Gilberts Elem Sch

Set in Gilberts, Illinois, Gilberts Elem Sch is a sizable K-5 school, run under CUSD 300. It enrolls 729 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 91% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Gilberts Elem Sch is one of 27 schools operated by CUSD 300, a district that educates 20,705 students overall.

Demographically, Gilberts Elem Sch logs that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school records 21% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Kane County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Gilberts Elem Sch has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Gilberts Elem Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 33% of students at Gilberts Elem Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Kane County's rate of about 48%.

With demographic context factored in, Gilberts Elem Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.3%, the actual is 49.1%, a residual of -3.2 points.

In the broader community, Kane County reports that median household income runs about $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Kane County's 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), Gilberts Elem Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Dundee Middle School, roughly 1.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gilberts Elem Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gilberts Elem Sch at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gilberts Elem Sch has contracted 7%, going from 787 students in 2018 to 729 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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