Is Anna McDonald Elementary School a good school?

Anna McDonald Elementary School ranks 291 st of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Anna McDonald Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 591 students attended Anna McDonald Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Anna McDonald Elementary School?

Students at Anna McDonald Elementary School are 84% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% African American, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Anna McDonald Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Anna McDonald Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Manhattan Junior High School High : Lincoln-Way Central High School

Anna McDonald Elementary School

Summary:

Anna McDonald Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades 3-5 in Manhattan, Illinois, with 579 students. It is part of the Manhattan School District 114, which is ranked 105 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past several years.

Anna McDonald Elementary School consistently outperforms the state average in proficiency rates for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics across all grade levels, with a particularly impressive 81.2% proficiency rate in Science in 2023-2024, significantly higher than the state average of 53.2%. The school's performance is also strong across different student subgroups, with high rankings for Hispanic students, Special Education students, and Low Socioeconomic Status students. Additionally, the school has relatively low chronic absenteeism rates compared to the state average, and its spending per student has increased over the years, reaching $10,089 in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Wilson Creek Elementary School in the same district and Laraway School and Elwood C C School in other districts, Anna McDonald Elementary School generally outperforms them in academic proficiency rates and other key metrics. The nearby schools in the New Lenox School District 122 also demonstrate strong academic performance, suggesting a high-quality education system in the region. While the school's performance is strong overall, there is room for improvement in areas like chronic absenteeism and Mathematics proficiency.

Detail:

Public 3-5

200 2nd St
Manhattan, IL 60442-8104

(815) 478-0191

District: Manhattan School District 114

SchoolDigger Rank:
291^st of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $10,304

Students who attend Anna McDonald Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Manhattan Junior High School
High:	Lincoln-Way Central High School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.8

Number of students: 591

Racial breakdown:

White:

84.3%

Hispanic:

10.5%

African American:

2.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 14%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Anna McDonald Elementary School ranks better than 85.9% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 83.67. (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 (84.3%), Hispanic (10.5%), African American (2.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 14% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Anna McDonald Elementary School is 16.8. (See more...)

Compare Anna McDonald Elementary School employs 35 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Anna McDonald Elementary School is $10,304.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Anna McDonald Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Anna McDonald Elementary School 291^st of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Anna McDonald Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Manhattan School District 114:

SchoolDigger ranks Manhattan School District 114 105^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Anna McDonald Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Anna McDonald Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	69.04	741^st	2020	63.3%
2004	57.97	1056^th	2030	48.0%
2005	62.20	938^th	2022	53.6%
2006	72.23	621^st	2086	70.2%
2007	68.36	770^th	2095	63.2%
2008	68.88	764^th	2092	63.5%
2009	70.97	697^th	2120	67.1%
2010	80.03	347^th	2139	83.8%
2011	77.33	453^rd	2147	78.9%
2012	83.05	229^th	2166	89.4%
2013	83.62	307^th	2167	85.8%
2014	83.01	319^th	2093	84.8%
2015	91.62	164^th	2052	92.0%
2016	80.64	351^st	2046	82.8%
2017	76.10	443^rd	2044	78.3%
2018	85.06	257^th	2037	87.4%
2019	85.42	256^th	2086	87.7%
2021	72.61	465^th	1948	76.1%
2022	74.78	483^rd	2082	76.8%
2023	80.95	357^th	2077	82.8%
2024	83.67	291^st	2067	85.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Anna McDonald Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	83.88	50^th	763	93.4%
2019	73.09	187^th	1194	84.3%
2021	38.79	353^rd	640	44.8%
2022	50.36	405^th	1113	63.6%
2023	70.78	228^th	1156	80.3%
2024	67.77	274^th	1195	77.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Anna McDonald Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	93.02	36^th	1765	98.0%
2021	79.14	135^th	1514	91.1%
2022	79.22	176^th	1763	90.0%
2023	70.21	341^st	1808	81.1%
2024	78.89	199^th	1793	88.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Anna McDonald Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	86.41	205^th	1964	89.6%
2019	86.99	196^th	2019	90.3%
2021	73.90	362^nd	1680	78.5%
2022	75.87	415^th	1970	78.9%
2023	80.55	319^th	1957	83.7%
2024	80.71	300^th	1942	84.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Anna McDonald Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	63.14	224^th	907	75.3%
2024	59.67	235^th	886	73.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Anna McDonald Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	81.53	314^th	1972	84.1%
2019	79.15	343^rd	2019	83.0%
2021	63.66	506^th	1707	70.4%
2022	71.12	487^th	1977	75.4%
2023	79.13	343^rd	1984	82.7%
2024	83.79	272^nd	1959	86.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Anna McDonald Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	92.43	30^th	938	96.8%
2019	89.10	32^nd	955	96.6%
2021	91.01	27^th	742	96.4%
2022	85.16	84^th	954	91.2%
2023	90.88	50^th	970	94.8%
2024	92.96	31^st	959	96.8%

