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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
683
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIAN PRAIRIE CUSD 204·NCES 174169001415
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary
2700 Stonebridge Blvd, Aurora, IL 60502 · (630) 375-3200 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL683 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
122 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 56%
Community
4
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 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 143 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 19% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
73.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.5pp since 2023
Math
72.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.6% | 72.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.1% | 60.3% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 →
Where Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #132 of 1,925 | #26 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #168 of 2,077 | #38 of 141 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #261 of 2,077 | #52 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 683 | #142 of 2,419 | #4 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,842 of 2,035 | #135 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #205 of 2,042 | #24 of 146 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #827 of 1,461 | #49 of 92 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
683
-92 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 17.7:1
% White
23%
was 39%
% Hispanic
15%
was 14%
% Black
7%
was 6%
% Asian
48%
was 38%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 683 | 40.3 | 16.9:1 | 18% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 707 | 40.8 | 17.3:1 | 20% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 723 | 42.5 | 17.0:1 | 16% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 775 | 43.7 | 17.7:1 | 13% (97) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary.
About Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary is an elementary school in Aurora, Illinois, according to federal school records. The school had 683 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381, so this school runs 79% bigger than that.
Indian Prairie CUSD 204, which runs Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary, has 32 schools and 26,108 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary. The largest is Asian students, at 48%. The remaining shares are 23% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Asian share of DuPage County's population at about 13%. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.9 students per teacher. That is 3.0 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 18% of students. Among public schools in DuPage County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.
A school with Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 61.2%. Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary scores 69.5%, 8.3 points above that line.
Census Bureau estimates for DuPage County show that the median household income is $112,096, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary is one of 277 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Francis Granger Middle School, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
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 school enrolled 683 students in 2024-25, 92 fewer than the 775 it had in 2017-18. Meanwhile, the White share shrank from 39% to 23% of enrollment.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Indian Prairie CUSD 204
- Neuqua Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,018 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Scullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Clifford Crone Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 students
Other schools in Aurora
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Fischer Middle SchoolMiddle · 861 students
Nearby schools
- Francis Granger Middle School0.2 mi · 1,011
- Nancy Young Elementary School0.9 mi · 574
- Metea Valley High School1.0 mi · 2,766
- Mabel O Donnell Elementary School1.3 mi · 360
- C I Johnson Elementary School1.4 mi · 269
- C F Simmons Middle School1.9 mi · 792
Frequently asked questions
About Gwendolyn Brooks ElementaryHow many students attend Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary?
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary enrolls approximately 683 students in grades KG-05.
Is Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary is approximately 16.9:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary?
At Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary, the student body is approximately 23% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, 48% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary public or private?
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Indian Prairie CUSD 204.
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