Enrollment
263
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 200·NCES 174218004210
Emerson Elementary School
119 S Woodlawn St, Wheaton, IL 60187 · (630) 682-2055 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
80 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
58%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
73.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
69.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.3% | 69.5% |
| 2023-24 | 64.3% | 51.4% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 Emerson Elementary School
Emerson Elementary School's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Elementary School this school | 263 | 30.4% | 67.5% |
| Lowell Elementary School Wheaton | 283 | 30.4% | 70.2% |
| J W Riley Elementary School Arlington Heights | 319 | 34.8% | 53.9% |
| Glacier Ridge Elementary School Crystal Lake | 360 | 28.6% | 51.4% |
| Anne Sullivan Elementary School Prospect Heights | 329 | 36.8% | 59.7% |
| Park View Elementary School Lombard | 214 | 32.7% | 58.6% |
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 Emerson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #167 of 1,925 | #34 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #228 of 2,077 ▲ 59 | #48 of 141 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #270 of 2,077 ▼ 80 | #54 of 141 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 263 | #1,754 of 2,419 | #135 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #246 of 2,035 | #19 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #658 of 2,042 | #77 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.4% | #1,773 of 2,132 | #72 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #608 of 1,461 | #37 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
263
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 363
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 | 263 | 24.4 | 10.8:1 | 30% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 23.2 | 12.2:1 | 31% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 268 | 23.4 | 11.4:1 | 29% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 21.9 | 14.4:1 | 25% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 21% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 19% (66) |
| 2000-01 | 338 | 19 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 363 | 20 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emerson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (314 to 263); teachers up 11% (21.9 to 24.4).
About Emerson Elementary School
Emerson Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Wheaton, Illinois. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 263 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 31% smaller than average.
Emerson Elementary School is part of CUSD 200, where 20 schools serve 11,639 students.
By race and ethnicity, Emerson Elementary School is 62% White. The rest of enrollment is 12% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. The White share in DuPage County as a whole is similar, at about 65%. Emerson Elementary School has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Emerson Elementary School total 24.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 30%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Emerson Elementary School's results are 13.5 points above predicted: 67.5% against 54.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for DuPage County show that median household income is about $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Emerson Elementary School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County, which together enroll about 138,557 students.
Nearest public school: Monroe Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Emerson Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Emerson Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 266 to 263.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Wheaton
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Briar Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
Other Emerson Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Emerson Elementary. Emerson Elementary School is the 27th largest of the 36.
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElmhurst, IL · 429 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolMaywood, IL · 364 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolBerwyn, IL · 260 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 990 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 717 students
Nearby schools
- Monroe Middle School0.5 mi · 716
- Jefferson Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 302
- Longfellow Elementary School0.7 mi · 318
- Madison Elementary School0.9 mi · 360
- Whittier Elementary School0.9 mi · 433
- Edison Middle School1.1 mi · 635
Frequently asked questions
About Emerson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Emerson Elementary School?
Emerson Elementary School enrolls approximately 263 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Emerson Elementary School serve?
Emerson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Emerson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Emerson Elementary School is approximately 10.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Emerson Elementary School?
At Emerson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Emerson Elementary School public or private?
Emerson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CUSD 200.
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