C I Johnson Elem School

C I Johnson Elem School is an elementary-level community of close-knit scale in Aurora, Illinois, part of Aurora East USD 131, teacheing 269 students in grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so C I Johnson Elem School sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Aurora East USD 131, which oversees 18 schools and 12,187 students, C I Johnson Elem School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, C I Johnson Elem School lists that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 7% White, 6% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, C I Johnson Elem School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kane County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, C I Johnson Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 38.0%; actual is 58.4%, +20.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kane County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $103,163 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. C I Johnson Elem School is one of 167 public schools in Kane County (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students).

Nearest neighbor: Henry W Cowherd Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), C I Johnson Elem School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 41.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. C I Johnson Elem School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 270 (now 269). White enrollment moved from 3% to 7% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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