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Enrollment
687
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 308·NCES 173027005938
Grande Park Elementary School
26933 W Grande Park Blvd, Plainfield, IL 60585 · (630) 551-9700 · Kendall County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL687 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- CBeats 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
18.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
168 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
63.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +28.7pp since 2023
Math
53.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +23.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 29 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 53.7% |
| 2023-24 | 34.3% | 30.5% |
% 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
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Grande Park Elementary School
Grande Park Elementary School's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grande Park Elementary School this school | 687 | 24.5% | 53.9% |
| Wallin Oaks Elementary School Plainfield | 677 | 24.8% | 55.7% |
| Southbury Elementary School Oswego | 676 | 25.6% | 53.6% |
| Beebe Elementary School Naperville | 619 | 22.3% | 69.4% |
| Millburn Elementary School Old Mill Creek | 711 | 20.5% | 63.9% |
| Eagle Pointe Elementary School Plainfield | 594 | 30.1% | 67.4% |
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 Grande Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kendall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #472 of 1,925 | #6 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #568 of 2,077 ▲ 220 | #5 of 22 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #574 of 2,077 ▲ 425 | #6 of 22 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 687 | #140 of 2,419 | #4 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #1,927 of 2,035 | #20 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #238 of 2,042 | #4 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.5% | #1,880 of 2,132 | #17 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.2% | #162 of 615 | #6 of 11 |
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
687
+106 (+18%) vs 2020
+46% since 2010-11, when it was 470
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 | 687 | 38 | 18.1:1 | 24% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 665 | 35.5 | 18.7:1 | 23% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 637 | 34.1 | 18.7:1 | 20% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 591 | 35.9 | 16.5:1 | 9% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 39 | 16.7:1 | 8% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 20 | 23.5:1 | 14% (68) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grande Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (591 to 687); teachers up 6% (35.9 to 38).
About Grande Park Elementary School
Grande Park Elementary School operates as a large elementary school in Plainfield, Illinois. Its enrollment is 687 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
CUSD 308 has 21 schools and 16,766 students, and Grande Park Elementary School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Grande Park Elementary School, about 50 are White. It is also 17% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 5% multiracial. Kendall County's residents are about 65% White, 15 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
There are 38 full-time-equivalent teachers at Grande Park Elementary School, giving a ratio of 18.1:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. By family income, 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Kendall County report 32%.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Grande Park Elementary School outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Grande Park Elementary School, the prediction is 57.4% and the result is 53.9%.
In Kendall County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $111,601, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 50 public schools in the county, enrolling about 29,773, Grande Park Elementary School among them.
Murphy Junior High School is about 0.1 miles from Grande Park Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Grande Park Elementary School ranks 9th on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Grande Park Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 18% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Kendall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,675
Census ACS
Median income
$111,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
29,773 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 308
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Thompson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Lakewood Creek ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Murphy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 700 students
Other schools in Plainfield
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Nearby schools
- Murphy Junior High School0.1 mi · 700
- Walkers Grove Elementary School2.5 mi · 634
- Lincoln Elementary2.8 mi · 536
- Eagle Pointe Elementary School2.8 mi · 594
- Plainfield North High School3.1 mi · 2,399
- Heritage Grove Middle School3.3 mi · 841
Frequently asked questions
About Grande Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Grande Park Elementary School?
Grande Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 687 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Grande Park Elementary School serve?
Grande Park Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Grande Park Elementary School?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Grande Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Grande Park Elementary School?
Grande Park Elementary School reports a student body of 50% White, 15% Hispanic, 13% Black, 17% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Grande Park Elementary School in?
Grande Park Elementary School is part of CUSD 308.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.