Is McCarty Elementary School a good school?

McCarty Elementary School ranks 1392 nd of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend McCarty Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 464 students attended McCarty Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of McCarty Elementary School?

Students at McCarty Elementary School are 38% White, 22% Hispanic, 19% African American, 15% Asian, 6% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of McCarty Elementary School attend?

Students who attend McCarty Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Fischer Middle School High : Waubonsie Valley High School

McCarty Elementary School

Summary:

McCarty Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Aurora, Illinois, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 464 students. The school is part of the Indian Prairie CUSD 204 district, which is ranked 132 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While McCarty Elementary School has a relatively high per-student spending of $14,579, the school has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 23.2% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 61.2% for the district and 41.2% for the state. Similarly, only 15.6% of students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 53.2% for the district and 28.4% for the state. The school also struggles to support the academic achievement of various student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25% of Illinois elementary schools for Asian, African American, Hispanic, White, English Language Learner, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students.

When comparing McCarty Elementary School to nearby schools within the same district, such as White Eagle Elementary, Nancy Young Elementary, and Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary, the academic performance gap is quite significant. These nearby schools consistently outperform McCarty Elementary School in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency, as well as in other key metrics like chronic absenteeism and subgroup performance. This suggests that the school may need to implement targeted interventions and strategies to address these challenges and ensure that the available resources are effectively supporting student learning and achievement.

Detail:

Public K-5

3000 Village Green Dr
Aurora, IL 60504-7276

(630) 375-3400

District: Indian Prairie CUSD 204

SchoolDigger Rank:
1392^nd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,793

Students who attend McCarty Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Fischer Middle School
High:	Waubonsie Valley High School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.9

Number of students: 464

Racial breakdown:

White:

37.5%

Hispanic:

22.2%

African American:

18.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 34.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details McCarty Elementary School ranks worse than 67.3% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 20^th among 21 ranked elementary schools in the Indian Prairie CUSD 204 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.2. (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 McCarty Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Indian Prairie CUSD 204 School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at McCarty Elementary School is $16,793, which is the 7^th highest among 21 elementary schools in the Indian Prairie CUSD 204 School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

McCarty Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks McCarty Elementary School 1392^nd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See McCarty Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Indian Prairie CUSD 204:

SchoolDigger ranks Indian Prairie CUSD 204 132^nd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at McCarty Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	72.84	625^th	2020	69.1%
2004	69.60	700^th	2030	65.5%
2005	67.43	776^th	2022	61.6%
2006	65.53	868^th	2086	58.4%
2007	58.06	1096^th	2095	47.7%
2008	63.68	935^th	2092	55.3%
2009	55.65	1133^rd	2120	46.6%
2010	49.66	1297^th	2139	39.4%
2011	54.05	1193^rd	2147	44.4%
2012	57.67	1094^th	2166	49.5%
2013	57.52	1000^th	2167	53.9%
2014	68.21	672^nd	2093	67.9%
2015	63.46	655^th	2052	68.1%
2016	54.31	869^th	2046	57.5%
2017	46.07	1037^th	2044	49.3%
2018	41.10	1142^nd	2037	43.9%
2019	48.30	999^th	2086	52.1%
2021	33.36	1217^th	1948	37.5%
2022	43.28	1106^th	2082	46.9%
2023	35.93	1263^rd	2077	39.2%
2024	30.20	1392^nd	2067	32.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at McCarty Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	46.11	342^nd	718	52.4%
2019	56.78	203^rd	743	72.7%
2021	28.17	478^th	537	11.0%
2022	32.93	572^nd	768	25.5%
2024	37.96	504^th	826	39.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at McCarty Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	35.45	720^th	1194	39.7%
2021	24.39	524^th	640	18.1%
2022	34.48	668^th	1113	40.0%
2023	42.63	562^nd	1156	51.4%
2024	19.98	1071^st	1195	10.4%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	33.83	1214^th	1765	31.2%
2019	51.72	768^th	1816	57.7%
2021	40.43	845^th	1514	44.2%
2022	37.38	1087^th	1763	38.3%
2023	25.45	1470^th	1808	18.7%
2024	21.53	1546^th	1793	13.8%

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Rank History for Female students at McCarty Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.59	1152^nd	1964	41.3%
2019	49.25	969^th	2019	52.0%
2021	34.81	1040^th	1680	38.1%
2022	43.64	1003^rd	1970	49.1%
2023	31.41	1289^th	1957	34.1%
2024	27.91	1379^th	1942	29.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at McCarty Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	29.22	655^th	907	27.8%
2024	18.86	876^th	886	1.1%

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Rank History for Male students at McCarty Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	43.56	1023^rd	1972	48.1%
2019	46.99	988^th	2019	51.1%
2021	26.40	1225^th	1707	28.2%
2022	42.33	1041^st	1977	47.3%
2023	41.72	1075^th	1984	45.8%
2024	34.76	1200^th	1959	38.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at McCarty Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	14.57	220^th	242	9.1%
2019	13.58	227^th	243	6.6%
2022	26.02	183^rd	226	19.0%
2023	3.88	233^rd	237	1.7%
2024	19.59	189^th	219	13.7%

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Rank History for African American students at McCarty Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	46.81	293^rd	698	58.0%
2019	55.33	237^th	711	66.7%
2021	42.51	187^th	428	56.3%
2022	48.09	276^th	684	59.6%
2023	27.75	554^th	692	19.9%
2024	30.93	486^th	655	25.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at McCarty Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.24	683^rd	938	27.2%
2019	47.45	462^nd	955	51.6%
2021	37.94	437^th	742	41.1%
2022	39.21	556^th	954	41.7%
2023	42.87	512^th	970	47.2%
2024	21.88	826^th	959	13.9%

