Is Yankee Ridge Elementary School a good school?

Yankee Ridge Elementary School ranks in the bottom 15.9% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Yankee Ridge Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 461 students attended Yankee Ridge Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Yankee Ridge Elementary School?

Students at Yankee Ridge Elementary School are 54% African American, 26% White, 11% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Yankee Ridge Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Yankee Ridge Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Urbana Middle School High : Urbana High School

Yankee Ridge Elementary School

Summary:

Yankee Ridge Elementary School is a public elementary school in Urbana, Illinois, serving 404 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Urbana School District 116, which has a 0-star rating and is ranked 767 out of 813 districts in the state.

Yankee Ridge Elementary School faces significant challenges, including a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism, from 11.3% in 2019-2020 to 45.8% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the state average of 27.5%. Academically, the school consistently underperforms compared to state and district averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, with only 12.4% of students proficient or better in ELA and 9.8% in Mathematics, far below the state averages of 41.2% and 28.4%, respectively. The school also struggles to support the academic achievement of various student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 30% of Illinois elementary schools for African American, White, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students.

When comparing Yankee Ridge Elementary School to other nearby schools within the Urbana School District 116, it becomes evident that the school is underperforming. For example, Leal Elementary School, also in the Urbana district, outperforms Yankee Ridge in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency rates, as well as in overall school ranking. The high chronic absenteeism rate at Yankee Ridge appears to be directly correlated with the school's poor academic performance, suggesting that addressing attendance issues could be a crucial step in improving student outcomes.

Detail:

Public K-5

2102 S Anderson St
Urbana, IL 61801-6710

(217) 384-3608

District: Urbana School District 116

SchoolDigger Rank:
1739^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,022

Students who attend Yankee Ridge Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Urbana Middle School
High:	Urbana High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.6

Number of students: 461

Racial breakdown:

African American:

54.0%

White:

25.8%

Two or more races:

11.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 79.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Yankee Ridge Elementary School ranks worse than 84.1% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 2^nd among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Urbana School District 116. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.88. (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: African American (54%), White (25.8%), two or more races (11.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 79.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Yankee Ridge Elementary School is 14.6, which is the 3^rd best among 5 elementary schools in the Urbana School District 116. (See more...)

Compare Yankee Ridge Elementary School employs 31.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Yankee Ridge Elementary School is $15,022. 4 elementary schools in the Urbana School District 116 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Yankee Ridge Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Yankee Ridge Elementary School 1739^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Yankee Ridge Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Urbana School District 116:

SchoolDigger ranks Urbana School District 116 767^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Yankee Ridge Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Yankee Ridge Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	62.77	913^th	2020	54.8%
2004	58.78	1032^nd	2030	49.2%
2005	58.27	1028^th	2022	49.2%
2006	49.42	1323^rd	2086	36.6%
2007	46.22	1394^th	2095	33.5%
2008	41.73	1425^th	2092	31.9%
2009	31.88	1609^th	2120	24.1%
2010	50.82	1268^th	2139	40.7%
2011	50.86	1262^nd	2147	41.2%
2012	41.33	1482^nd	2166	31.6%
2013	48.60	1186^th	2167	45.3%
2014	49.57	1110^th	2093	47.0%
2015	49.37	913^th	2052	55.5%
2016	45.45	1049^th	2046	48.7%
2017	40.84	1148^th	2044	43.8%
2018	36.43	1261^st	2037	38.1%
2019	29.23	1470^th	2086	29.5%
2021	19.23	1608^th	1948	17.5%
2022	22.07	1601^st	2082	23.1%
2023	17.99	1759^th	2077	15.3%
2024	17.88	1739^th	2067	15.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Yankee Ridge Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	20.58	67^th	78	14.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Yankee Ridge Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	23.18	1036^th	1194	13.2%
2022	32.28	717^th	1113	35.6%
2023	31.45	757^th	1156	34.5%
2024	17.92	1121^st	1195	6.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Yankee Ridge Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	32.88	1242^nd	1765	29.6%
2019	19.27	1655^th	1816	8.9%
2022	21.34	1534^th	1763	13.0%
2023	16.98	1700^th	1808	6.0%
2024	18.09	1652^nd	1793	7.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Yankee Ridge Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.15	1060^th	1964	46.0%
2019	37.68	1220^th	2019	39.6%
2021	14.11	1552^nd	1680	7.6%
2022	20.60	1578^th	1970	19.9%
2023	16.16	1742^nd	1957	11.0%
2024	21.45	1546^th	1942	20.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Yankee Ridge Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	38.27	484^th	907	46.6%
2024	23.35	767^th	886	13.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Yankee Ridge Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.53	1438^th	1972	27.1%
2019	24.74	1538^th	2019	23.8%
2021	20.64	1385^th	1707	18.9%
2022	24.35	1454^th	1977	26.5%
2023	21.45	1551^st	1984	21.8%
2024	16.74	1691^st	1959	13.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Yankee Ridge Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	28.37	543^rd	698	22.2%
2019	31.87	503^rd	711	29.3%
2022	28.29	550^th	684	19.6%
2023	30.65	515^th	692	25.6%
2024	22.20	600^th	655	8.4%

