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Dakota Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 6

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
400 Campus Dr
Dakota, IL 61018
Phone
(815) 449-2852
District
DAKOTA CUSD 201
County
STEPHENSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
389
Classroom Teachers
31

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

8

(10 is best)

Better than 79.2% of all IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Dakota Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

50 40 30 20 10 0
42%
28%
40%
29%
43%
26%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
13
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 20 5.1%
Kindergarten 59 15.2%
Grade 1 55 14.1%
Grade 2 57 14.7%
Grade 3 44 11.3%
Grade 4 56 14.4%
Grade 5 42 10.8%
Grade 6 56 14.4%
Total 389 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 96.1% 95.2% 48.7%
Black 0.3% 0.5% 17.3%
Hispanic 2.9% 3.3% 28.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.5% 5.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 4,991 12,582,032
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 52.2 226
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.1% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.1% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.2% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.6% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 24.0% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 1,890 4,968,761
Single Parent Households With Children 7.2% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.9% 90.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 21.2% 36.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.7% 21.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.6% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.0% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 22.2% 15.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.4% 13.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.7% 10.3%
$15,000 or less 4.5% 8.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,571 $7,036,791 49.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $505 $414,605 2.9%
Staff $708 $581,268 4.0%
General Administration $2,413 $1,981,073 13.8%
School Administration $901 $739,721 5.2%
Operation $1,058 $868,618 6.0%
Transportation $610 $500,810 3.5%
Other $190 $155,990 1.1%
Total Support $6,386 $5,242,906 36.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,540 $2,085,340 14.5%
Total Expenditures $17,497 $14,365,037 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,818 $20,214,612,291 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,311 $2,449,080,202 6.3%
Staff $673 $1,256,727,156 3.2%
General Administration $673 $1,256,749,375 3.2%
School Administration $942 $1,760,657,749 4.5%
Operation $1,431 $2,672,969,408 6.9%
Transportation $748 $1,398,114,051 3.6%
Other $736 $1,376,105,992 3.5%
Total Support $6,513 $12,170,558,501 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,424 $6,398,727,407 16.5%
Total Expenditures $20,756 $38,783,883,293 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%