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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIAN PRAIRIE CUSD 204·NCES 174169005294
Georgetown Elementary School
995 Long Grove Dr, Aurora, IL 60504 · (630) 375-3456 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
224 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
42.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.7pp since 2023
Math
32.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.9pp 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 32 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 | 42.3% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 22.6% | 16.2% |
% 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Georgetown Elementary School
Georgetown Elementary School's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown Elementary School this school | 420 | 53.3% | 32.9% |
| J M Hannum Elementary School Oak Lawn | 410 | 51.7% | 46.3% |
| Spaulding Elementary School Gurnee | 450 | 58.2% | N/A |
| Prairie Trail School Wadsworth | 454 | 59.0% | 21.8% |
| Kenneth L Hermansen Elementary Romeoville | 431 | 54.1% | 47.9% |
| Skoff Elementary Romeoville | 542 | 52.2% | 49.2% |
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 Georgetown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #1,163 of 1,925 | #97 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #1,214 of 2,077 ▲ 138 | #128 of 141 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #1,276 of 2,077 ▲ 196 | #123 of 141 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #910 of 2,419 | #65 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #547 of 2,035 | #45 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #177 of 2,042 | #21 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #1,206 of 2,132 | #30 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #506 of 1,461 | #28 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
420
-73 (-15%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 648
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 | 420 | 35 | 12.0:1 | 53% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 37.5 | 11.5:1 | 63% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 37.1 | 12.0:1 | 61% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 42 | 12.3:1 | 61% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 56% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | 37 | 16.7:1 | 49% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 639 | 40 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 31 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Georgetown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (516 to 420); teachers down 17% (42 to 35).
About Georgetown Elementary School
Georgetown Elementary School is an elementary school in Aurora, Illinois, reachable at (630) 375-3456. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 420 students in kindergarten through 5.
Indian Prairie CUSD 204 has 26,108 students spread across 32 schools.
Georgetown Elementary School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 46%. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Black, 20% White, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. In DuPage County overall, about 16% of residents are Hispanic. Georgetown Elementary School's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 35 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.0:1. That is lower than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligible students account for 53% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The gap from the 34% average for public schools in DuPage County is 19 points.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 40.7%.
Census Bureau estimates for DuPage County show that the median household income is $112,096, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Georgetown Elementary School is one of 277 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Fischer Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Georgetown Elementary School's average proficiency of 32.9% compares with 56.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 420, a 15% decrease from 493 in 2020-21.
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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 Indian Prairie CUSD 204
- Neuqua Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,018 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Scullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Clifford Crone Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 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 Georgetown Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Georgetown Elementary. Georgetown Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolGeorgetown, DE · 825 students
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolGeorgetown, IN · 659 students
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolGeorgetown, OH · 549 students
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolHUDSONVILLE, MI · 450 students
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolColumbus, GA · 394 students
Nearby schools
- Fischer Middle School0.4 mi · 861
- McCarty Elementary School0.5 mi · 478
- Waubonsie Valley High School0.6 mi · 2,849
- Peter M Gombert Elementary School0.7 mi · 450
- Still Middle School1.0 mi · 709
- Prairie Children Preschool1.0 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About Georgetown Elementary SchoolHow large is Georgetown Elementary School?
Georgetown Elementary School enrolls approximately 420 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Georgetown Elementary School serve?
Georgetown Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Georgetown Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Georgetown Elementary School is approximately 12.0:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Georgetown Elementary School?
Student demographics at Georgetown Elementary School are roughly 20% White, 46% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Georgetown Elementary School in?
Georgetown Elementary School is part of Indian Prairie CUSD 204.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.