Is South Elementary School a good school?

South Elementary School ranks 443 rd of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend South Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 391 students attended South Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of South Elementary School?

Students at South Elementary School are 76% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% African American, 1% Asian.

What schools do graduates of South Elementary School attend?

Students who attend South Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Richard F Bernotas Middle School High : Crystal Lake Central High School

South Elementary School

Summary:

South Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Crystal Lake, Illinois, serving 391 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Crystal Lake CCSD 47 district, which is ranked 393 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

South Elementary School consistently performs above the district and state averages in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, 52% of all students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 42.7% for the district and 41.2% for the state. In Mathematics, 39.8% of all students were proficient or better, compared to 25.7% for the district and 28.4% for the state. The school's performance is particularly strong in 3rd grade ELA and Mathematics, where 48.3% and 55.2% of students, respectively, were proficient or better, outpacing the district and state.

South Elementary School generally outperforms the other nearby schools in the Crystal Lake CCSD 47 district, particularly in ELA and Mathematics proficiency. Glacier Ridge Elementary School and Woods Creek Elementary School also perform well, ranking in the top half of Illinois elementary schools, while the other nearby schools tend to have lower academic performance. The nearby schools in the Cusd 300 district, such as Lake in the Hills Elementary and Lincoln Prairie Elementary, have lower academic performance compared to South Elementary School and the other Crystal Lake CCSD 47 schools.

Detail:

Public K-5

601 Golf Rd
Crystal Lake, IL 60014-5644

(815) 459-1143

District: Crystal Lake CCSD 47

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,461

Students who attend South Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Richard F Bernotas Middle School
High:	Crystal Lake Central High School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.0

Number of students: 391

Racial breakdown:

White:

76.2%

Hispanic:

15.6%

Two or more races:

4.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 25.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details South Elementary School ranks better than 78.6% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks first among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Crystal Lake CCSD 47 School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 76.75. (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 South Elementary School is $15,461, which is the 2^nd highest among 9 elementary schools in the Crystal Lake CCSD 47 School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

South Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks South Elementary School 443^rd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See South Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Crystal Lake CCSD 47:

SchoolDigger ranks Crystal Lake CCSD 47 393^rd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for South Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	76.77	471^st	2020	76.7%
2004	75.62	496^th	2030	75.6%
2005	72.66	587^th	2022	71.0%
2006	74.59	527^th	2086	74.7%
2007	69.45	725^th	2095	65.4%
2008	75.41	523^rd	2092	75.0%
2009	78.83	398^th	2120	81.2%
2010	82.34	245^th	2139	88.5%
2011	84.44	166^th	2147	92.3%
2012	81.10	313^th	2166	85.5%
2013	74.38	543^rd	2167	74.9%
2014	81.17	363^rd	2093	82.7%
2015	76.31	413^th	2052	79.9%
2016	80.05	358^th	2046	82.5%
2017	67.25	618^th	2044	69.8%
2018	74.46	462^nd	2037	77.3%
2019	83.06	311^th	2086	85.1%
2021	75.01	418^th	1948	78.5%
2022	70.58	562^nd	2082	73.0%
2023	64.96	651^st	2077	68.7%
2024	76.75	443^rd	2067	78.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	41.50	540^th	1113	51.5%
2023	48.23	482^nd	1156	58.3%
2024	59.18	371^st	1195	69.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	76.05	231^st	1765	86.9%
2019	83.97	121^st	1816	93.3%
2022	72.81	272^nd	1763	84.6%
2023	47.43	879^th	1808	51.4%
2024	66.16	420^th	1793	76.6%

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Rank History for Female students at South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	68.57	564^th	1964	71.3%
2019	81.48	295^th	2019	85.4%
2021	77.22	311^th	1680	81.5%
2022	77.38	387^th	1970	80.4%
2023	66.06	578^th	1957	70.5%
2024	76.37	379^th	1942	80.5%

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Rank History for Male students at South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	79.16	349^th	1972	82.3%
2019	77.82	369^th	2019	81.7%
2021	64.63	498^th	1707	70.8%
2022	59.04	702^nd	1977	64.5%
2023	59.96	685^th	1984	65.5%
2024	74.04	445^th	1959	77.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	38.44	570^th	959	40.6%

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Rank History for White students at South Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	60.56	541^st	1463	63.0%
2019	71.19	349^th	1462	76.1%
2021	59.73	479^th	1308	63.4%
2022	61.04	506^th	1425	64.5%
2023	53.60	641^st	1419	54.8%
2024	67.14	402^nd	1392	71.1%

