Independence Elem School

As an expansive elementary school in Bolingbrook, Illinois, Independence Elem School works with 617 students from grades K through 5, part of Valley View CUSD 365U. Enrollment runs roughly 62% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Valley View CUSD 365U comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 14,710 students; Independence Elem School is among them.

Demographically, Independence Elem School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Black, 9% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Will County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Independence Elem School shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at Independence Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Will County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, Independence Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.3%, the actual is 36.7%, a residual of +4.4 points.

In the broader community, Will County reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,984 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Independence Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bolingbrook High School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Independence Elem School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 47.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Independence Elem School's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 701 (now 617).

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