Hall Elem School

Hall Elem School, an average-sized primary school in Aurora, Illinois, run under Aurora West USD 129, enrolls 512 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Hall Elem School sits 34% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 16 schools in Aurora West USD 129 (11,020 students total), Hall Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hall Elem School reports that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 13% Black, 11% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Kane County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hall Elem School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.0%; this one comes in at 24.0%, -16.9 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kane County indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,163 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Hall Elem School is one of 167 public schools in Kane County (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students).

The closest other public school is West Aurora Learning Center/ELA, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hall Elem School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 33.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hall Elem School has declined 9%, going from 564 students in 2018 to 512 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 19% to 11% over that span.

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