Enrollment
372
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BATAVIA USD 101·NCES 170522000499
Grace McWayne Elementary School
3501 Hapner Way, Batavia, IL 60510 · (630) 937-8100 · Kane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
37 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Batavia USD 101. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
73.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +27.3pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 27 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.2% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.9% | 58.8% |
% 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
69.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Grace McWayne Elementary School
Grace McWayne Elementary School's state test result (69.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace McWayne Elementary School this school | 372 | 9.9% | 69.4% |
| Nelson Prairie School New Lenox | 388 | 13.7% | 66.5% |
| North Grove Elementary School Sycamore | 377 | 8.2% | 57.4% |
| Spencer Pointe New Lenox | 437 | 8.2% | 61.9% |
| Prairie Hill Elementary School South Beloit | 447 | 9.4% | 78.7% |
| Lettie Brown Elementary School Morton | 346 | 13.6% | 72.2% |
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 Grace McWayne Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #134 of 1,925 | #5 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #100 of 2,077 ▲ 66 | #4 of 83 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #273 of 2,077 ▲ 333 | #12 of 83 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #1,139 of 2,419 | #66 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,284 of 2,035 | #38 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #1,426 of 2,042 | #68 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.9% | #2,086 of 2,132 | #74 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.4% | #269 of 615 | #17 of 32 |
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
372
+70 (+23%) vs 2020
+74% since 2000-01, when it was 214
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 | 372 | 26.4 | 14.1:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 24.3 | 14.2:1 | 7% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 25.6 | 13.2:1 | 5% (16) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 337 | 23.6 | 14.3:1 | 6% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 23 | 16.3:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2000-01 | 214 | 10 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grace McWayne Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (337 to 372); teachers up 12% (23.6 to 26.4).
About Grace McWayne Elementary School
Grace McWayne Elementary School is an elementary school in Batavia, Illinois, reachable at (630) 937-8100. The school counts 372 students across kindergarten through 5.
The Batavia USD 101 system has 8 schools and 5,218 students.
At Grace McWayne Elementary School, White students make up 84% of the student body. The remaining students are 8% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Kane County, the White share is about 58%. By the diversity index, Grace McWayne Elementary School comes in at 29%.
Grace McWayne Elementary School's 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.1:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 10%. That is lower than the 48% average for public schools in Kane County.
Grace McWayne Elementary School is 3.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (69.4% versus 65.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Kane County show that median household income is about $103,163, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 167 public schools in Kane County, with a combined enrollment of about 87,252.
Batavia Sr High School is located about 1.4 miles from Grace McWayne Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 55.8% proficiency; Grace McWayne Elementary School posts 69.4%.
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.
The student count in 2024-25 was 372, 23% above the 302 of 2020-21.
The Grace McWayne Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Batavia USD 101
- Batavia Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,690 students
- Sam Rotolo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,080 students
- J B Nelson Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Louise White Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Alice Gustafson Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- H C Storm Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Other schools in Batavia
- Batavia Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,690 students
- Sam Rotolo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,080 students
- J B Nelson Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Louise White Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Alice Gustafson Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- H C Storm Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Nearby schools
- Batavia Sr High School1.4 mi · 1,690
- Fabyan Elementary School1.6 mi · 217
- Geneva 304 Early Learning Center1.6 mi · 117
- Geneva Middle School South1.7 mi · 613
- Geneva Middle School North1.9 mi · 623
- H C Storm Elementary School1.9 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About Grace McWayne Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Grace McWayne Elementary School?
Grace McWayne Elementary School enrolls approximately 372 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Grace McWayne Elementary School serve?
Grace McWayne Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grace McWayne Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grace McWayne Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grace McWayne Elementary School?
At Grace McWayne Elementary School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Grace McWayne Elementary School public or private?
Grace McWayne Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Batavia USD 101.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.