Is Seth Paine Elementary School a good school?

Yes. Seth Paine Elementary School ranks in the top 9.4% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Seth Paine Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 461 students attended Seth Paine Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Seth Paine Elementary School?

Students at Seth Paine Elementary School are 73% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Seth Paine Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Seth Paine Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Lake Zurich Middle - N Campus High : Lake Zurich High School

Seth Paine Elementary School

Summary:

Seth Paine Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, serving 461 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the highly-ranked Lake Zurich CUSD 95 district, which is ranked 34th out of 813 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Seth Paine Elementary School consistently ranks among the top 10-20% of Illinois elementary schools, with a current ranking of 194 out of 2,067 schools. The school's performance on state assessments, particularly in English Language Arts and Science, is generally higher than the state and district averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 64.8% of all students at Seth Paine were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 73.4% for the district and 41.2% for the state. The school also excels in supporting the academic achievement of specific student subgroups, such as English Language Learners and students with disabilities, ranking 19th out of 826 Illinois elementary schools for English Language Learners and 5th out of 907 schools for students with disabilities.

Seth Paine Elementary School's low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 2.1% to 3.5% in recent years, are significantly lower than the state and district averages. Additionally, the school's spending per student, at $16,157 in the 2022-2023 school year, is higher than the state average, which may contribute to its strong academic performance. When compared to nearby schools in the Lake Zurich and Barrington districts, Seth Paine Elementary School outperforms many of them on state assessments, particularly in ELA and Mathematics.

Detail:

Public K-5

50 Miller Rd
Hawthorn Woods, IL 60047-3502

(847) 438-2163

District: Lake Zurich CUSD 95

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,730

Students who attend Seth Paine Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Lake Zurich Middle - N Campus
High:	Lake Zurich High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.1

Number of students: 461

Racial breakdown:

White:

73.1%

Hispanic:

13.0%

Asian:

8.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 24.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Seth Paine Elementary School ranks better than 90.6% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Lake Zurich CUSD 95 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 89.8. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high 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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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Seth Paine Elementary School is $19,730, which is the highest among 5 elementary schools in the Lake Zurich CUSD 95 School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Seth Paine Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Seth Paine Elementary School 194^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Seth Paine Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Lake Zurich CUSD 95:

SchoolDigger ranks Lake Zurich CUSD 95 34^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Seth Paine Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Seth Paine Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	82.30	272^nd	2020	86.5%
2004	79.20	366^th	2030	82.0%
2005	79.13	336^th	2022	83.4%
2006	76.25	456^th	2086	78.1%
2007	80.77	263^rd	2095	87.4%
2008	81.67	270^th	2092	87.1%
2009	78.72	408^th	2120	80.8%
2010	79.19	379^th	2139	82.3%
2011	81.23	307^th	2147	85.7%
2012	82.66	246^th	2166	88.6%
2013	88.01	187^th	2167	91.4%
2014	84.45	276^th	2093	86.8%
2015	77.63	398^th	2052	80.6%
2016	73.64	488^th	2046	76.1%
2017	75.83	452^nd	2044	77.9%
2018	77.28	420^th	2037	79.4%
2019	70.39	556^th	2086	73.3%
2021	77.31	387^th	1948	80.1%
2022	83.10	317^th	2082	84.8%
2023	90.27	176^th	2077	91.5%
2024	89.80	194^th	2067	90.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Seth Paine Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	72.90	99^th	718	86.2%
2019	62.13	148^th	743	80.1%
2021	68.85	64^th	537	88.1%
2022	77.18	61^st	768	92.1%
2023	82.07	49^th	788	93.8%
2024	92.84	19^th	826	97.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Seth Paine Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	65.81	266^th	1194	77.7%
2021	80.87	65^th	640	89.8%
2022	83.58	93^rd	1113	91.6%
2023	90.67	61^st	1156	94.7%
2024	83.36	125^th	1195	89.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Seth Paine Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	65.30	437^th	1765	75.2%
2019	63.21	501^st	1816	72.4%
2021	71.99	234^th	1514	84.5%
2022	75.19	235^th	1763	86.7%
2023	89.64	90^th	1808	95.0%
2024	90.24	67^th	1793	96.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Seth Paine Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	71.77	499^th	1964	74.6%
2019	67.72	583^rd	2019	71.1%
2021	73.21	370^th	1680	78.0%
2022	77.93	374^th	1970	81.0%
2023	83.63	269^th	1957	86.3%
2024	86.61	210^th	1942	89.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Seth Paine Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	98.98	5^th	907	99.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Seth Paine Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	79.99	334^th	1972	83.1%
2019	70.92	514^th	2019	74.5%
2021	73.25	380^th	1707	77.7%
2022	84.81	247^th	1977	87.5%
2023	92.14	119^th	1984	94.0%
2024	90.22	162^nd	1959	91.7%

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Rank History for White students at Seth Paine Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	65.95	451^st	1463	69.2%
2019	61.23	523^rd	1462	64.2%
2021	67.87	357^th	1308	72.7%
2022	71.48	337^th	1425	76.4%
2023	83.85	167^th	1419	88.2%
2024	81.19	199^th	1392	85.7%