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Rank History for White students at Anna McDonald Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	74.92	298^th	1463	79.6%
2019	74.02	305^th	1462	79.1%
2021	55.99	535^th	1308	59.1%
2022	57.53	570^th	1425	60.0%
2023	66.52	408^th	1419	71.2%
2024	69.70	361^st	1392	74.1%

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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 Anna McDonald Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	458	n/a	n/a	2	3	n/a	n/a	0	463
1990	511	n/a	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	513
1991	571	2	0	4	2	n/a	n/a	0	579
1992	611	0	0	3	2	n/a	n/a	0	616
1993	619	4	1	5	2	n/a	n/a	0	631
1994	650	0	0	3	2	n/a	n/a	0	655
1995	489	2	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	494
1996	489	2	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	494
1997	507	3	0	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	521
1998	525	5	1	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	539
1999	547	4	3	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	562
2000	537	4	5	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	556
2001	561	5	5	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	585
2002	567	6	5	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	600
2003	567	6	5	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	600
2004	575	4	4	32	0	n/a	n/a	0	615
2005	616	4	1	27	0	n/a	n/a	14	662
2006	637	4	1	32	3	n/a	n/a	17	694
2007	358	2	2	18	1	n/a	n/a	8	389
2008	341	1	2	26	1	n/a	n/a	10	381
2009	364	4	0	32	2	n/a	n/a	13	415
2010	347	4	0	33	0	n/a	n/a	15	399
2011	347	1	0	37	0	0	6	0	391
2012	338	0	1	40	0	0	7	0	386
2013	367	0	2	38	0	0	6	0	413
2014	396	1	3	40	0	0	7	0	447
2015	402	1	2	37	0	0	8	0	450
2016	412	3	2	39	0	0	13	0	469
2017	415	2	2	43	0	0	11	0	473
2018	425	6	2	50	0	0	8	0	491
2019	417	3	2	52	0	0	10	0	484
2020	453	7	2	47	0	0	11	0	520
2021	484	7	1	42	0	0	14	0	548
2022	488	15	1	44	0	0	12	0	560
2023	501	16	0	51	0	0	11	0	579
2024	498	16	2	62	1	1	11	0	591

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 Anna McDonald Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	463	23.9	19.3	n/a
1990	513	23.8	21.5	n/a
1991	579	26.0	22.2	n/a
1992	616	29.1	21.1	n/a
1993	631	30.9	20.4	n/a
1994	655	31.0	21.1	n/a
1995	494	23.6	20.9	n/a
1996	494	23.6	20.9	n/a
1997	521	24.1	21.6	n/a
1998	539	26.3	20.5	n/a
1999	562	29.4	19.1	n/a
2000	556	27.9	19.9	n/a
2001	585	32.9	17.8	n/a
2002	600	32.5	18.5	4.5
2003	600	32.5	18.5	4.5
2004	615	32.8	18.8	7.3
2005	662	32.8	20.2	7.6
2006	694	35.0	19.8	7.1
2007	389	22.0	17.7	8.9
2008	381	22.0	17.3	8.1
2009	415	25.0	16.6	11.2
2010	399	26.0	15.3	12.8
2011	391	23.0	17.0	14.3
2012	386	20.0	19.3	16.6
2013	413	26.3	15.6	13.6
2014	447	25.0	17.8	13.6
2015	450	25.0	18.0	17.8
2016	469	28.0	16.7	12.2
2017	473	27.6	17.1	12.3
2018	491	27.0	18.1	12.6
2019	484	30.0	16.1	1.7
2020	520	28.3	18.3	11.3
2021	548	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	560	33.8	16.5	9.1
2023	579	35.2	16.4	13
2024	591	35.0	16.8	14

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 Anna McDonald Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	463	23.9	19.3	n/a
1990	513	23.8	21.5	n/a
1991	579	26.0	22.2	n/a
1992	616	29.1	21.1	n/a
1993	631	30.9	20.4	n/a
1994	655	31.0	21.1	n/a
1995	494	23.6	20.9	n/a
1996	494	23.6	20.9	n/a
1997	521	24.1	21.6	n/a
1998	539	26.3	20.5	n/a
1999	562	29.4	19.1	n/a
2000	556	27.9	19.9	n/a
2001	585	32.9	17.8	n/a
2002	600	32.5	18.5	4.5
2003	600	32.5	18.5	4.5
2004	615	32.8	18.8	7.3
2005	662	32.8	20.2	7.6
2006	694	35.0	19.8	7.1
2007	389	22.0	17.7	8.9
2008	381	22.0	17.3	8.1
2009	415	25.0	16.6	11.2
2010	399	26.0	15.3	12.8
2011	391	23.0	17.0	14.3
2012	386	20.0	19.3	16.6
2013	413	26.3	15.6	13.6
2014	447	25.0	17.8	13.6
2015	450	25.0	18.0	17.8
2016	469	28.0	16.7	12.2
2017	473	27.6	17.1	12.3
2018	491	27.0	18.1	12.6
2019	484	30.0	16.1	1.7
2020	520	28.3	18.3	11.3
2021	548	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	560	33.8	16.5	9.1
2023	579	35.2	16.4	13
2024	591	35.0	16.8	14

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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