Greenman Elem School

Greenman Elem School is a medium-sized elementary campus in Aurora, Illinois, part of Aurora West USD 129. The school teaches 528 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 39% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Aurora West USD 129 runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 11,020 students. Greenman Elem School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Greenman Elem School lists that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 10% White, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kane County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Greenman Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.1%; this one delivers 26.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kane County shows median household earnings sit near $103,163, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Greenman Elem School is one of 167 public schools in Kane County (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students).

The closest other public school is McCleery Elem School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Greenman Elem School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Greenman Elem School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 604 students in 2018 compared to 528 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 70% to 79%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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