Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 3

Locust Elementary School, Marengo, IL

CEP schoolLocust Elementary School is a public elementary school in Marengo, part of Marengo-Union E Cons D 165. It enrolled 501 students in 2024-25, with 14.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Locust Elem School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 501
Teachers (FTE): 34.0
Students per teacher: 14.7
Grades: PK to 3

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.4. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.7

District15.4

Illinois13.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 539 Locust St, Marengo, IL 60152
Phone: (815)568-7632
District: Marengo-Union E Cons D 165
County: McHenry County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Town: Fringe
NCES school ID: 170007705249

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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: 27855.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

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 Marengo-Union E Cons D 165

Ulysses S Grant Intermediate Sch 249 students

Elementary schools elsewhere in Marengo

Riley Comm Cons School Riley CCSD 18 School District

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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.