Is Long Beach Elementary School a good school?

Long Beach Elementary School ranks in the bottom 23.3% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Long Beach Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 674 students attended Long Beach Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Long Beach Elementary School?

Students at Long Beach Elementary School are 55% Hispanic, 26% White, 11% African American, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Long Beach Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Long Beach Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Plank Junior High High : Oswego East High School

Long Beach Elementary School

Summary:

Long Beach Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Montgomery, Illinois, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 674 students. The school is part of the Cusd 308 district, which is ranked 322 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Long Beach Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with a ranking between 1180 and 1585 out of around 2,000 schools over the past several years. The school's performance on state assessments (IAR and ISA) is significantly below the district and state averages across all grades and subjects, with only 15.9% of students proficient or better in ELA in 2023-2024, compared to 45% for the district and 41.2% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students and English Language Learners, who rank in the bottom 20-30% of Illinois elementary schools. Additionally, Long Beach Elementary School has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 19% to 27.1% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

While Long Beach Elementary School's overall performance is low, the nearby schools within the same Cusd 308 district generally perform better academically, with Churchill Elementary School and Southbury Elementary School ranking in the top 30-40% of Illinois elementary schools and having significantly higher proficiency rates on state assessments. In contrast, the nearby schools in the Aurora East and Aurora West school districts, which are lower-performing districts, have even lower academic performance than Long Beach Elementary School.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

67 Longbeach Rd
Montgomery, IL 60538-2437

(630) 636-3300

District: Cusd 308

SchoolDigger Rank:
1585^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,322

Students who attend Long Beach Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Plank Junior High
High:	Oswego East High School

Student/teacher ratio: 21.6

Number of students: 674

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

54.9%

White:

26.1%

African American:

11.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 66.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Long Beach Elementary School ranks worse than 76.7% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 13 ranked elementary schools in the Cusd 308 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.45. (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.

Student Body

Compare Details Long Beach Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Cusd 308 School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Long Beach Elementary School is $14,322. 9 elementary schools in the Cusd 308 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Long Beach Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Long Beach Elementary School 1585^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Long Beach Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Cusd 308:

SchoolDigger ranks Cusd 308 322^nd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Long Beach Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Long Beach Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	59.76	987^th	2020	51.1%
2004	60.79	974^th	2030	52.0%
2005	53.99	1141^st	2022	43.6%
2006	50.65	1292^nd	2086	38.1%
2007	56.94	1139^th	2095	45.6%
2008	54.22	1183^rd	2092	43.5%
2009	61.80	998^th	2120	52.9%
2010	68.07	811^th	2139	62.1%
2011	67.48	824^th	2147	61.6%
2012	66.95	836^th	2166	61.4%
2013	58.05	988^th	2167	54.4%
2014	58.55	913^th	2093	56.4%
2015	59.11	732^nd	2052	64.3%
2016	51.07	932^nd	2046	54.4%
2017	52.19	902^nd	2044	55.9%
2018	57.44	806^th	2037	60.4%
2019	38.99	1221^st	2086	41.5%
2021	34.81	1180^th	1948	39.4%
2022	32.04	1344^th	2082	35.4%
2023	29.42	1411^th	2077	32.1%
2024	23.45	1585^th	2067	23.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Long Beach Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	24.68	709^th	768	7.7%
2023	33.12	570^th	788	27.7%
2024	26.00	714^th	826	13.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Long Beach Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.93	570^th	763	25.3%
2019	27.88	894^th	1194	25.1%
2021	29.21	460^th	640	28.1%
2022	29.63	781^st	1113	29.8%
2023	20.04	1058^th	1156	8.5%
2024	22.60	1007^th	1195	15.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Long Beach Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	59.18	580^th	1765	67.1%
2019	38.23	1155^th	1816	36.4%
2021	49.17	652^nd	1514	56.9%
2022	40.71	1007^th	1763	42.9%
2023	40.48	1038^th	1808	42.6%
2024	25.78	1429^th	1793	20.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Long Beach Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	55.87	795^th	1964	59.5%
2019	38.38	1203^rd	2019	40.4%
2021	42.22	880^th	1680	47.6%
2022	35.37	1193^rd	1970	39.4%
2023	28.99	1351^st	1957	31.0%
2024	19.86	1595^th	1942	17.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Long Beach Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	20.79	847^th	907	6.6%
2024	28.83	656^th	886	26.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Long Beach Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	57.93	744^th	1972	62.3%
2019	39.71	1162^nd	2019	42.4%
2021	24.38	1281^st	1707	25.0%
2022	30.55	1298^th	1977	34.3%
2023	30.16	1326^th	1984	33.2%
2024	28.01	1365^th	1959	30.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Long Beach Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	69.40	118^th	698	83.1%
2019	78.61	71^st	711	90.0%
2022	60.38	171^st	684	75.0%
2023	51.72	246^th	692	64.5%
2024	46.35	301^st	655	54.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Long Beach Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	64.71	236^th	938	74.8%
2019	48.50	442^nd	955	53.7%
2021	37.47	440^th	742	40.7%
2022	30.94	673^rd	954	29.5%
2023	37.24	596^th	970	38.6%
2024	22.63	812^th	959	15.3%

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Rank History for White students at Long Beach Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	42.62	845^th	1463	42.2%
2019	24.00	1183^rd	1462	19.1%
2021	30.36	972^nd	1308	25.7%
2022	31.04	1043^rd	1425	26.8%
2023	20.25	1204^th	1419	15.2%
2024	24.07	1126^th	1392	19.1%

