📍 200 N Wooster St, Capron, Boone County, 61012
Capron Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Capron, Boone County. The school has 172 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kelly Kerchner. It is part of the North Boone CUSD 200 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. 15% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Capron Elem School enrolls 172 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 37% Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 96 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 64 | 37% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 5.2% |
| Asian | 2 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
83 of the school's 172 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Capron Elem School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 69.
Capron Elem School is one of 6 schools in North Boone CUSD 200, based in Poplar Grove, Illinois. The district serves 1,470 students district-wide and employs 117 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 172 students, Capron Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 245 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant