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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NAPERVILLE CUSD 203·NCES 172771002932
Highlands Elementary School
525 S Brainard St, Naperville, IL 60540 · (630) 420-6335 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
33 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
90.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.2pp since 2023
Math
88.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.9% | 88.8% |
| 2023-24 | 77.7% | 74.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Highlands Elementary School
Highlands Elementary School's state test result (86.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands Elementary School this school | 510 | 6.5% | 86.0% |
| Marion Jordan Elementary School Palatine | 503 | 9.7% | 67.3% |
| Norton Creek Elementary School West Chicago | 479 | 9.6% | 76.2% |
| Spring Brook Elementary School Naperville | 569 | 6.0% | 76.1% |
| Grove Elementary School Normal | 519 | 14.6% | 71.3% |
| Northpoint Elementary School Bloomington | 472 | 11.9% | 55.3% |
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 Highlands Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #10 of 1,925 | #2 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.8% | #17 of 2,077 ▲ 13 | #7 of 141 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.9% | #21 of 2,077 ▲ 12 | #6 of 141 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #517 of 2,419 | #33 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #1,608 of 2,035 | #120 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #773 of 2,042 | #87 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.5% | #2,114 of 2,132 | #119 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #615 of 615 | #57 of 57 |
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
510
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 565
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 | 510 | 33.3 | 15.3:1 | 6% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 34.8 | 15.1:1 | 7% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 34.6 | 14.7:1 | 7% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 6% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 5% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 623 | 30 | 20.8:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 33 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 565 | 29 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highlands Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (509 to 510); teachers up 4% (32 to 33.3).
About Highlands Elementary School
Highlands Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Naperville, Illinois, (ZIP code 60540). It enrolls 510 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 34% bigger than the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Highlands Elementary School is among 22 schools run by Naperville CUSD 203, which serves 16,047 students.
The share of White students at Highlands Elementary School is 63%, a majority. After that, the student body is 23% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Census estimates put DuPage County at about 65% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.3:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 6%. The gap from the 34% average for public schools in DuPage County is 28 points.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Highlands Elementary School does better than predicted by 18.2 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 86.0%; the prediction is 67.8%.
DuPage County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $112,096 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in DuPage County number 277, with about 138,557 students.
Measured in a straight line, Naperville Central High School is about 0.7 miles from Highlands Elementary School. The five-mile area around Highlands Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Highlands Elementary School comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Highlands Elementary School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 506 to 510.
This page collects posts and questions about Highlands Elementary School, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Naperville CUSD 203
- Naperville Central High SchoolHigh · 2,589 students
- Naperville North High SchoolHigh · 2,467 students
- Kennedy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Jefferson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 726 students
Other schools in Naperville
- Neuqua Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,018 students
- Naperville Central High SchoolHigh · 2,589 students
- Naperville North High SchoolHigh · 2,467 students
- Scullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Clifford Crone Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Jefferson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
Other Highlands Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 13 states are named Highlands Elementary. Highlands Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 25.
- Highlands Elementary SchoolLa Grange Highlands, IL · 565 students
- Highlands Elementary SchoolHazel Crest, IL · 311 students
- Highlands Elementary SchoolHIGHLANDS, TX · 868 students
- Highlands ElementarySaugus, CA · 666 students
- HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIMMOKALEE, FL · 599 students
Nearby schools
- Naperville Central High School0.7 mi · 2,589
- Ellsworth Elementary School0.7 mi · 227
- Naper Elementary School0.7 mi · 235
- Washington Jr High School0.8 mi · 551
- Prairie Elementary School0.8 mi · 515
- Elmwood Elementary School0.9 mi · 726
Frequently asked questions
About Highlands Elementary SchoolHow large is Highlands Elementary School?
Highlands Elementary School enrolls approximately 510 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Highlands Elementary School serve?
Highlands Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Highlands Elementary School have?
Highlands Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Highlands Elementary School?
Highlands Elementary School reports a student body of 63% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 23% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Highlands Elementary School public or private?
Highlands Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Naperville CUSD 203.
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