Alice Gustafson Elem School

Located at 905 Carlisle Rd, in Batavia, Illinois, Alice Gustafson Elem School is an average-sized elementary campus that serves 403 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Batavia USD 101.

Batavia USD 101 runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,218 students. Alice Gustafson Elem School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Alice Gustafson Elem School lists that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment; the rest reads as 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 14% of students at Alice Gustafson Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kane County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Alice Gustafson Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.4%; this one delivers 60.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kane County put median household income runs about $103,163, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alice Gustafson Elem School is one of 167 public schools in Kane County (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students).

Nearest neighbor: Batavia Sr High School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alice Gustafson Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alice Gustafson Elem School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.7%.

Alice Gustafson Elem School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 25%: 535 students in 2018 compared to 403 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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