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Capron Elem School

PublicElementaryGrades PK–4

200 N Wooster St, Capron, IL 61012 · (815) 569-2314 · Part of North Boone Community Unit School District 200

Boone Township’s School Grade B− better than 53% of Illinois school districts

Directions
Students
162
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
51%
Setting
Rural
Grades
PK–4
The gist

What stands out about Capron Elem School

  • Its own letter, C−: better results than 22% of Illinois’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 21 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 16 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Boone Township kids: North Boone Middle School

On the path

Where Boone Township kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–4Capron Elem SchoolYou are here
7–8North Boone Middle Schoolin Poplar Grove

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency5%
State average 25.9%
Reading / language arts15%
State average 30.7%

Its own letter, C−, places these results among Illinois’s 3,406 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

200 N Wooster St, Capron

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K46
Kindergarten32
Grade 118
Grade 226
Grade 321
Grade 419
Enrollment over time
172’20
171’21
172’22
177’23
162’24

Down 5.8% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 56%Hispanic 41%Two or more races 3%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Capron Elem School from Boone Township families.

Other schools in North Boone Community Unit School District 200

The district →
Poplar Grove Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Poplar Grove
B−
251 students13:1
Manchester Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Poplar Grove
B−
136 students13:1
North Boone Upper Elem Sch
Middle · Grades 5–6 · Poplar Grove
C
192 students11:1
North Boone Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Poplar Grove
C+
233 students13:1
North Boone High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Poplar Grove
C+
496 students15:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Illinois’s other public schools; Boone Township’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.