Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA WEST USD 129·NCES 170471000172
Goodwin Elementary School
18 Poplar Pl, North Aurora, IL 60542 · (630) 301-5003 · Kane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
107 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
67%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
37.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.6pp since 2023
Math
39.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 21.3% | 21.4% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Goodwin Elementary School
Goodwin Elementary School's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwin Elementary School this school | 315 | 34.0% | 38.6% |
| Harriet Tubman Elementary School Chicago | 308 | 33.8% | 53.2% |
| Kolmar Avenue Elementary School Oak Lawn | 391 | 30.9% | 57.1% |
| Washington Elementary School Evanston | 410 | 40.5% | 53.3% |
| Big Hollow Primary School Ingleside | 387 | 35.1% | N/A |
| Red Oak Elementary School Highland Park | 225 | 36.9% | 63.5% |
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 Goodwin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #966 of 1,925 | #34 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #974 of 2,077 ▲ 145 | #43 of 83 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #1,417 of 2,077 ▲ 107 | #49 of 83 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #1,451 of 2,419 | #76 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #757 of 2,035 | #17 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #264 of 2,042 | #3 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #1,700 of 2,132 | #53 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #560 of 1,461 | #17 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
315
+26 (+9%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 505
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 | 315 | 25 | 12.6:1 | 34% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 27 | 10.6:1 | 39% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 29.5 | 11.5:1 | 39% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 38% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 27 | 13.7:1 | 43% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 32% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 31 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 27 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goodwin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (381 to 315); teachers down 4% (26 to 25).
About Goodwin Elementary School
This page covers Goodwin Elementary School, a small elementary school in North Aurora, Illinois. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 315 students.
Enrollment across the 16 schools in Aurora West USD 129 totals 11,020 students.
Hispanic students make up 43% of enrollment at Goodwin Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 36% White, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Kane County's population at about 33%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, Goodwin Elementary School has a ratio of 12.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 34% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Kane County, the average is 48%.
Goodwin Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Goodwin Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (38.6%) and its predicted rate (51.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
In the surrounding county, Kane County, the median household earns about $103,163 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Goodwin Elementary School, Kane County has 167 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Jewel Middle School is about 1.1 miles from Goodwin Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 30.2%, lower than Goodwin Elementary School's 38.6%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school grew from 289 students in 2020-21 to 315 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Goodwin Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
- Freeman Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Greenman Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
Other schools in North Aurora
- Fearn Elementary SchoolElementary · 492 students
- Jewel Middle SchoolMiddle · 490 students
- Schneider Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
Other Goodwin Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Goodwin Elementary. Goodwin Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Goodwin Elementary SchoolCicero, IL · 502 students
Nearby schools
- Jewel Middle School1.1 mi · 490
- Fearn Elementary School1.2 mi · 492
- Illinois Mathematics and Science1.4 mi · 656
- Smith Elementary School1.5 mi · 425
- Schneider Elementary School1.6 mi · 361
- Benavides Steam Academy2.3 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Goodwin Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Goodwin Elementary School?
Goodwin Elementary School enrolls approximately 315 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Goodwin Elementary School serve?
Goodwin Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Goodwin Elementary School have?
Goodwin Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Goodwin Elementary School?
At Goodwin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 36% White, 43% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Goodwin Elementary School public or private?
Goodwin 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.