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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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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

I love Long Beach. I’ts a bit of an older school (50 years) but the staff at Long Beach is phenomenal! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Long Beach Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	543	8	17	18	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	586
1989	528	7	16	30	2	n/a	n/a	0	583
1990	503	9	11	29	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	552
1991	494	10	13	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	537
1992	450	8	6	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	482
1993	468	8	6	19	1	n/a	n/a	0	502
1994	450	13	8	26	3	n/a	n/a	0	500
1995	529	21	8	29	3	n/a	n/a	0	590
1996	529	21	8	29	3	n/a	n/a	0	590
1997	602	27	22	56	5	n/a	n/a	0	712
1998	523	20	14	66	8	n/a	n/a	0	631
1999	552	30	12	58	5	n/a	n/a	0	657
2000	587	41	17	70	6	n/a	n/a	0	721
2001	621	41	20	96	7	n/a	n/a	0	785
2002	552	39	18	156	9	n/a	n/a	0	774
2003	552	39	18	156	9	n/a	n/a	0	774
2004	505	46	18	192	9	n/a	n/a	0	770
2005	479	43	19	168	6	n/a	n/a	0	715
2006	402	45	9	155	4	n/a	n/a	27	642
2007	392	45	16	154	3	n/a	n/a	36	646
2008	364	41	17	180	2	n/a	n/a	62	666
2009	392	37	22	187	2	n/a	n/a	67	707
2010	357	31	20	127	1	n/a	n/a	72	608
2011	358	33	15	169	1	1	45	0	622
2012	335	33	16	151	2	1	44	0	582
2013	310	41	12	151	3	1	39	0	557
2014	291	40	8	143	3	1	31	0	517
2015	282	52	14	126	11	1	31	0	517
2016	252	57	13	119	12	0	28	0	481
2017	235	42	8	136	5	1	25	0	452
2018	267	51	17	178	0	0	28	0	541
2019	210	45	10	178	0	0	27	0	470
2020	194	45	18	176	0	0	19	0	452
2021	173	54	17	171	1	0	16	0	432
2022	171	61	15	175	2	0	19	0	443
2023	176	76	25	370	2	0	25	0	674

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 Long Beach Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	586	28.0	20.9	n/a
1989	583	29.5	19.7	n/a
1990	552	27.1	20.3	n/a
1991	537	25.0	21.4	n/a
1992	482	21.0	22.9	n/a
1993	502	20.5	24.5	n/a
1994	500	22.0	22.7	n/a
1995	590	26.7	22.1	n/a
1996	590	26.7	22.1	n/a
1997	712	33.5	21.3	n/a
1998	631	28.6	22.1	n/a
1999	657	31.0	21.2	n/a
2000	721	35.0	20.6	n/a
2001	785	37.0	21.2	n/a
2002	774	41.0	18.9	12
2003	774	41.0	18.9	12
2004	770	40.9	18.8	11.8
2005	715	41.2	17.4	12.3
2006	642	34.4	18.7	18.5
2007	646	31.0	20.8	24.1
2008	666	33.0	20.2	34.8
2009	707	36.8	19.2	34.2
2010	608	36.9	16.4	44.6
2011	622	33.6	18.4	43.1
2012	582	32.4	17.9	45.4
2013	557	41.2	13.5	48.8
2014	517	34.1	15.1	46.8
2015	517	33.0	15.6	49.3
2016	481	34.0	14.1	39.1
2017	452	33.8	13.3	36.7
2018	541	38.7	13.9	48.4
2019	470	30.5	15.3	53
2020	452	30.6	14.7	43.4
2021	432	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	443	30.1	14.6	50.6
2023	674	31.1	21.6	66.6

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 Long Beach Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	586	28.0	20.9	n/a
1989	583	29.5	19.7	n/a
1990	552	27.1	20.3	n/a
1991	537	25.0	21.4	n/a
1992	482	21.0	22.9	n/a
1993	502	20.5	24.5	n/a
1994	500	22.0	22.7	n/a
1995	590	26.7	22.1	n/a
1996	590	26.7	22.1	n/a
1997	712	33.5	21.3	n/a
1998	631	28.6	22.1	n/a
1999	657	31.0	21.2	n/a
2000	721	35.0	20.6	n/a
2001	785	37.0	21.2	n/a
2002	774	41.0	18.9	12
2003	774	41.0	18.9	12
2004	770	40.9	18.8	11.8
2005	715	41.2	17.4	12.3
2006	642	34.4	18.7	18.5
2007	646	31.0	20.8	24.1
2008	666	33.0	20.2	34.8
2009	707	36.8	19.2	34.2
2010	608	36.9	16.4	44.6
2011	622	33.6	18.4	43.1
2012	582	32.4	17.9	45.4
2013	557	41.2	13.5	48.8
2014	517	34.1	15.1	46.8
2015	517	33.0	15.6	49.3
2016	481	34.0	14.1	39.1
2017	452	33.8	13.3	36.7
2018	541	38.7	13.9	48.4
2019	470	30.5	15.3	53
2020	452	30.6	14.7	43.4
2021	432	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	443	30.1	14.6	50.6
2023	674	31.1	21.6	66.6

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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