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Rank History for White students at McCarty Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	37.14	939^th	1463	35.8%
2019	44.23	843^rd	1462	42.3%
2021	22.05	1104^th	1308	15.6%
2022	36.56	948^th	1425	33.5%
2023	26.13	1113^th	1419	21.6%
2024	20.62	1175^th	1392	15.6%

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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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by a parent
Monday, August 20, 2012

Special needs Parents , please don't make a move to this worst school. We moved all the way from Calgary, Alberta just reading reviews of this school and the school Dist. and the reviews proved wrong , may be they were posted by the Administrators of this school.the school don't have any ILC classrooms or Sensory rooms for the special need kids. WE invested in a house right behind MacCary thinking that our son can walk to the
school. BIG MISTAKE! Now in this market we are not even able to sell for the price we got the house for. Pls don't read the reviews and move. Close Quote

Enrollment information for McCarty Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1990	442	40	9	14	2	n/a	n/a	0	507
1991	541	46	24	24	5	n/a	n/a	0	640
1992	573	44	32	22	4	n/a	n/a	0	675
1993	453	35	38	21	3	n/a	n/a	0	550
1994	511	47	41	22	5	n/a	n/a	0	626
1995	592	46	49	21	4	n/a	n/a	0	712
1996	592	46	49	21	4	n/a	n/a	0	712
1997	676	64	48	29	2	n/a	n/a	0	819
1998	717	68	61	34	4	n/a	n/a	0	884
1999	587	57	56	36	4	n/a	n/a	0	740
2000	579	71	73	52	6	n/a	n/a	0	781
2001	642	71	85	57	5	n/a	n/a	0	860
2002	538	94	99	69	2	n/a	n/a	0	802
2003	538	94	99	69	2	n/a	n/a	0	802
2004	426	119	78	68	0	n/a	n/a	0	691
2005	391	124	82	64	0	n/a	n/a	25	686
2006	337	130	89	77	0	n/a	n/a	36	669
2007	337	145	104	81	0	n/a	n/a	49	716
2008	315	154	91	75	0	n/a	n/a	39	674
2009	282	143	98	89	0	n/a	n/a	40	652
2010	258	142	95	94	0	n/a	n/a	41	630
2011	236	144	104	117	0	0	27	0	628
2012	250	136	118	118	0	0	19	0	641
2013	278	137	116	139	1	0	21	0	692
2014	299	129	110	137	1	0	16	0	692
2015	287	121	105	143	1	0	23	0	680
2016	271	112	85	131	1	0	21	0	621
2017	283	96	85	137	1	1	22	0	625
2018	268	79	81	133	1	0	16	0	578
2019	236	69	79	126	1	0	16	0	527
2020	233	97	77	113	0	0	18	0	538
2021	196	83	68	129	0	0	45	0	521
2022	188	98	77	123	0	0	33	0	519
2023	174	86	71	103	1	0	29	0	464

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 McCarty Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	507	19.5	26.0	n/a
1991	640	29.0	22.0	n/a
1992	675	34.5	19.5	n/a
1993	550	27.0	20.4	n/a
1994	626	29.0	21.6	n/a
1995	712	37.2	19.1	n/a
1996	712	37.2	19.1	n/a
1997	819	38.4	21.3	n/a
1998	884	41.6	21.3	n/a
1999	740	34.4	21.5	n/a
2000	781	39.5	19.8	n/a
2001	860	42.5	20.2	n/a
2002	802	46.5	17.2	0
2003	802	46.5	17.2	0
2004	691	37.5	18.4	0
2005	686	35.2	19.5	0
2006	669	36.0	18.6	0
2007	716	36.0	19.9	0
2008	674	33.0	20.4	0
2009	652	45.0	14.5	0
2010	630	44.3	14.2	27.3
2011	628	38.4	16.3	27.2
2012	641	40.4	15.8	31.2
2013	692	40.7	16.9	39.3
2014	692	42.5	16.2	34.4
2015	680	41.0	16.5	35.6
2016	621	41.0	15.1	26.9
2017	625	37.5	16.6	29.8
2018	578	37.9	15.2	33.9
2019	527	35.8	14.7	33.4
2020	538	38.4	14.0	34
2021	521	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	519	37.3	13.9	35.8
2023	464	35.7	12.9	34.9

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 McCarty Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	507	19.5	26.0	n/a
1991	640	29.0	22.0	n/a
1992	675	34.5	19.5	n/a
1993	550	27.0	20.4	n/a
1994	626	29.0	21.6	n/a
1995	712	37.2	19.1	n/a
1996	712	37.2	19.1	n/a
1997	819	38.4	21.3	n/a
1998	884	41.6	21.3	n/a
1999	740	34.4	21.5	n/a
2000	781	39.5	19.8	n/a
2001	860	42.5	20.2	n/a
2002	802	46.5	17.2	0
2003	802	46.5	17.2	0
2004	691	37.5	18.4	0
2005	686	35.2	19.5	0
2006	669	36.0	18.6	0
2007	716	36.0	19.9	0
2008	674	33.0	20.4	0
2009	652	45.0	14.5	0
2010	630	44.3	14.2	27.3
2011	628	38.4	16.3	27.2
2012	641	40.4	15.8	31.2
2013	692	40.7	16.9	39.3
2014	692	42.5	16.2	34.4
2015	680	41.0	16.5	35.6
2016	621	41.0	15.1	26.9
2017	625	37.5	16.6	29.8
2018	578	37.9	15.2	33.9
2019	527	35.8	14.7	33.4
2020	538	38.4	14.0	34
2021	521	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	519	37.3	13.9	35.8
2023	464	35.7	12.9	34.9

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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