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Enrollment
641
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINFIELD SD 202·NCES 173174005749
Charles Reed Elementary School
2110 Clublands Pkwy, Plainfield, IL 60586 · (815) 254-2160 · Kendall County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL641 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
235 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
40.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.1pp since 2023
Math
36.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.9% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.8% | 25.6% |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Charles Reed Elementary School
Charles Reed Elementary School's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Reed Elementary School this school | 641 | 36.7% | 38.0% |
| Fox Chase Elementary School Oswego | 661 | 37.7% | 52.2% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Joliet | 646 | 38.1% | 41.5% |
| River View Elementary School Plainfield | 584 | 37.7% | 50.0% |
| Montessori Elementary School Rockford | 660 | 36.4% | 46.0% |
| Meadow View Elementary School Plainfield | 627 | 42.6% | 42.3% |
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 Charles Reed Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kendall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #985 of 1,925 | #19 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #1,077 of 2,077 ▼ 105 | #18 of 22 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #1,316 of 2,077 ▼ 44 | #18 of 22 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 641 | #198 of 2,419 | #8 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #966 of 2,035 | #6 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #178 of 2,042 | #3 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #1,633 of 2,132 | #10 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.7% | #200 of 615 | #7 of 11 |
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
641
+141 (+28%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 799
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 | 641 | 48.5 | 13.2:1 | 37% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 45.3 | 13.8:1 | 41% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 46% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 39.9 | 14.1:1 | 32% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 25% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 799 | 42 | 19.0:1 | 14% (108) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles Reed Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (564 to 641); teachers up 21% (39.9 to 48.5).
About Charles Reed Elementary School
Charles Reed Elementary School operates as a high-enrollment elementary school in Plainfield, Illinois. It enrolled 641 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
Plainfield SD 202 counts 24,556 students in its 30 schools, and Charles Reed Elementary School is one of them.
Charles Reed Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 42%. Other students are 30% Hispanic, 18% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Kendall County residents are about 65% White. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Charles Reed Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.2:1. That is lower than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The lunch program counts 37% of students at Charles Reed Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Charles Reed Elementary School, the prediction is 50.4% and the result is 38.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Kendall County, the median household income is $111,601, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kendall County is home to 50 public schools and about 29,773 public school students.
Plainfield South High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Charles Reed Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 43.8% on proficiency, and Charles Reed Elementary School is below that at 38.0%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 641, a 28% increase from 500 in 2020-21.
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Kendall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,675
Census ACS
Median income
$111,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
29,773 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plainfield SD 202
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in Plainfield
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Nearby schools
- Plainfield South High School0.5 mi · 2,323
- Meadow View Elementary School0.8 mi · 627
- Aux Sable Middle School1.1 mi · 844
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School1.1 mi · 646
- Jones Elementary School1.6 mi · 553
- Ridge Elementary School1.7 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About Charles Reed Elementary SchoolHow large is Charles Reed Elementary School?
Charles Reed Elementary School enrolls approximately 641 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Charles Reed Elementary School serve?
Charles Reed Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Charles Reed Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Charles Reed Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Charles Reed Elementary School?
At Charles Reed Elementary School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 30% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Charles Reed Elementary School?
Charles Reed Elementary School is overseen by Plainfield SD 202 in Kendall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.