Is North Elementary School a good school?

North Elementary School ranks in the bottom 9.1% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend North Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 473 students attended North Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of North Elementary School?

Students at North Elementary School are 84% Hispanic, 11% African American, 2% Two or more races, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of North Elementary School attend?

Students who attend North Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Waukegan High School

North Elementary School

Summary:

North Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Waukegan, Illinois, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 465 students. The school is part of the Waukegan CUSD 60 district, which is ranked 745 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

North Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Illinois elementary schools, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science that are significantly lower than the Waukegan district and Illinois state averages. The school serves a high percentage of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, with 69.89% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Additionally, North Elementary has struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, reaching as high as 49.6% in 2020-2021. Despite the school's higher per-student spending, its academic outcomes remain significantly below the district and state averages, suggesting that simply increasing funding may not be enough to improve student achievement.

Interestingly, North Elementary's academic performance is consistently lower than the other elementary schools in the Waukegan district, including Glenwood Elementary, Washington Elementary, and Clearview Elementary, which all have higher proficiency rates and better overall rankings. Additionally, the nearby LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Charter School, which is outside the Waukegan district, outperforms North Elementary across all subject areas and grade levels, with proficiency rates that are significantly higher than the district and state averages.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

410 Franklin St
Waukegan, IL 60085-4035

(224) 303-2160

District: Waukegan CUSD 60

SchoolDigger Rank:
1878^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,238

Students who attend North Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Waukegan High School

Student/teacher ratio: 22.5

Number of students: 473

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

83.7%

African American:

11.4%

Two or more races:

2.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 81.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details North Elementary School ranks worse than 90.9% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 13^th among 15 ranked elementary schools in the Waukegan CUSD 60 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.21. (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: Hispanic (83.7%), African American (11.4%), two or more races (2.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 81.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at North Elementary School is 22.5. 14 elementary schools in the Waukegan CUSD 60 School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare North Elementary School employs 21 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at North Elementary School is $22,238. 10 elementary schools in the Waukegan CUSD 60 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

North Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks North Elementary School 1878^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See North Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Waukegan CUSD 60:

SchoolDigger ranks Waukegan CUSD 60 745^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for North Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at North Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	12.47	1750^th	2020	13.4%
2004	26.65	1632^nd	2030	19.6%
2005	35.82	1476^th	2022	27.0%
2006	49.75	1315^th	2086	37.0%
2007	51.51	1288^th	2095	38.5%
2008	34.30	1553^rd	2092	25.8%
2009	25.51	1711^th	2120	19.3%
2010	18.19	1847^th	2139	13.7%
2011	36.25	1553^rd	2147	27.7%
2012	37.57	1563^rd	2166	27.8%
2013	26.09	1675^th	2167	22.7%
2014	30.75	1518^th	2093	27.5%
2015	28.39	1467^th	2052	28.5%
2016	27.47	1502^nd	2046	26.6%
2017	26.56	1508^th	2044	26.2%
2018	17.27	1748^th	2037	14.2%
2019	17.16	1809^th	2086	13.3%
2021	15.87	1722^nd	1948	11.6%
2022	15.20	1853^rd	2082	11.0%
2023	17.85	1767^th	2077	14.9%
2024	14.21	1878^th	2067	9.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at North Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.07	497^th	718	30.8%
2019	36.14	512^th	743	31.1%
2021	40.56	287^th	537	46.6%
2022	28.30	653^rd	768	15.0%
2023	31.24	609^th	788	22.7%
2024	31.50	627^th	826	24.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at North Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	28.62	556^th	763	27.1%
2019	27.68	906^th	1194	24.1%
2022	26.65	867^th	1113	22.1%
2023	24.59	927^th	1156	19.8%
2024	23.84	977^th	1195	18.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at North Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	28.07	1362^nd	1765	22.8%
2019	28.29	1425^th	1816	21.5%
2021	24.59	1251^st	1514	17.4%
2022	20.91	1549^th	1763	12.1%
2023	25.79	1459^th	1808	19.3%
2024	20.29	1580^th	1793	11.9%

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Rank History for Female students at North Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	16.21	1728^th	1964	12.0%
2019	16.32	1794^th	2019	11.1%
2021	12.93	1585^th	1680	5.7%
2022	14.12	1804^th	1970	8.4%
2023	15.86	1755^th	1957	10.3%
2024	13.30	1825^th	1942	6.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at North Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	34.27	540^th	907	40.5%
2024	24.77	731^st	886	17.5%

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Rank History for Male students at North Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.13	1634^th	1972	17.1%
2019	19.96	1684^th	2019	16.6%
2021	17.40	1479^th	1707	13.4%
2022	17.68	1694^th	1977	14.3%
2023	21.37	1554^th	1984	21.7%
2024	16.03	1720^th	1959	12.2%

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Rank History for African American students at North Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.00	645^th	698	7.6%
2019	31.14	513^th	711	27.8%
2022	30.92	493^rd	684	27.9%
2023	18.39	685^th	692	1.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at North Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	32.07	653^rd	938	30.4%
2019	27.14	758^th	955	20.6%
2021	23.73	646^th	742	12.9%
2022	21.41	846^th	954	11.3%
2023	28.26	741^st	970	23.6%
2024	21.52	837^th	959	12.7%

