Is Little Fort Elementary School a good school?

Little Fort Elementary School ranks 1094 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Little Fort Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 412 students attended Little Fort Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Little Fort Elementary School?

Students at Little Fort Elementary School are 75% Hispanic, 16% African American, 3% Asian, 3% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Little Fort Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Little Fort Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Jack Benny Middle School High : Waukegan High School

Little Fort Elementary School

Summary:

Little Fort Elementary School is a public elementary school in Waukegan, Illinois, serving 420 students in grades K-5. 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.

Little Fort Elementary School consistently outperforms the Waukegan CUSD 60 district average in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. In the 2023-2024 school year, 25.7% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 17% for the district and 41.2% for the state of Illinois. In Mathematics, 28.3% of students were proficient or better, compared to 10.8% for the district and 28.4% for the state. The school also performs well in serving Hispanic students and English Language Learners, ranking in the top 27.5% and 17.5% of Illinois elementary schools, respectively. However, the school struggles to serve students with disabilities, ranking in the bottom 15% of Illinois elementary schools for this subgroup.

While Little Fort Elementary School generally outperforms other Waukegan CUSD 60 schools, it is outperformed by the nearby LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Charter school in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency. The school also faces significant challenges, such as a high chronic absenteeism rate of 31.6%, which is notably higher than the state average of 18.2%. Addressing these issues and continuing to build on the school's academic strengths will be crucial for improving the overall educational outcomes for the students at Little Fort Elementary School.

Detail:

Public K-5

1775 Blanchard Rd
Waukegan, IL 60087-3014

(224) 303-3700

District: Waukegan CUSD 60

SchoolDigger Rank:
1094^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $23,544

Students who attend Little Fort Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Jack Benny Middle School
High:	Waukegan High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.4

Number of students: 412

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

74.5%

African American:

16.3%

Asian:

2.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 75.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Little Fort Elementary School ranks worse than 52.9% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 4^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 42.88. (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: Hispanic (74.5%), African American (16.3%), Asian (2.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 75.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Little Fort Elementary School is 11.4, which is the 3^rd best among 15 elementary schools in the Waukegan CUSD 60 School District. (See more...)

Compare Little Fort Elementary School employs 36 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Little Fort Elementary School is $23,544, which is the 7^th highest among 15 elementary schools in the Waukegan CUSD 60 School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Little Fort Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Little Fort Elementary School 1094^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Little Fort Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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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 Little Fort Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Little Fort Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	25.99	1596^th	2020	21.0%
2004	26.56	1634^th	2030	19.5%
2005	30.84	1572^nd	2022	22.3%
2006	36.86	1564^th	2086	25.0%
2007	34.15	1619^th	2095	22.7%
2008	33.39	1567^th	2092	25.1%
2009	31.41	1618^th	2120	23.7%
2010	34.48	1583^rd	2139	26.0%
2011	35.43	1565^th	2147	27.1%
2012	44.64	1415^th	2166	34.7%
2013	43.15	1327^th	2167	38.8%
2014	49.44	1119^th	2093	46.5%
2015	41.79	1092^nd	2052	46.8%
2016	38.71	1202^nd	2046	41.3%
2017	40.70	1150^th	2044	43.7%
2018	44.05	1076^th	2037	47.2%
2019	49.92	968^th	2086	53.6%
2021	41.48	1025^th	1948	47.4%
2022	44.55	1078^th	2082	48.2%
2023	49.38	963^rd	2077	53.6%
2024	42.88	1094^th	2067	47.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Little Fort Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	54.60	238^th	718	66.9%
2019	50.61	280^th	743	62.3%
2021	45.44	217^th	537	59.6%
2022	56.75	217^th	768	71.7%
2023	74.07	92^nd	788	88.3%
2024	65.51	144^th	826	82.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Little Fort Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	32.00	489^th	763	35.9%
2019	28.58	880^th	1194	26.3%
2021	30.45	436^th	640	31.9%
2022	26.74	863^rd	1113	22.5%
2023	43.08	557^th	1156	51.8%
2024	20.90	1050^th	1195	12.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Little Fort Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.81	628^th	1765	64.4%
2019	57.68	616^th	1816	66.1%
2021	61.29	390^th	1514	74.2%
2022	53.80	690^th	1763	60.9%
2023	66.37	414^th	1808	77.1%
2024	63.72	474^th	1793	73.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Little Fort Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.37	1154^th	1964	41.2%
2019	43.85	1084^th	2019	46.3%
2021	40.99	907^th	1680	46.0%
2022	41.91	1045^th	1970	47.0%
2023	44.77	1001^st	1957	48.9%
2024	32.38	1256^th	1942	35.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Little Fort Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	38.53	479^th	907	47.2%
2024	20.41	813^th	886	8.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Little Fort Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	49.08	914^th	1972	53.7%
2019	55.03	818^th	2019	59.5%
2021	35.99	1019^th	1707	40.3%
2022	46.70	946^th	1977	52.1%
2023	53.57	820^th	1984	58.7%
2024	56.57	753^rd	1959	61.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Little Fort Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.76	520^th	698	25.5%
2019	34.91	462^nd	711	35.0%
2021	67.49	60^th	428	86.0%
2022	36.96	395^th	684	42.3%
2023	67.94	121^st	692	82.5%
2024	42.70	337^th	655	48.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Little Fort Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	67.86	205^th	938	78.1%
2019	70.77	169^th	955	82.3%
2021	54.79	237^th	742	68.1%
2022	57.42	316^th	954	66.9%
2023	66.73	214^th	970	77.9%
2024	61.76	264^th	959	72.5%

