Is Briargate Elementary School a good school?

Briargate Elementary School ranks 891 st of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Briargate Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 425 students attended Briargate Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Briargate Elementary School?

Students at Briargate Elementary School are 75% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Briargate Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Briargate Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Cary Junior High School High : Cary-Grove Community High School

Briargate Elementary School

Summary:

Briargate Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Cary, Illinois, serving grades 1-5 with a total enrollment of 413 students. The school is part of the Cary CCSD 26 district, which is ranked 329 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Briargate Elementary School's academic performance, as measured by the IAR (Illinois Assessment of Readiness) tests, has been declining over the past few years, with the school's statewide ranking dropping from 279 out of 2,037 Illinois elementary schools in the 2017-2018 school year to 891 out of 2,067 in the 2023-2024 school year. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 31.7% of Briargate students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 46.2% for the district and 41.2% for the state. In math, 31.3% of Briargate students were proficient or better, compared to 29.7% for the district and 28.4% for the state. Briargate's performance on the ISA (Illinois Science Assessment) is better, with 62.6% of students proficient or better, compared to 67.1% for the district and 53.2% for the state. Compared to nearby schools, such as Three Oaks School and Deer Path Elementary School, Briargate's academic performance is generally lower.

The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Hispanic and White students generally performing better than Special Education and Low Socioeconomic Status students. Additionally, Briargate has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 1.7% in the 2019-2020 school year to 11.4% in the 2023-2024 school year, which may be contributing to the school's declining academic performance. Addressing these challenges, including the needs of underperforming subgroups and the root causes of chronic absenteeism, should be a top priority for the school and the Cary CCSD 26 district.

Detail:

Public 1-5

100 S Wulff St
Cary, IL 60013-2528

(224) 357-5250

District: Cary CCSD 26

SchoolDigger Rank:
891^st of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,644

Students who attend Briargate Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Cary Junior High School
High:	Cary-Grove Community High School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.1

Number of students: 425

Racial breakdown:

White:

74.8%

Hispanic:

17.9%

Two or more races:

5.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 23.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Briargate Elementary School ranks better than 56.9% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Cary CCSD 26 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 51.84. (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: White (74.8%), Hispanic (17.9%), two or more races (5.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 23.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Cary CCSD 26 School District. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Briargate Elementary School is 15.1, which is the highest among 4 elementary schools in the Cary CCSD 26 School District! (See more...)

Compare Briargate Elementary School employs 28.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Briargate Elementary School is $12,644. 2 elementary schools in the Cary CCSD 26 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Briargate Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Briargate Elementary School 891^st of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Briargate Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Cary CCSD 26:

SchoolDigger ranks Cary CCSD 26 329^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Briargate Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Briargate Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	84.64	191^st	2020	90.5%
2004	81.98	272^nd	2030	86.6%
2005	76.75	415^th	2022	79.5%
2006	76.46	447^th	2086	78.6%
2007	74.53	512^th	2095	75.6%
2008	81.05	291^st	2092	86.1%
2009	67.55	820^th	2120	61.3%
2010	58.49	1090^th	2139	49.0%
2011	72.55	627^th	2147	70.8%
2012	75.08	545^th	2166	74.8%
2013	81.52	361^st	2167	83.3%
2014	84.55	274^th	2093	86.9%
2015	83.69	304^th	2052	85.2%
2016	86.15	250^th	2046	87.8%
2017	78.29	403^rd	2044	80.3%
2018	83.83	279^th	2037	86.3%
2019	69.56	567^th	2086	72.8%
2021	56.01	734^th	1948	62.3%
2022	71.35	551^st	2082	73.5%
2023	62.17	706^th	2077	66.0%
2024	51.84	891^st	2067	56.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Briargate Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	53.12	248^th	763	67.5%
2019	48.75	483^rd	1194	59.5%
2021	38.05	359^th	640	43.9%
2022	37.32	605^th	1113	45.6%
2023	43.90	545^th	1156	52.9%
2024	56.33	407^th	1195	65.9%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	89.75	67^th	1765	96.2%
2019	46.23	932^nd	1816	48.7%
2021	45.37	727^th	1514	52.0%
2022	64.14	449^th	1763	74.5%
2023	49.59	824^th	1808	54.4%
2024	48.45	839^th	1793	53.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Briargate Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	73.37	466^th	1964	76.3%
2019	68.05	576^th	2019	71.5%
2021	48.02	789^th	1680	53.0%
2022	67.99	559^th	1970	71.6%
2023	60.44	680^th	1957	65.3%
2024	50.12	870^th	1942	55.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Briargate Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	51.03	323^rd	907	64.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Briargate Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	90.08	139^th	1972	93.0%
2019	69.09	547^th	2019	72.9%
2021	57.70	594^th	1707	65.2%
2022	71.30	480^th	1977	75.7%
2023	62.17	623^rd	1984	68.6%
2024	51.36	851^st	1959	56.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Briargate Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	37.43	600^th	955	37.2%
2021	25.62	619^th	742	16.6%
2022	44.63	476^th	954	50.1%
2023	44.95	488^th	970	49.7%
2024	47.16	435^th	959	54.6%

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Rank History for White students at Briargate Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	71.74	347^th	1463	76.3%
2019	62.27	505^th	1462	65.5%
2021	42.09	740^th	1308	43.4%
2022	56.91	584^th	1425	59.0%
2023	44.37	797^th	1419	43.8%
2024	33.50	973^rd	1392	30.1%

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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 Briargate Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	349	n/a	2	17	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	368
1990	389	n/a	5	13	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	407
1991	511	5	6	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	540
1992	578	3	14	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	613
1993	586	2	17	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	619
1994	515	2	4	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	537
1995	556	1	8	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	589
1996	556	1	8	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	589
1997	576	0	11	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	614
1998	564	1	13	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	600
1999	505	1	12	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	538
2000	487	3	8	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	514
2001	469	6	8	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	510
2002	318	4	6	21	0	n/a	n/a	0	349
2003	318	4	6	21	0	n/a	n/a	0	349
2004	326	3	4	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	345
2005	325	3	8	88	0	n/a	n/a	10	434
2006	265	3	8	99	0	n/a	n/a	13	388
2007	255	1	5	100	0	n/a	n/a	29	390
2008	253	4	5	119	1	n/a	n/a	29	411
2009	248	3	5	127	1	n/a	n/a	28	412
2010	258	6	8	164	1	n/a	n/a	19	456
2011	389	5	7	33	8	1	11	0	454
2012	383	6	8	31	9	0	7	0	444
2013	356	5	10	31	5	0	14	0	421
2014	311	3	11	26	3	1	13	0	368
2015	310	3	8	34	1	1	10	0	367
2016	338	4	8	35	1	1	12	0	399
2017	312	3	9	58	1	1	24	0	408
2018	336	1	6	52	1	1	24	0	421
2019	297	2	3	33	0	0	21	0	356
2020	305	1	3	36	0	0	28	0	373
2021	303	0	2	63	0	0	25	0	393
2022	309	0	6	72	0	0	25	0	412
2023	314	0	6	71	0	0	22	0	413
2024	318	1	5	76	0	0	25	0	425

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 Briargate Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	368	14.0	26.2	n/a
1990	407	17.5	23.2	n/a
1991	540	23.0	23.4	n/a
1992	613	24.6	24.9	n/a
1993	619	26.0	23.8	n/a
1994	537	27.0	19.9	n/a
1995	589	29.0	20.3	n/a
1996	589	29.0	20.3	n/a
1997	614	29.6	20.7	n/a
1998	600	30.4	19.7	n/a
1999	538	29.6	18.2	n/a
2000	514	31.2	16.5	n/a
2001	510	29.2	17.5	n/a
2002	349	20.5	17.0	5.4
2003	349	20.5	17.0	5.4
2004	345	19.7	17.5	3.2
2005	434	22.8	19.0	14.4
2006	388	19.7	19.7	15.7
2007	390	20.0	19.5	15.5
2008	411	22.0	18.7	15.2
2009	412	19.5	21.1	18.8
2010	456	23.5	19.4	20.6
2011	454	19.0	23.8	11.9
2012	444	20.0	22.2	11.3
2013	421	21.7	19.4	9.7
2014	368	19.0	19.3	8.7
2015	367	22.0	16.6	15.5
2016	399	23.0	17.3	12.5
2017	408	24.3	16.7	18.9
2018	421	26.1	16.0	14.3
2019	356	24.3	14.6	15.7
2020	373	27.3	13.6	13.7
2021	393	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	412	26.0	15.8	17.2
2023	413	26.0	15.8	19.4
2024	425	28.1	15.1	23.1

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 Briargate Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	368	14.0	26.2	n/a
1990	407	17.5	23.2	n/a
1991	540	23.0	23.4	n/a
1992	613	24.6	24.9	n/a
1993	619	26.0	23.8	n/a
1994	537	27.0	19.9	n/a
1995	589	29.0	20.3	n/a
1996	589	29.0	20.3	n/a
1997	614	29.6	20.7	n/a
1998	600	30.4	19.7	n/a
1999	538	29.6	18.2	n/a
2000	514	31.2	16.5	n/a
2001	510	29.2	17.5	n/a
2002	349	20.5	17.0	5.4
2003	349	20.5	17.0	5.4
2004	345	19.7	17.5	3.2
2005	434	22.8	19.0	14.4
2006	388	19.7	19.7	15.7
2007	390	20.0	19.5	15.5
2008	411	22.0	18.7	15.2
2009	412	19.5	21.1	18.8
2010	456	23.5	19.4	20.6
2011	454	19.0	23.8	11.9
2012	444	20.0	22.2	11.3
2013	421	21.7	19.4	9.7
2014	368	19.0	19.3	8.7
2015	367	22.0	16.6	15.5
2016	399	23.0	17.3	12.5
2017	408	24.3	16.7	18.9
2018	421	26.1	16.0	14.3
2019	356	24.3	14.6	15.7
2020	373	27.3	13.6	13.7
2021	393	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	412	26.0	15.8	17.2
2023	413	26.0	15.8	19.4
2024	425	28.1	15.1	23.1

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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