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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORKVILLE CUSD 115·NCES 174396004362
Circle Center Grade School
901 Mill St, Yorkville, IL 60560 · (630) 553-4382 · Kendall County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
158 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 | 126 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 145 | 27% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 148 | 28% |
Student demographics
54%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Circle Center Grade School→Yorkville Intermediate School→Yorkville Middle School→Yorkville High School
Based on grade levels within Yorkville CUSD 115. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
51.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.1pp since 2023
Math
68.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 36.9% | 51.1% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Circle Center Grade School
Circle Center Grade School's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circle Center Grade School this school | 534 | 29.6% | 54.5% |
| Davis Elementary School Saint Charles | 509 | 29.3% | 68.8% |
| Aux Sable Minooka | 617 | 27.2% | 42.1% |
| North Elementary School Crystal Lake | 638 | 29.3% | 53.8% |
| Oakland Elementary School Lake Villa | 515 | 25.2% | 59.9% |
| Hillcrest Elementary School Antioch | 614 | 34.2% | 43.2% |
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 Circle Center Grade School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kendall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #456 of 1,925 | #5 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #247 of 2,077 ▲ 44 | #2 of 22 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #972 of 2,077 ▼ 77 | #14 of 22 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #422 of 2,419 | #11 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,426 of 2,035 | #13 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #801 of 2,042 | #20 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #1,793 of 2,132 | #14 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.4% | #86 of 615 | #2 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
534
0 (0%) vs 2020
+311% since 1990-91, when it was 130
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 | 534 | 36.7 | 14.6:1 | 30% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 33.5 | 16.4:1 | 32% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 29% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 30.3 | 14.1:1 | 13% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 27 | 16.9:1 | 17% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 583 | 31 | 18.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 23 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 130 | 7 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Circle Center Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (426 to 534); teachers up 21% (30.3 to 36.7).
About Circle Center Grade School
Circle Center Grade School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Yorkville, Illinois. The latest federal count shows 534 students in kindergarten through 3. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 40% above average.
The district, Yorkville CUSD 115, has 7,174 students enrolled across 10 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Circle Center Grade School is 63% White. Other reported shares: 25% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. The White share in Kendall County as a whole is similar, at about 65%. By the diversity index, Circle Center Grade School comes in at 54%.
The school reported 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.6:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have a similar average ratio of 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 30%. That is close to the 32% average for public schools in Kendall County.
The allk12 Grade for Circle Center Grade School is B. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 60% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Circle Center Grade School would be expected to post about 54.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 54.5%.
Kendall County has these Census figures: median household income is about $111,601, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Kendall County number 50 and enroll about 29,773.
The nearest other public school, Yorkville Intermediate School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Circle Center Grade School ranks 1st of 8 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Circle Center Grade School's location as Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (534) to 2024-25 (534).
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Yorkville CUSD 115
- Yorkville High SchoolHigh · 2,266 students
- Yorkville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,152 students
- Grande Reserve Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- Bristol Bay Elementary SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Yorkville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 638 students
- Autumn Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
Other schools in Yorkville
- Yorkville High SchoolHigh · 2,266 students
- Yorkville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,152 students
- Grande Reserve Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- Bristol Bay Elementary SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Yorkville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 638 students
- Autumn Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
Nearby schools
- Yorkville Intermediate School0.1 mi · 638
- Yorkville Early Childhood Center0.5 mi · 244
- Yorkville Grade School1.0 mi · 192
- Yorkville High School1.2 mi · 2,266
- Yorkville Middle School1.8 mi · 1,152
- Autumn Creek Elementary School2.6 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About Circle Center Grade SchoolHow large is Circle Center Grade School?
Circle Center Grade School enrolls approximately 534 students in grades KG-03.
Is Circle Center Grade School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Circle Center Grade School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Circle Center Grade School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Circle Center Grade School is approximately 14.6:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Circle Center Grade School?
Circle Center Grade School reports a student body of 63% White, 25% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Circle Center Grade School?
Circle Center Grade School is overseen by Yorkville CUSD 115 in Kendall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.