📍 545 Newport Ct, Island Lake, McHenry County, 60042
Cotton Creek School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Island Lake, McHenry County. The school has 576 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cherish Dickert. It is part of the Wauconda CUSD 118 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cotton Creek School enrolls 576 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 35% Hispanic or Latino and 4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 323 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 200 | 35% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 4% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 2.8% |
| Asian | 13 | 2.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
216 of the school's 576 students (38%) 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.
Cotton Creek School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 52.
Cotton Creek School is one of 6 schools in Wauconda CUSD 118, based in Wauconda, Illinois. The district serves 4,186 students district-wide and employs 315 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 576 students, Cotton Creek School is smaller than the district average of about 698 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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