Bower Elem School

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Warrenville, Illinois, Bower Elem School enrolls 406 students from grades K through 5, part of CUSD 200.

CUSD 200 comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 11,639 students; Bower Elem School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bower Elem School shows that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Bower Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 32% of students at Bower Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bower Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 53.3%; actual is 69.9%, +16.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for DuPage County shows median household earnings sit near $112,096, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Bower Elem School is one.

Hubble Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bower Elem School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 62.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bower Elem School's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 456 (now 406). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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