Highlands Elem School

Highlands Elem School is a mid-sized elementary school in Naperville, Illinois, overseen by Naperville CUSD 203. The school caters to 510 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 34% bigger than typical.

Within Naperville CUSD 203, which oversees 22 schools and 16,047 students, Highlands Elem School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Highlands Elem School reports that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 23% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with DuPage County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Highlands Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against DuPage County (around 34%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Highlands Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 67.8%; actual is 86.0%, +18.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for DuPage County indicate median household earnings sit near $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Highlands Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Naperville Central High School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Highlands Elem School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 74.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 509 students in 2018 compared to 510 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 63% across the same window.

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