📍 370 E Lexington Ave, Cortland, DeKalb County, 60112
Cortland Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cortland, DeKalb County. The school has 519 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jennifer Hilliard. It is part of the DeKalb CUSD 428 school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cortland Elementary School enrolls 519 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Hispanic or Latino, 39% White and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 217 | 42% |
| White | 202 | 39% |
| Black or African American | 58 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 7.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
335 of the school's 519 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cortland Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 35, state house district 70.
Cortland Elementary School is one of 12 schools in DeKalb CUSD 428, based in Dekalb, Illinois. The district serves 6,771 students district-wide and employs 446 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 519 students, Cortland Elementary School is close to the district average of about 564 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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