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If you could change one rule at Homestead Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 308·NCES 173027004769
Homestead Elementary School
2830 Hillsboro Blvd, Aurora, IL 60503 · (630) 636-3100 · Will County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
137 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 46 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
72.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.3pp since 2023
Math
57.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.2% | 57.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.9% | 41.0% |
% 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
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 →
Schools most like Homestead Elementary School
Homestead Elementary School's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homestead Elementary School this school | 511 | 26.8% | 61.8% |
| Freedom Elementary School Plainfield | 526 | 26.8% | 72.8% |
| Hawthorn Elementary School South Vernon Hills | 505 | 30.7% | 48.9% |
| John Middleton Elementary School Skokie | 521 | 33.2% | 56.5% |
| The Wheatlands Elementary School Aurora | 613 | 29.7% | 64.2% |
| Wolfs Crossing Elementary School Aurora | 414 | 27.5% | 66.8% |
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 Homestead Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #276 of 1,925 | #27 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #481 of 2,077 ▲ 39 | #38 of 100 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #295 of 2,077 ▲ 81 | #17 of 100 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #513 of 2,419 | #41 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,161 of 2,035 | #57 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #26 of 2,042 | #3 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #1,833 of 2,132 | #73 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #451 of 1,461 | #22 of 71 |
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
511
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 654
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 | 511 | 37.1 | 13.8:1 | 27% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 32.9 | 14.8:1 | 29% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 27% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 39.7 | 16.0:1 | 18% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 18% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 654 | 29 | 22.6:1 | 10% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Homestead Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (637 to 511); teachers down 7% (39.7 to 37.1).
About Homestead Elementary School
Homestead Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Aurora, Illinois. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 511 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Homestead Elementary School is a school in CUSD 308. The district has 21 schools and 16,766 students.
Enrollment at Homestead Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 36%. It is also 30% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Will County is roughly 62% White. Homestead Elementary School has a diversity index of 74%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 13.8 students per teacher and 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Illinois have a similar average ratio of 13.9:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 27%. That rate is below the 44% average among public schools in Will County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 56.0% at Homestead Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.8%.
Within Will County, median household income is about $109,984, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Will County number 209 and enroll about 113,008.
The Wheatlands Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Homestead Elementary School is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 4%, from 533 to 511.
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Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 308
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Thompson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Lakewood Creek ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Murphy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 700 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
Other Homestead Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Homestead Elementary. Homestead Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Homestead Elementary SchoolCrossville, TN · 737 students
- Homestead Elementary SchoolCARROLLTON, TX · 470 students
- Homestead Elementary SchoolCENTENNIAL, CO · 334 students
- Homestead ElementaryEagle River, AK · 255 students
Nearby schools
- The Wheatlands Elementary School0.9 mi · 613
- Peter M Gombert Elementary School1.3 mi · 450
- Wolfs Crossing Elementary School1.3 mi · 414
- White Eagle Elementary1.3 mi · 541
- Bednarcik Junior High School1.4 mi · 535
- Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary School1.4 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Homestead Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Homestead Elementary School?
Homestead Elementary School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Homestead Elementary School serve?
Homestead Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Homestead Elementary School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Homestead Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Homestead Elementary School?
At Homestead Elementary School, the student body is approximately 36% White, 14% Hispanic, 11% Black, 30% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Homestead Elementary School?
Homestead Elementary School is overseen by CUSD 308 in Will County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.