South Prairie Elementary School
820 Borden Ave
Sycamore IL, 60178, Dekalb County
Phone: 815-899-8299
Ranking: (1,688 out of 3,028, bottom 44%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Sycamore Community Unit School District 427
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 19 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 30 | 27 | |||||||
Total Students: | 312 | 323 | 325 | 313 | 302 | 446 | 449 | |||||||
Kindergarten: | 48 | 15.4% | 37 | 11.5% | 47 | 14.5% | 48 | 15.3% | 43 | 14.2% | 78 | 17.5% | 70 | 15.6% |
Grade 1: | 43 | 13.8% | 45 | 13.9% | 48 | 14.8% | 44 | 14.1% | 53 | 17.5% | 76 | 17.0% | 76 | 16.9% |
Grade 2: | 48 | 15.4% | 55 | 17.0% | 43 | 13.2% | 51 | 16.3% | 44 | 14.6% | 73 | 16.4% | 75 | 16.7% |
Grade 3: | 54 | 17.3% | 49 | 15.2% | 56 | 17.2% | 48 | 15.3% | 50 | 16.6% | 71 | 15.9% | 78 | 17.4% |
Grade 4: | 47 | 15.1% | 55 | 17.0% | 56 | 17.2% | 44 | 14.1% | 45 | 14.9% | 77 | 17.3% | 77 | 17.1% |
Grade 5: | 57 | 18.3% | 55 | 17.0% | 43 | 13.2% | 40 | 12.8% | 63 | 20.9% | 71 | 15.9% | 73 | 16.3% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 148 | 47.4% | 160 | 49.5% | 169 | 52.0% | 171 | 54.6% | 148 | 49.0% | 195 | 43.7% | 225 | 50.1% |
Female: | 164 | 52.6% | 163 | 50.5% | 156 | 48.0% | 142 | 45.4% | 135 | 44.7% | 219 | 49.1% | 201 | 44.8% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.7% |
Asian: | 6 | 1.9% | 5 | 1.5% | 4 | 1.2% | 3 | 1.0% | 5 | 1.7% | 12 | 2.7% | 13 | 2.9% |
Hispanic: | 21 | 6.7% | 26 | 8.0% | 24 | 7.4% | 22 | 7.0% | 8 | 2.6% | 27 | 6.1% | 44 | 9.8% |
Black: | 8 | 2.6% | 9 | 2.8% | 4 | 1.2% | 2 | 0.6% | 4 | 1.3% | 6 | 1.3% | 6 | 1.3% |
White: | 269 | 86.2% | 272 | 84.2% | 284 | 87.4% | 278 | 88.8% | 274 | 90.7% | 377 | 84.5% | 364 | 81.1% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 7 | 2.2% | 11 | 3.4% | 9 | 2.8% | 8 | 2.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 59 | 18.9% | 78 | 24.1% | 28 | 8.6% | 50 | 16.0% | 45 | 14.9% | 62 | 13.9% | 62 | 13.8% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 16 | 5.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 54 | 16.6% | 25 | 8.0% | 16 | 5.3% | 22 | 4.9% | 28 | 6.2% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.43 | 13.03 | 19.12 | 16.57 | 18.41 | 14.90 | 16.60 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ISAT | ||||||
2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 84.3% | 75.7% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 87.3% | 79.1% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 84.9% | 79.3% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 87.2% | 85.6% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 89.0% | 86.7% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 91.7% | 85.1% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 90.5% | 85.2% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 92.5% | 86.4% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 91.6% | 87.3% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 96.1% | 87.7% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 75.4% | 54.8% |
2003 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 72.1% | 62.0% |
2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 74.9% | 65.1% |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 76.6% | 66.6% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 76.2% | 70.7% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 76.4% | 72.9% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 75.9% | 71.8% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 77.3% | 72.2% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.5% | 80.6% | 73.7% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 79.0% | 74.7% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 82.8% | 76.0% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 67.6% | 58.8% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 90.2% | 84.8% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 89.5% | 86.4% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 91.7% | 84.6% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 91.1% | 85.8% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 89.3% | 85.9% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 93.8% | 87.7% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 92.2% | 88.1% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 69.9% | 60.2% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.0% | 81.8% | 72.9% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 76.1% | 73.7% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 80.9% | 73.2% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 80.6% | 73.8% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.5% | 80.9% | 73.7% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 82.6% | 74.7% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 82.5% | 76.0% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.5% | 64.0% | 59.2% |
2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 81.9% | 66.5% |
2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 79.2% | 67.8% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 83.4% | 71.4% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 94.6% | 79.9% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 90.2% | 79.7% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 89.8% | 76.2% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 89.8% | 76.8% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 88.2% | 76.6% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 80% | 90.3% | 79.4% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82% | 84.9% | 79.8% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 87.1% | 80.9% |
2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.0% | 83.8% | 68.3% |
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 80.0% | 71.8% |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 78.9% | 73.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 82.9% | 78.6% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 86.9% | 82.5% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 82.2% | 81.3% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 86.0% | 82.5% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 86.9% | 83.4% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 87.3% | 84.0% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 91.7% | 83.6% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 74.0% | 59.4% |
2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.0% | 74.6% | 60.4% |
2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 70.3% | 60.9% |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 68.8% | 62.7% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.0% | 78.8% | 68.5% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 74.1% | 69.7% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 72.6% | 73.6% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.0% | 75.1% | 73.5% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 77.9% | 74.7% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 77.9% | 76.4% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 84.8% | 77.8% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 69.5% | 58.9% |
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* South Prairie Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.