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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BATAVIA USD 101·NCES 170522000200
Alice Gustafson Elementary School
905 Carlisle Rd, Batavia, IL 60510 · (630) 937-8000 · Kane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
57 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Batavia USD 101. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
64.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.1pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.5% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.4% | 45.7% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alice Gustafson Elementary School
Alice Gustafson Elementary School's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Gustafson Elementary School this school | 403 | 14.1% | 60.3% |
| Arnold J Tyler School New Lenox | 372 | 15.1% | 62.4% |
| Nelson Prairie School New Lenox | 388 | 13.7% | 66.5% |
| Manhattan Intermediate School Manhattan | 417 | 14.6% | N/A |
| Wasco Elementary School Wasco | 466 | 13.3% | 67.7% |
| Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School Lombard | 381 | 13.9% | 50.6% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alice Gustafson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #318 of 1,925 | #16 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #368 of 2,077 ▲ 38 | #15 of 83 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #519 of 2,077 ▲ 108 | #23 of 83 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #984 of 2,419 | #59 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,049 of 2,035 | #26 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #1,192 of 2,042 | #49 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #2,047 of 2,132 | #72 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #297 of 1,461 | #9 of 51 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
403
+33 (+9%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 403 | 30 | 13.4:1 | 14% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 31.2 | 12.5:1 | 18% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 30.5 | 13.1:1 | 15% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 29.1 | 18.4:1 | 14% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 18% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 27 | 18.8:1 | 10% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 602 | 32 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 30 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alice Gustafson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (535 to 403); teachers up 3% (29.1 to 30).
About Alice Gustafson Elementary School
Alice Gustafson Elementary School is one of the public schools in Batavia, Illinois. It is a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 403 students.
Alice Gustafson Elementary School is in Batavia USD 101, a district with 5,218 students across 8 schools.
White students make up a majority at Alice Gustafson Elementary School, at 77%. The next largest groups are 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. In Kane County overall, about 58% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 38% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 30 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.4:1. That is close to the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school's lunch program data list 14% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Kane County report 48%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Alice Gustafson Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 60.3% actual against 63.4% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Kane County, the median household income is $103,163, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Kane County is home to 167 public schools and about 87,252 public school students.
The closest public school to Alice Gustafson Elementary School is Batavia Sr High School, about 0.8 miles away. Alice Gustafson Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 60.3% average proficiency ranks 5th among 8 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Alice Gustafson Elementary School's enrollment grew 9%, to 403.
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Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Batavia USD 101
- Batavia Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,690 students
- Sam Rotolo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,080 students
- J B Nelson Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Louise White Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- H C Storm Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- Grace McWayne Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
Other schools in Batavia
- Batavia Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,690 students
- Sam Rotolo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,080 students
- J B Nelson Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Louise White Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- H C Storm Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- Grace McWayne Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
Nearby schools
- Batavia Sr High School0.8 mi · 1,690
- H C Storm Elementary School1.1 mi · 388
- J B Nelson Elementary School1.3 mi · 482
- Sam Rotolo Middle School1.6 mi · 1,080
- Schneider Elementary School1.7 mi · 361
- Louise White Elementary School1.9 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Alice Gustafson Elementary SchoolHow large is Alice Gustafson Elementary School?
Alice Gustafson Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades PK-05.
Is Alice Gustafson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alice Gustafson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Alice Gustafson Elementary School have?
Alice Gustafson Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alice Gustafson Elementary School?
At Alice Gustafson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Alice Gustafson Elementary School in?
Alice Gustafson Elementary School is part of Batavia USD 101.
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