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What's the most underrated thing about Bower Elem School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 200·NCES 174218004437
Bower Elementary School
4S241 River Rd, Warrenville, IL 60555 · (630) 393-9413 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
128 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
76.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.4pp since 2023
Math
71.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.5% | 71.6% |
| 2023-24 | 62.1% | 58.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Bower Elementary School
Bower Elementary School's state test result (69.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bower Elementary School this school | 406 | 31.5% | 69.9% |
| J T Manning Elementary School Westmont | 386 | 31.6% | 68.8% |
| Westmore Elementary School Lombard | 432 | 33.3% | 54.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Wheaton | 458 | 32.8% | 69.1% |
| Mark DeLay School Darien | 453 | 34.0% | N/A |
| Lace Elementary School Darien | 377 | 30.8% | 55.0% |
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 Bower Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #126 of 1,925 | #24 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #192 of 2,077 ▼ 23 | #41 of 141 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #200 of 2,077 ▲ 20 | #42 of 141 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #975 of 2,419 | #69 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #72 of 2,035 | #5 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #672 of 2,042 | #80 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.5% | #1,745 of 2,132 | #70 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #875 of 1,461 | #53 of 92 |
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
406
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 536
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 | 406 | 43.1 | 9.4:1 | 32% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 40 | 10.1:1 | 37% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 42.7 | 9.4:1 | 33% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 35.6 | 12.8:1 | 27% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 37 | 13.6:1 | 26% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 27% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 33 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 536 | 25 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bower Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (456 to 406); teachers up 21% (35.6 to 43.1).
About Bower Elementary School
Located in Warrenville, Illinois, Bower Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 406 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5.
Bower Elementary School falls under CUSD 200, which has 20 schools enrolling 11,639 students.
At Bower Elementary School, White students make up 61% of the student body. The remaining shares are 22% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Bower Elementary School was 9.4:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 9.4:1 here. Bower Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 32%. That tracks the 34% average for public schools in DuPage County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Bower Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools. It scores 69.9%; the prediction is 53.3%.
Across DuPage County, the median household income is $112,096, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. DuPage County is home to 277 public schools and about 138,557 public school students.
Hubble Middle School is the public school closest to Bower Elementary School, about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Bower Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: 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, enrollment moved from 405 to 406, a small change.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Bower Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 200
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Hubble Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
Other schools in Warrenville
- Hubble Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Clifford Johnson SchoolElementary · 473 students
Nearby schools
- Hubble Middle School1.3 mi · 679
- Brookdale Elementary School1.4 mi · 462
- Thayer J Hill Middle School1.7 mi · 828
- Mill Street Elementary School1.7 mi · 600
- Illinois Youth Center-Warrenville1.8 mi · 34
- Naperville North High School1.9 mi · 2,467
Frequently asked questions
About Bower Elementary SchoolHow large is Bower Elementary School?
Bower Elementary School enrolls approximately 406 students in grades KG-05.
Is Bower Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bower Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Bower Elementary School have?
Bower Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bower Elementary School?
At Bower Elementary School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 22% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Bower Elementary School in?
Bower Elementary School is part of CUSD 200.
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