 $1,117 (9.8%) $10,253 (90.2%) $11,370
2023 $1,616 (12.8%) $11,040 (87.2%) $12,656
2024 $1,342 (10.1%) $11,960 (89.9%) $13,302

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Lakewood School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1696th of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1625th of 2077 Elementary schools
 3.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Lakewood School)7.412
 4.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Cusd 300)31.227
 4.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.428.8
 7.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Lakewood School)14.816
 1.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Cusd 300)41.933.9
 8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Illinois)40.633
 7.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Lakewood School)1121.1
 10.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Cusd 300)36.138.2
 2.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Lakewood School)15.419.2
 3.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Cusd 300)36.833.4
 3.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Lakewood School)25.54.5
 21%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Cusd 300)40.233.4
 6.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Lakewood School)20.96.7
 14.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Cusd 300)36.829.1
 7.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (Lakewood School)38.418.4
 20%
   5th Grade Science (Cusd 300)60.453
 7.4%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students634759
 19.7%
African American2425
 4.2%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian84
 50%
Hispanic562676
 20.3%
Pacific Islander00
White3446
 35.3%
Two or More Races48
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients80.9%72.9%
 8.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Lakewood School

Lakewood School ranks in the bottom 9.9% of Illinois elementary schools.

Students at Lakewood School are 96% Hispanic, 3% White.

In the 2023-24 school year, 534 students attended Lakewood School.

Students who attend Lakewood School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Carpentersville Middle School
High : Oak Ridge School


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