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Rank History for White students at Yankee Ridge Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.76	961^st	1463	34.3%
2019	27.31	1118^th	1462	23.5%
2021	10.86	1255^th	1308	4.1%
2022	17.95	1256^th	1425	11.9%
2023	15.16	1286^th	1419	9.4%
2024	26.95	1070^th	1392	23.1%

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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 Yankee Ridge Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	410	84	45	10	1	n/a	n/a	0	550
1989	424	92	56	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	581
1990	383	115	52	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	555
1991	361	113	48	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	526
1992	288	101	28	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	421
1993	310	109	11	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	431
1994	291	114	31	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	441
1995	295	109	22	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	433
1996	295	109	22	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	433
1997	300	117	20	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	442
1998	273	104	25	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	406
1999	259	82	20	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	364
2000	254	71	16	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	350
2001	246	72	20	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	343
2002	240	62	24	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	336
2003	240	62	24	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	336
2004	217	58	26	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	306
2005	193	54	20	5	0	n/a	n/a	19	291
2006	193	45	19	5	0	n/a	n/a	17	279
2007	213	50	18	9	0	n/a	n/a	11	301
2008	198	49	18	9	0	n/a	n/a	18	292
2009	192	50	15	7	0	n/a	n/a	24	288
2010	206	52	20	7	0	n/a	n/a	31	316
2011	195	69	22	15	1	0	21	0	323
2012	185	81	20	16	0	0	26	0	328
2013	181	73	19	22	0	0	40	0	335
2014	174	70	17	21	0	0	37	0	319
2015	180	77	17	20	0	0	38	0	332
2016	167	66	20	16	1	0	31	0	301
2017	157	53	27	10	0	0	28	0	275
2018	173	80	32	14	0	0	40	0	339
2019	157	108	31	8	0	1	40	0	345
2020	155	135	20	17	0	0	43	0	370
2021	130	127	14	22	0	0	35	0	328
2022	114	174	10	24	3	0	32	0	357
2023	107	226	9	25	2	0	35	0	404
2024	119	249	9	26	4	0	53	1	461

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 Yankee Ridge Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	550	27.0	20.3	n/a
1989	581	27.5	21.1	n/a
1990	555	26.0	21.3	n/a
1991	526	27.5	19.1	n/a
1992	421	30.6	13.7	n/a
1993	431	22.4	19.2	n/a
1994	441	26.2	16.8	n/a
1995	433	26.0	16.7	n/a
1996	433	26.0	16.7	n/a
1997	442	27.0	16.4	n/a
1998	406	27.3	14.9	n/a
1999	364	25.1	14.5	n/a
2000	350	24.4	14.3	n/a
2001	343	25.6	13.4	n/a
2002	336	25.6	13.1	35.1
2003	336	25.6	13.1	35.1
2004	306	25.0	12.2	35.6
2005	291	24.0	12.1	40.8
2006	279	21.0	13.3	46.9
2007	301	20.0	15.1	46.9
2008	292	21.0	13.9	48.9
2009	288	22.5	12.8	56.8
2010	316	23.5	13.4	54.7
2011	323	23.0	14.0	48.9
2012	328	23.0	14.2	50.6
2013	335	29.4	11.3	56.7
2014	319	26.6	11.9	63
2015	332	27.0	12.2	63.9
2016	301	24.0	12.5	57.5
2017	275	23.3	11.7	57.5
2018	339	22.4	15.0	56.3
2019	345	32.5	10.6	62.3
2020	370	31.0	11.9	70.5
2021	328	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	357	34.0	10.5	72
2023	404	33.3	12.1	81.7
2024	461	31.5	14.6	79.8

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 Yankee Ridge Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	550	27.0	20.3	n/a
1989	581	27.5	21.1	n/a
1990	555	26.0	21.3	n/a
1991	526	27.5	19.1	n/a
1992	421	30.6	13.7	n/a
1993	431	22.4	19.2	n/a
1994	441	26.2	16.8	n/a
1995	433	26.0	16.7	n/a
1996	433	26.0	16.7	n/a
1997	442	27.0	16.4	n/a
1998	406	27.3	14.9	n/a
1999	364	25.1	14.5	n/a
2000	350	24.4	14.3	n/a
2001	343	25.6	13.4	n/a
2002	336	25.6	13.1	35.1
2003	336	25.6	13.1	35.1
2004	306	25.0	12.2	35.6
2005	291	24.0	12.1	40.8
2006	279	21.0	13.3	46.9
2007	301	20.0	15.1	46.9
2008	292	21.0	13.9	48.9
2009	288	22.5	12.8	56.8
2010	316	23.5	13.4	54.7
2011	323	23.0	14.0	48.9
2012	328	23.0	14.2	50.6
2013	335	29.4	11.3	56.7
2014	319	26.6	11.9	63
2015	332	27.0	12.2	63.9
2016	301	24.0	12.5	57.5
2017	275	23.3	11.7	57.5
2018	339	22.4	15.0	56.3
2019	345	32.5	10.6	62.3
2020	370	31.0	11.9	70.5
2021	328	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	357	34.0	10.5	72
2023	404	33.3	12.1	81.7
2024	461	31.5	14.6	79.8

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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