Is Woods Creek Elementary School a good school?

Woods Creek Elementary School ranks 529 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Woods Creek Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 533 students attended Woods Creek Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Woods Creek Elementary School?

Students at Woods Creek Elementary School are 75% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Woods Creek Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Woods Creek Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Lundahl Middle School High : Crystal Lake South High School

Woods Creek Elementary School

Summary:

Woods Creek Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Crystal Lake, Illinois, serving students from kindergarten to 5th grade with a total enrollment of 549 students. The school is part of the Crystal Lake CCSD 47 district, which is ranked 393 out of 813 in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Woods Creek Elementary School consistently ranks among the top 25% of Illinois elementary schools, with strong academic performance in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science. In the 2023-2024 school year, 49.4% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 42.7% for the district and 41.2% for the state. In Mathematics, 35.8% of students were proficient or better, compared to 25.7% for the district and 28.4% for the state. The school's Hispanic students perform particularly well, ranking among the top 7.5% of Illinois elementary schools in ELA for the past three school years. However, the school's White and Special Education students perform below the state average.

While Woods Creek Elementary School generally outperforms nearby schools in the Crystal Lake CCSD 47 district, Glacier Ridge Elementary School, which is less than a mile away, has similar or higher academic performance in several areas. The nearby schools in the Cusd 300 and Huntley Community School District 158 tend to have lower academic performance compared to Woods Creek Elementary School. However, the school's significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 2.8% in 2020-2021 to 16.8% in 2022-2023, is a concern that warrants further investigation and intervention.

Detail:

Public K-5

1100 Alexandra Blvd
Crystal Lake, IL 60014-1947

(815) 356-2720

District: Crystal Lake CCSD 47

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,134

Students who attend Woods Creek Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Lundahl Middle School
High:	Crystal Lake South High School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.0

Number of students: 533

Racial breakdown:

White:

75.4%

Hispanic:

12.4%

Asian:

5.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 24.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Woods Creek Elementary School ranks better than 74.4% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 3^rd 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 71.43. (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

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (75.4%), Hispanic (12.4%), Asian (5.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 24.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Woods Creek Elementary School is 13, which is the 5^th best among 9 elementary schools in the Crystal Lake CCSD 47 School District. (See more...)

Compare Woods Creek Elementary School employs 41 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Woods Creek Elementary School is $14,134. 5 elementary schools in the Crystal Lake CCSD 47 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Woods Creek Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Woods Creek Elementary School 529^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Woods Creek Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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White students:

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 Woods Creek Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Woods Creek Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	82.09	277^th	2020	86.3%
2004	78.25	398^th	2030	80.4%
2005	81.14	272^nd	2022	86.5%
2006	78.12	378^th	2086	81.9%
2007	76.45	437^th	2095	79.1%
2008	84.55	157^th	2092	92.5%
2009	82.88	231^st	2120	89.1%
2010	85.44	131^st	2139	93.9%
2011	84.97	147^th	2147	93.2%
2012	85.66	110^th	2166	94.9%
2013	84.73	283^rd	2167	86.9%
2014	90.86	105^th	2093	95.0%
2015	89.91	201^st	2052	90.2%
2016	87.43	221^st	2046	89.2%
2017	92.14	120^th	2044	94.1%
2018	90.54	150^th	2037	92.6%
2019	87.07	218^th	2086	89.5%
2021	81.52	306^th	1948	84.3%
2022	78.63	408^th	2082	80.4%
2023	78.25	399^th	2077	80.8%
2024	71.43	529^th	2067	74.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Woods Creek Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	59.40	197^th	763	74.2%
2019	66.51	258^th	1194	78.4%
2021	47.21	286^th	640	55.3%
2022	46.40	453^rd	1113	59.3%
2023	49.08	470^th	1156	59.3%
2024	42.56	601^st	1195	49.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Woods Creek Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	78.12	206^th	1765	88.3%
2019	60.02	564^th	1816	68.9%
2022	79.18	179^th	1763	89.8%
2023	83.66	134^th	1808	92.6%
2024	74.40	273^rd	1793	84.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Woods Creek Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	89.64	141^st	1964	92.8%
2019	82.33	281^st	2019	86.1%
2021	71.84	397^th	1680	76.4%
2022	74.76	438^th	1970	77.8%
2023	77.60	377^th	1957	80.7%
2024	75.08	417^th	1942	78.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Woods Creek Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	42.20	429^th	907	52.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Woods Creek Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	89.62	144^th	1972	92.7%
2019	88.46	168^th	2019	91.7%
2021	83.36	202^nd	1707	88.2%
2022	78.53	365^th	1977	81.5%
2023	75.66	407^th	1984	79.5%
2024	63.23	617^th	1959	68.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Woods Creek Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	56.38	113^th	242	53.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Woods Creek Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	79.91	111^th	938	88.2%
2019	76.58	113^th	955	88.2%
2022	97.79	7^th	954	99.3%
2023	97.15	14^th	970	98.6%
2024	84.32	74^th	959	92.3%

