Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Howard B Thomas Grade School, Burlington, IL

Howard B Thomas Grade School is a public elementary school in Burlington, part of Central CUSD 301. It enrolled 678 students in 2024-25, with 15.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 678
Teachers (FTE): 44.0
Students per teacher: 15.4
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.6 lower than the district figure of 17.0. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.4

District17.0

Illinois13.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 44W575 Plato Rd, Burlington, IL 60109
Phone: (847)464-6008
District: Central CUSD 301
County: Kane County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID: 170783000398

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free or reduced-price lunch: 13119.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Central CUSD 301

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.