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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 Little Fort Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	173	90	3	282	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	548
1989	161	74	2	306	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	543
1990	162	96	2	318	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	578
1991	146	101	6	366	2	n/a	n/a	0	621
1992	124	73	4	415	0	n/a	n/a	0	616
1993	161	55	9	363	0	n/a	n/a	0	588
1994	138	50	11	393	5	n/a	n/a	0	597
1995	116	70	6	390	0	n/a	n/a	0	582
1996	116	70	6	390	0	n/a	n/a	0	582
1997	110	108	5	423	0	n/a	n/a	0	646
1998	110	105	6	445	1	n/a	n/a	0	667
1999	111	125	11	476	0	n/a	n/a	0	723
2000	106	112	10	473	0	n/a	n/a	0	701
2001	93	93	14	496	1	n/a	n/a	0	697
2002	77	83	15	551	2	n/a	n/a	0	728
2003	77	83	15	551	2	n/a	n/a	0	728
2004	60	77	13	556	1	n/a	n/a	0	707
2005	64	75	13	505	1	n/a	n/a	5	663
2006	42	88	14	479	0	n/a	n/a	3	626
2007	38	88	10	474	1	n/a	n/a	12	623
2008	36	98	16	435	1	n/a	n/a	14	600
2009	37	104	14	437	2	n/a	n/a	17	611
2010	39	76	12	398	1	n/a	n/a	26	552
2011	36	78	13	410	0	1	10	0	548
2012	50	85	9	418	0	0	8	0	570
2013	42	72	8	469	3	0	10	0	604
2014	36	86	5	451	2	1	11	0	592
2015	28	91	5	440	2	0	12	0	578
2016	23	77	2	452	2	0	13	0	569
2017	22	85	5	383	4	0	14	0	513
2018	26	78	6	355	3	0	16	0	484
2019	28	88	7	353	2	0	10	0	488
2020	28	81	10	319	1	0	10	0	449
2021	27	70	11	301	1	0	10	0	420
2022	23	76	9	296	3	0	4	0	411
2023	21	58	8	317	6	0	10	0	420
2024	11	67	12	307	5	0	10	0	412

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 Little Fort Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	548	27.0	20.2	n/a
1989	543	25.0	21.7	n/a
1990	578	21.0	27.5	n/a
1991	621	25.0	24.8	n/a
1992	616	25.5	24.1	n/a
1993	588	29.0	20.3	n/a
1994	597	28.5	20.9	n/a
1995	582	27.5	21.2	n/a
1996	582	27.5	21.2	n/a
1997	646	25.9	24.9	n/a
1998	667	25.8	25.9	n/a
1999	723	23.9	30.3	n/a
2000	701	28.9	24.3	n/a
2001	697	31.9	21.8	n/a
2002	728	29.9	24.3	42.7
2003	728	29.9	24.3	42.7
2004	707	30.9	22.9	42
2005	663	33.9	19.6	60.8
2006	626	29.0	21.6	70
2007	623	30.0	20.8	64
2008	600	29.0	20.7	71.3
2009	611	32.9	18.6	67.7
2010	552	35.0	15.7	84.2
2011	548	33.0	16.6	71.5
2012	570	33.0	17.2	57.7
2013	604	34.0	17.7	n/a
2014	592	30.0	19.7	70.6
2015	578	32.0	18.0	73.4
2016	569	34.0	16.7	57.3
2017	513	40.0	12.8	68.4
2018	484	31.0	15.6	65.9
2019	488	27.0	18.0	63.9
2020	449	33.0	13.6	61
2021	420	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	411	30.1	13.6	71.3
2023	420	30.8	13.6	62.4
2024	412	36.0	11.4	75.2

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 Little Fort Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	548	27.0	20.2	n/a
1989	543	25.0	21.7	n/a
1990	578	21.0	27.5	n/a
1991	621	25.0	24.8	n/a
1992	616	25.5	24.1	n/a
1993	588	29.0	20.3	n/a
1994	597	28.5	20.9	n/a
1995	582	27.5	21.2	n/a
1996	582	27.5	21.2	n/a
1997	646	25.9	24.9	n/a
1998	667	25.8	25.9	n/a
1999	723	23.9	30.3	n/a
2000	701	28.9	24.3	n/a
2001	697	31.9	21.8	n/a
2002	728	29.9	24.3	42.7
2003	728	29.9	24.3	42.7
2004	707	30.9	22.9	42
2005	663	33.9	19.6	60.8
2006	626	29.0	21.6	70
2007	623	30.0	20.8	64
2008	600	29.0	20.7	71.3
2009	611	32.9	18.6	67.7
2010	552	35.0	15.7	84.2
2011	548	33.0	16.6	71.5
2012	570	33.0	17.2	57.7
2013	604	34.0	17.7	n/a
2014	592	30.0	19.7	70.6
2015	578	32.0	18.0	73.4
2016	569	34.0	16.7	57.3
2017	513	40.0	12.8	68.4
2018	484	31.0	15.6	65.9
2019	488	27.0	18.0	63.9
2020	449	33.0	13.6	61
2021	420	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	411	30.1	13.6	71.3
2023	420	30.8	13.6	62.4
2024	412	36.0	11.4	75.2

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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