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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA EAST USD 131·NCES 170468000147

G N Dieterich Elementary School

1141 Jackson St, Aurora, IL 60505 · (630) 299-8280 · Kane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 381
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
321 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K5411%
Kindergarten7415%
Grade 17314%
Grade 28116%
Grade 37214%
Grade 47515%
Grade 57815%

This year's kindergarten class (74) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).

Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 69% · US 70%
White
163%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 45% · US 43%
Hispanic
46191%
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 29% · US 30%
Black
163%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
92%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
31%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
27053%
Female
23747%

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Test scores

IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)
English Language Arts
14.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
8.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.4pp since 2023

What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.

IAR + ISA results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2514.3%8.9%
2023-247.0%3.5%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 G N Dieterich Elementary School

G N Dieterich Elementary School's state test result (11.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
G N Dieterich Elementary School this school50763.3%11.9%
Westdale Elementary School
Northlake
48364.6%38.7%
McAuliffe Elementary School
Chicago
52366.3%18.2%
Nicholas A Hermes Elementary School
Aurora
60763.4%15.5%
Reilly Elementary School
Chicago
53967.7%22.2%
Roy Elementary School
Northlake
54559.4%35.1%
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 G N Dieterich Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IllinoisIn Kane County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
11.9%#1,842 of 1,925#71 of 72
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
8.9%#1,944 of 2,077
▼ 2
#82 of 83
▼ 3
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
14.3%#2,018 of 2,077
▼ 6
#82 of 83
▼ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
507#528 of 2,419#29 of 88
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.5:1#1,787 of 2,035#66 of 87
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
17.1%#1,710 of 2,042#80 of 87
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
63.3%#910 of 2,132#26 of 77
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-9.0%#972 of 1,461#33 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 2024-25
Enrollment
507
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 340
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2550730.816.5:163% (321)
2023-2449429.816.6:176% (373)
2022-2348532.215.1:174% (359)
2020-21531N/AN/AN/A
2017-1855732.217.3:170% (392)
2015-165703118.4:160% (340)
2010-117243421.3:170% (508)
2000-013312115.8:1N/A
1990-913401621.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for G N Dieterich Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 9% (557 to 507); teachers down 4% (32.2 to 30.8).

About G N Dieterich Elementary School

G N Dieterich Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in Aurora, Illinois. Its 507 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.

G N Dieterich Elementary School falls under Aurora East USD 131, which has 18 schools enrolling 12,187 students.

About 91% of the student body at G N Dieterich Elementary School is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 3% White and 3% Black. County-wide, 33% of Kane County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 17%, meaning two students picked at random have a 17% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The school reports 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.5 students per teacher. That is 2.5 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 63% of students. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Kane County is 15 points.

On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, G N Dieterich Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% in Illinois. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 11.9%, against a prediction of 35.0%.

Census Bureau estimates for Kane County show that the median household income is $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. G N Dieterich Elementary School is one of 167 public schools in the county.

Rose E Krug Elementary School is located about 0.7 miles from G N Dieterich Elementary School. The five-mile area around G N Dieterich Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. G N Dieterich Elementary School comes in 9th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.

Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Compared with 2020-21, the school had 24 fewer students in 2024-25.

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Kane County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
G N Dieterich Elementary School
District
Aurora East USD 131
Address
1141 Jackson St, Aurora, IL 60505
Phone
(630) 299-8280
County
Kane County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
507
Teachers (FTE)
31
Student–teacher ratio
16.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
321 (63%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
170468000147
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About G N Dieterich Elementary School
How large is G N Dieterich Elementary School?
G N Dieterich Elementary School enrolls approximately 507 students in grades PK-05.
Is G N Dieterich Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
G N Dieterich Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does G N Dieterich Elementary School have?
G N Dieterich Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at G N Dieterich Elementary School?
At G N Dieterich Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 91% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is G N Dieterich Elementary School public or private?
G N Dieterich Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Aurora East USD 131.
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