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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 Seth Paine Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	499	4	8	23	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	534
1989	582	4	10	25	1	n/a	n/a	0	622
1990	521	6	11	23	2	n/a	n/a	0	563
1991	550	4	12	31	0	n/a	n/a	0	597
1992	618	8	10	44	0	n/a	n/a	0	680
1993	626	7	12	36	0	n/a	n/a	0	681
1994	437	3	3	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	461
1995	508	3	8	25	1	n/a	n/a	0	545
1996	508	3	8	25	1	n/a	n/a	0	545
1997	521	3	7	22	2	n/a	n/a	0	555
1998	539	4	5	25	2	n/a	n/a	0	575
1999	525	4	10	32	4	n/a	n/a	0	575
2000	517	5	9	26	1	n/a	n/a	0	558
2001	498	5	9	27	1	n/a	n/a	0	540
2002	492	8	17	33	0	n/a	n/a	0	550
2003	492	8	17	33	0	n/a	n/a	0	550
2004	385	8	9	38	0	n/a	n/a	0	440
2005	371	3	12	31	0	n/a	n/a	2	419
2006	388	1	11	40	0	n/a	n/a	4	444
2007	333	1	15	43	0	n/a	n/a	5	397
2008	352	2	19	55	0	n/a	n/a	10	438
2009	359	1	22	64	1	n/a	n/a	9	456
2010	352	2	23	47	1	n/a	n/a	11	436
2011	337	3	27	39	4	0	15	0	425
2012	319	5	27	42	2	0	11	0	406
2013	316	4	23	54	1	0	11	0	409
2014	310	4	28	48	0	0	12	0	402
2015	311	6	29	46	1	0	13	0	406
2016	301	2	25	49	1	0	9	0	387
2017	318	6	24	49	2	0	8	0	407
2018	303	3	27	44	2	0	13	0	392
2019	292	5	25	40	3	0	16	0	381
2020	282	6	22	44	4	0	16	0	374
2021	292	8	22	39	4	0	13	0	378
2022	321	8	31	53	5	0	18	0	436
2023	337	3	37	60	4	0	20	0	461

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 Seth Paine Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	534	17.7	30.1	n/a
1989	622	20.9	29.7	n/a
1990	563	20.6	27.3	n/a
1991	597	22.6	26.4	n/a
1992	680	24.0	28.3	n/a
1993	681	26.3	25.9	n/a
1994	461	23.3	19.8	n/a
1995	545	26.0	21.0	n/a
1996	545	26.0	21.0	n/a
1997	555	29.2	19.0	n/a
1998	575	32.2	17.9	n/a
1999	575	32.9	17.5	n/a
2000	558	32.5	17.2	n/a
2001	540	31.0	17.4	n/a
2002	550	32.7	16.8	3.8
2003	550	32.7	16.8	3.8
2004	440	28.3	15.5	5.2
2005	419	25.7	16.3	5.8
2006	444	29.0	15.3	8.4
2007	397	26.0	15.3	11
2008	438	26.0	16.8	11
2009	456	30.0	15.2	11.2
2010	436	30.3	14.3	13.9
2011	425	31.9	13.3	13.2
2012	406	29.3	13.8	11.8
2013	409	31.9	12.7	13.9
2014	402	24.8	16.2	13.4
2015	406	28.0	14.5	18.7
2016	387	29.0	13.3	16
2017	407	27.6	14.7	21.6
2018	392	29.6	13.2	20.4
2019	381	29.6	12.8	23.1
2020	374	29.9	12.5	23.5
2021	378	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	436	31.2	13.9	24.8
2023	461	32.5	14.1	24.3

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 Seth Paine Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	534	17.7	30.1	n/a
1989	622	20.9	29.7	n/a
1990	563	20.6	27.3	n/a
1991	597	22.6	26.4	n/a
1992	680	24.0	28.3	n/a
1993	681	26.3	25.9	n/a
1994	461	23.3	19.8	n/a
1995	545	26.0	21.0	n/a
1996	545	26.0	21.0	n/a
1997	555	29.2	19.0	n/a
1998	575	32.2	17.9	n/a
1999	575	32.9	17.5	n/a
2000	558	32.5	17.2	n/a
2001	540	31.0	17.4	n/a
2002	550	32.7	16.8	3.8
2003	550	32.7	16.8	3.8
2004	440	28.3	15.5	5.2
2005	419	25.7	16.3	5.8
2006	444	29.0	15.3	8.4
2007	397	26.0	15.3	11
2008	438	26.0	16.8	11
2009	456	30.0	15.2	11.2
2010	436	30.3	14.3	13.9
2011	425	31.9	13.3	13.2
2012	406	29.3	13.8	11.8
2013	409	31.9	12.7	13.9
2014	402	24.8	16.2	13.4
2015	406	28.0	14.5	18.7
2016	387	29.0	13.3	16
2017	407	27.6	14.7	21.6
2018	392	29.6	13.2	20.4
2019	381	29.6	12.8	23.1
2020	374	29.9	12.5	23.5
2021	378	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	436	31.2	13.9	24.8
2023	461	32.5	14.1	24.3

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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