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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 South Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	631	1	13	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	655
1990	614	n/a	9	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	631
1991	594	3	4	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	614
1992	543	0	8	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	559
1993	579	2	8	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	600
1994	578	2	13	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	603
1995	635	9	15	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	677
1996	635	9	15	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	677
1997	644	5	16	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	688
1998	627	4	9	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	648
1999	637	4	6	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	656
2000	626	3	7	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	645
2001	608	3	12	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	636
2002	482	1	11	36	0	n/a	n/a	0	530
2003	482	1	11	36	0	n/a	n/a	0	530
2004	484	4	7	21	1	n/a	n/a	0	517
2005	469	3	10	31	1	n/a	n/a	0	514
2006	446	4	11	30	1	n/a	n/a	4	496
2007	422	5	10	27	1	n/a	n/a	11	476
2008	406	6	10	31	0	n/a	n/a	17	470
2009	381	8	11	38	0	n/a	n/a	20	458
2010	395	2	12	36	0	n/a	n/a	24	469
2011	354	2	4	51	0	0	22	0	433
2012	378	0	7	53	0	0	20	0	458
2013	370	1	7	50	0	0	16	0	444
2014	361	4	9	58	0	0	15	0	447
2015	337	7	9	60	0	0	15	0	428
2016	307	4	8	59	0	0	20	0	398
2017	319	3	6	56	0	0	20	0	404
2018	305	4	8	50	0	0	24	0	391
2019	300	3	7	45	0	0	19	0	374
2020	310	5	5	48	0	0	20	0	388
2021	301	3	3	40	0	0	15	0	362
2022	291	4	4	52	1	0	14	0	366
2023	298	9	4	61	1	0	18	0	391

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 South Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	655	34.0	19.2	n/a
1990	631	35.0	18.0	n/a
1991	614	36.0	17.0	n/a
1992	559	33.0	16.9	n/a
1993	600	28.5	21.1	n/a
1994	603	30.0	20.1	n/a
1995	677	34.0	19.9	n/a
1996	677	34.0	19.9	n/a
1997	688	32.0	21.5	n/a
1998	648	34.0	19.1	n/a
1999	656	35.0	18.7	n/a
2000	645	36.0	17.9	n/a
2001	636	34.5	18.4	n/a
2002	530	33.0	16.1	7.2
2003	530	33.0	16.1	7.2
2004	517	32.0	16.2	7.7
2005	514	32.0	16.1	8.8
2006	496	31.0	16.0	6.5
2007	476	32.0	14.9	6
2008	470	30.0	15.7	6
2009	458	31.1	14.7	10.5
2010	469	31.1	15.0	13.5
2011	433	29.6	14.6	16.6
2012	458	28.6	16.0	22.1
2013	444	29.3	15.1	30.6
2014	447	31.8	14.0	29.5
2015	428	31.0	13.8	33.6
2016	398	33.0	12.0	27.9
2017	404	33.8	11.9	99.3
2018	391	34.8	11.2	24.8
2019	374	33.8	11.0	23
2020	388	33.8	11.4	18.3
2021	362	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	366	37.3	9.8	17.5
2023	391	38.8	10.0	25.8

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 South Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	655	34.0	19.2	n/a
1990	631	35.0	18.0	n/a
1991	614	36.0	17.0	n/a
1992	559	33.0	16.9	n/a
1993	600	28.5	21.1	n/a
1994	603	30.0	20.1	n/a
1995	677	34.0	19.9	n/a
1996	677	34.0	19.9	n/a
1997	688	32.0	21.5	n/a
1998	648	34.0	19.1	n/a
1999	656	35.0	18.7	n/a
2000	645	36.0	17.9	n/a
2001	636	34.5	18.4	n/a
2002	530	33.0	16.1	7.2
2003	530	33.0	16.1	7.2
2004	517	32.0	16.2	7.7
2005	514	32.0	16.1	8.8
2006	496	31.0	16.0	6.5
2007	476	32.0	14.9	6
2008	470	30.0	15.7	6
2009	458	31.1	14.7	10.5
2010	469	31.1	15.0	13.5
2011	433	29.6	14.6	16.6
2012	458	28.6	16.0	22.1
2013	444	29.3	15.1	30.6
2014	447	31.8	14.0	29.5
2015	428	31.0	13.8	33.6
2016	398	33.0	12.0	27.9
2017	404	33.8	11.9	99.3
2018	391	34.8	11.2	24.8
2019	374	33.8	11.0	23
2020	388	33.8	11.4	18.3
2021	362	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	366	37.3	9.8	17.5
2023	391	38.8	10.0	25.8

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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