IllinoisSchoolsNorton Creek Elementary School

Norton Creek Elementary School

PublicRegular
West Chicago, Illinois · St Charles CUSD 303
Teachers39.0FTE
Ratio13.0:1students per teacher
Students506enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students506
Grade Span0–5
Student:Teacher13.0:1
Free/Reduced Lunch11%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
2.3%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
36
7.7%vs prior yr
Enrollment
479
5.3%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

12.8:113.4:113.9:114.5:115.0:115.6:12020202120222023202414.7:113.9:113.0:113.3:1This schoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

4514634754864985103334353738392020202120222023202445548650150647933363936EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment455486501506479
Teacher FTE33363936
Pupil : Teacher ratio14.7:113.9:113.0:113.3:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.