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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA WEST USD 129·NCES 170471000164
Freeman Elementary School
153 S Randall Rd, Aurora, IL 60506 · (630) 301-5002 · Kane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
79 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
42.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.4pp since 2023
Math
39.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.2% | 39.5% |
| 2023-24 | 21.8% | 23.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Freeman Elementary School
Freeman Elementary School's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman Elementary School this school | 529 | 14.9% | 37.8% |
| Burr Elementary School Chicago | 465 | 24.1% | 62.8% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School Oak Park | 580 | 17.8% | 65.5% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Oak Park | 524 | 19.1% | 64.4% |
| Hunt Club Elementary School Oswego | 357 | 17.4% | 44.3% |
| Norwood Park Elementary School Chicago | 314 | 14.0% | 57.7% |
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 Freeman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #992 of 1,925 | #36 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #978 of 2,077 ▲ 65 | #44 of 83 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #1,277 of 2,077 ▲ 229 | #47 of 83 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #433 of 2,419 | #20 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,900 of 2,035 | #78 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #495 of 2,042 | #13 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.9% | #2,034 of 2,132 | #70 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #951 of 1,461 | #30 of 51 |
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
529
+33 (+7%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 537
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 | 529 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 15% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 28.8 | 18.3:1 | 42% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 31.5 | 17.8:1 | 35% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 32.4 | 18.0:1 | 39% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 29 | 20.8:1 | 50% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 692 | 34 | 20.4:1 | 44% (302) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 31 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 24 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freeman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (583 to 529); teachers down 7% (32.4 to 30).
About Freeman Elementary School
Freeman Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Aurora, Illinois. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 529 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Aurora West USD 129 enrolls 11,020 students, and its 16 schools include Freeman Elementary School.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Freeman Elementary School is Hispanic, with 49% of students. The remaining shares are 35% White, 11% Black, and 3% multiracial. Kane County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Freeman Elementary School scores 62%.
The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 15% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kane County is 48%.
Freeman Elementary School is a bottom-10% school in Illinois on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.8% against a predicted 62.9%.
Census data for Kane County show the median household earns about $103,163 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Freeman Elementary School, Kane County has 167 public schools.
The closest school to Freeman Elementary School is West Aurora High School, located about 0.5 miles away. Freeman Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Freeman Elementary School at 1st of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 496 students in 2020-21 to 529 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Freeman Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Aurora West USD 129
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Herget Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 577 students
- Greenman Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- McCleery Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
Other schools in Aurora
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Fischer Middle SchoolMiddle · 861 students
Other Freeman Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Freeman Elementary. Freeman Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 9.
- Freeman Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 651 students
- Freeman ElementaryWoodland, CA · 415 students
- Freeman ElemHaysville, KS · 397 students
- Freeman Elementary SchoolRockford, WA · 385 students
- Freeman Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 382 students
Nearby schools
- West Aurora High School0.5 mi · 3,641
- Jefferson Middle School0.7 mi · 577
- West Aurora Learning Center/ELA0.7 mi · 505
- McCleery Elementary School0.9 mi · 513
- Greenman Elementary School0.9 mi · 528
- Washington Middle School0.9 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About Freeman Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Freeman Elementary School?
Freeman Elementary School enrolls approximately 529 students in grades PK-05.
Is Freeman Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Freeman Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Freeman Elementary School?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Freeman Elementary School.
How diverse is Freeman Elementary School?
Freeman Elementary School reports a student body of 35% White, 49% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Freeman Elementary School public or private?
Freeman Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Aurora West USD 129.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.