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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST CHARLES CUSD 303·NCES 173717004065
Bell-Graham Elementary School
4N505 Fox Mill Blvd, Saint Charles, IL 60175 · (331) 228-2100 · Kane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
40 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
86.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.7pp since 2023
Math
82.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.3% | 82.5% |
| 2023-24 | 73.6% | 66.8% |
% 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
80.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Bell-Graham Elementary School
Bell-Graham Elementary School's state test result (80.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell-Graham Elementary School this school | 520 | 7.7% | 80.1% |
| Prairie Elementary School Naperville | 515 | 8.3% | 84.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Elmhurst | 527 | 4.4% | 81.8% |
| Thomas Metcalf School Normal | 459 | 7.0% | 71.5% |
| Wild Rose Elementary School Saint Charles | 535 | 8.8% | 76.2% |
| Whittier Elementary School Wheaton | 433 | 9.5% | 74.1% |
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 Bell-Graham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #25 of 1,925 | #1 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #53 of 2,077 ▲ 30 | #2 of 83 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #53 of 2,077 ▲ 10 | #2 of 83 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #472 of 2,419 | #22 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #1,525 of 2,035 | #49 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.5% | #1,215 of 2,042 | #51 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.7% | #2,108 of 2,132 | #77 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.0% | #67 of 615 | #4 of 32 |
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
520
+78 (+18%) vs 2020
+18% since 2000-01, when it was 441
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 | 520 | 34.8 | 15.0:1 | 8% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 36 | 13.5:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 37.6 | 13.6:1 | 8% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 24.7 | 16.1:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 26 | 16.3:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 31 | 18.2:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 21 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bell-Graham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (397 to 520); teachers up 41% (24.7 to 34.8).
About Bell-Graham Elementary School
Bell-Graham Elementary School is one of the public schools in Saint Charles, Illinois. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 520 students in kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Bell-Graham Elementary School belongs to St Charles CUSD 303, a district of 16 schools and 11,952 students.
The student body at Bell-Graham Elementary School is 78% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 58%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.
The school's 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Bell-Graham Elementary School, 8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Kane County, the average is 48%.
On BeatsExpectations, Bell-Graham Elementary School is 13.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
The school is in Kane County, where the median household earns about $103,163 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Bell-Graham Elementary School shares Kane County with 166 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Wasco Elementary School, is about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Bell-Graham Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 5 nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Bell-Graham Elementary School had a net gain of 78 students, or 18%.
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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 St Charles CUSD 303
- St Charles East High SchoolHigh · 1,930 students
- St Charles North High SchoolHigh · 1,903 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,364 students
- Wredling Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,289 students
- Wild Rose Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Ferson Creek SchoolElementary · 533 students
Other schools in Saint Charles
- St Charles East High SchoolHigh · 1,930 students
- St Charles North High SchoolHigh · 1,903 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,364 students
- Wredling Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,289 students
- Wild Rose Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Ferson Creek SchoolElementary · 533 students
Nearby schools
- Wasco Elementary School0.8 mi · 466
- Illinois Youth Center - St Charles1.9 mi · 32
- Ferson Creek School2.1 mi · 533
- Wild Rose Elementary School2.8 mi · 535
- Richmond Elementary School3.5 mi · 385
- St Charles North High School3.6 mi · 1,903
Frequently asked questions
About Bell-Graham Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bell-Graham Elementary School?
Bell-Graham Elementary School enrolls approximately 520 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Bell-Graham Elementary School serve?
Bell-Graham Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Bell-Graham Elementary School have?
Bell-Graham Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bell-Graham Elementary School?
At Bell-Graham Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Bell-Graham Elementary School in?
Bell-Graham Elementary School is part of St Charles CUSD 303.
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