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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 North Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	132	65	5	287	2	n/a	n/a	0	491
1989	112	53	9	278	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	452
1990	97	48	8	322	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	475
1991	98	40	8	366	0	n/a	n/a	0	512
1992	99	38	6	363	0	n/a	n/a	0	506
1993	64	36	3	333	0	n/a	n/a	0	436
1994	43	37	3	354	0	n/a	n/a	0	437
1995	25	59	5	370	0	n/a	n/a	0	459
1996	25	59	5	370	0	n/a	n/a	0	459
1997	27	64	3	429	0	n/a	n/a	0	523
1998	25	50	5	488	0	n/a	n/a	0	568
1999	20	75	0	489	0	n/a	n/a	0	584
2000	18	63	1	524	0	n/a	n/a	0	606
2001	17	69	0	529	0	n/a	n/a	0	615
2002	5	18	5	538	0	n/a	n/a	0	566
2003	5	18	5	538	0	n/a	n/a	0	566
2004	5	18	3	571	0	n/a	n/a	0	597
2005	10	54	3	486	0	n/a	n/a	0	553
2006	10	35	5	482	0	n/a	n/a	2	534
2007	14	51	5	615	0	n/a	n/a	10	695
2008	14	49	1	560	1	n/a	n/a	12	637
2009	12	57	1	563	0	n/a	n/a	14	647
2010	26	79	4	569	0	n/a	n/a	31	709
2011	12	89	4	524	12	2	8	0	651
2012	8	84	4	512	8	1	7	0	624
2013	14	98	4	506	6	1	9	0	638
2014	9	117	3	478	6	1	8	0	622
2015	10	118	3	537	3	0	9	0	680
2016	17	105	3	498	2	0	13	0	638
2017	15	110	3	494	2	0	11	0	635
2018	24	116	4	453	4	2	10	0	613
2019	16	91	1	445	6	0	11	0	570
2020	13	77	0	470	6	1	9	0	576
2021	12	66	1	398	7	0	11	0	495
2022	8	65	3	381	10	0	10	0	477
2023	9	62	2	371	10	0	11	0	465
2024	8	54	2	396	3	0	10	0	473

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 North Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	491	26.0	18.8	n/a
1989	452	24.0	18.8	n/a
1990	475	25.0	19.0	n/a
1991	512	27.0	18.9	n/a
1992	506	23.0	22.0	n/a
1993	436	22.5	19.4	n/a
1994	437	22.0	19.9	n/a
1995	459	25.0	18.4	n/a
1996	459	25.0	18.4	n/a
1997	523	22.0	23.8	n/a
1998	568	22.9	24.8	n/a
1999	584	16.8	34.8	n/a
2000	606	20.8	29.1	n/a
2001	615	21.8	28.2	n/a
2002	566	25.9	21.9	61.7
2003	566	25.9	21.9	61.7
2004	597	27.9	21.4	74.5
2005	553	31.9	17.3	51.5
2006	534	26.9	19.9	83.5
2007	695	30.0	23.2	61.2
2008	637	28.0	22.8	40.5
2009	647	33.9	19.1	79
2010	709	33.8	20.9	90
2011	651	33.6	19.3	77.9
2012	624	33.6	18.5	71.5
2013	638	38.5	16.5	n/a
2014	622	29.0	21.4	84.1
2015	680	34.0	20.0	86
2016	638	30.0	21.2	73.4
2017	635	29.0	21.8	84.7
2018	613	29.0	21.1	81.7
2019	570	31.0	18.3	74.4
2020	576	35.0	16.4	74
2021	495	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	477	19.7	24.1	73.6
2023	465	27.0	17.2	69.9
2024	473	21.0	22.5	81.2

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 North Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	491	26.0	18.8	n/a
1989	452	24.0	18.8	n/a
1990	475	25.0	19.0	n/a
1991	512	27.0	18.9	n/a
1992	506	23.0	22.0	n/a
1993	436	22.5	19.4	n/a
1994	437	22.0	19.9	n/a
1995	459	25.0	18.4	n/a
1996	459	25.0	18.4	n/a
1997	523	22.0	23.8	n/a
1998	568	22.9	24.8	n/a
1999	584	16.8	34.8	n/a
2000	606	20.8	29.1	n/a
2001	615	21.8	28.2	n/a
2002	566	25.9	21.9	61.7
2003	566	25.9	21.9	61.7
2004	597	27.9	21.4	74.5
2005	553	31.9	17.3	51.5
2006	534	26.9	19.9	83.5
2007	695	30.0	23.2	61.2
2008	637	28.0	22.8	40.5
2009	647	33.9	19.1	79
2010	709	33.8	20.9	90
2011	651	33.6	19.3	77.9
2012	624	33.6	18.5	71.5
2013	638	38.5	16.5	n/a
2014	622	29.0	21.4	84.1
2015	680	34.0	20.0	86
2016	638	30.0	21.2	73.4
2017	635	29.0	21.8	84.7
2018	613	29.0	21.1	81.7
2019	570	31.0	18.3	74.4
2020	576	35.0	16.4	74
2021	495	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	477	19.7	24.1	73.6
2023	465	27.0	17.2	69.9
2024	473	21.0	22.5	81.2

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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