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Rank History for White students at Woods Creek Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	83.59	175^th	1463	88.0%
2019	75.41	281^st	1462	80.8%
2021	67.03	373^rd	1308	71.5%
2022	58.88	548^th	1425	61.5%
2023	58.51	547^th	1419	61.5%
2024	51.74	661^st	1392	52.5%

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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 Woods Creek Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1998	864	6	13	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	894
1999	892	8	12	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	921
2000	879	6	13	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	907
2001	880	6	14	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	907
2002	761	7	12	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	789
2003	761	7	12	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	789
2004	805	5	24	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	845
2005	777	6	20	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	821
2006	764	5	21	22	0	n/a	n/a	6	818
2007	719	1	21	26	0	n/a	n/a	11	778
2008	696	1	23	29	0	n/a	n/a	15	764
2009	675	6	24	34	0	n/a	n/a	16	755
2010	600	4	27	30	0	n/a	n/a	20	681
2011	553	5	29	33	3	0	17	0	640
2012	529	4	22	37	1	0	19	0	612
2013	486	6	30	41	1	0	19	0	583
2014	468	10	27	43	1	0	18	0	567
2015	466	6	34	47	2	1	17	0	573
2016	468	6	34	52	1	2	27	0	590
2017	457	6	38	53	1	2	20	0	577
2018	474	5	39	59	1	1	19	0	598
2019	456	4	27	61	1	1	16	0	566
2020	467	7	24	60	1	1	15	0	575
2021	445	11	25	59	0	3	15	0	558
2022	436	15	22	65	0	2	19	0	559
2023	420	11	28	63	0	2	25	0	549
2024	402	10	28	66	0	2	25	0	533

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Woods Creek Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1998	894	39.7	22.5	n/a
1999	921	40.5	22.7	n/a
2000	907	39.5	23.0	n/a
2001	907	39.2	23.1	n/a
2002	789	40.5	19.5	1.4
2003	789	40.5	19.5	1.4
2004	845	41.3	20.5	2
2005	821	39.9	20.6	1.2
2006	818	40.4	20.2	2.5
2007	778	38.0	20.5	2
2008	764	38.0	20.1	2.3
2009	755	40.7	18.6	3.5
2010	681	42.5	16.0	6.7
2011	640	37.8	16.9	8.8
2012	612	35.7	17.1	12.6
2013	583	38.0	15.3	16.6
2014	567	36.3	15.6	17.6
2015	573	41.0	13.9	17.6
2016	590	42.0	14.0	14.6
2017	577	40.5	14.2	98.8
2018	598	41.2	14.5	13.4
2019	566	41.4	13.6	11.5
2020	575	40.8	14.0	11
2021	558	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	559	41.4	13.5	14.7
2023	549	41.0	13.3	19.9
2024	533	41.0	13.0	24.6

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 Woods Creek Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1998	894	39.7	22.5	n/a
1999	921	40.5	22.7	n/a
2000	907	39.5	23.0	n/a
2001	907	39.2	23.1	n/a
2002	789	40.5	19.5	1.4
2003	789	40.5	19.5	1.4
2004	845	41.3	20.5	2
2005	821	39.9	20.6	1.2
2006	818	40.4	20.2	2.5
2007	778	38.0	20.5	2
2008	764	38.0	20.1	2.3
2009	755	40.7	18.6	3.5
2010	681	42.5	16.0	6.7
2011	640	37.8	16.9	8.8
2012	612	35.7	17.1	12.6
2013	583	38.0	15.3	16.6
2014	567	36.3	15.6	17.6
2015	573	41.0	13.9	17.6
2016	590	42.0	14.0	14.6
2017	577	40.5	14.2	98.8
2018	598	41.2	14.5	13.4
2019	566	41.4	13.6	11.5
2020	575	40.8	14.0	11
2021	558	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	559	41.4	13.5	14.7
2023	549	41.0	13.3	19.9
2024	533	41.0	13.0	24.6

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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