Fox Chase Elementary School

Fox Chase Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary-level community in Oswego, Illinois, operated by CUSD 308. The school serves 661 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 73% above the state mean of about 381.

Fox Chase Elementary School is one of 21 schools operated by CUSD 308, a district that caters to 16,766 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Fox Chase Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 33% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

On the resource side, On paper, Fox Chase Elementary School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Fox Chase Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fox Chase Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kendall County indicate the typical household earns roughly $111,601 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Kendall County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,773 students), of which Fox Chase Elementary School is one.

Thompson Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fox Chase Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 43.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fox Chase Elementary School has increased 13%, going from 583 students in 2018 to 661 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 57% to 46%. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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