Grande Park Elem Sch

Grande Park Elem Sch operates as a sprawling primary school in Plainfield, Illinois, operated by CUSD 308. Current enrollment sits at 687 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 80% above typical.

Across the 21 schools in CUSD 308 (16,766 students total), Grande Park Elem Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Grande Park Elem Sch records that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 17% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 65% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 24% of students at Grande Park Elem Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kendall County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grande Park Elem Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.9%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kendall County shows the typical household earns roughly $111,601 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kendall County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,773 students), Grande Park Elem Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Murphy Junior High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grande Park Elem Sch. On composite proficiency, Grande Park Elem Sch comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 65.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 16%: 591 students in 2018 compared to 687 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 67% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Grande Park Elem Sch community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.