Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CHICAGO ESD 33·NCES 174155004160
Indian Knoll Elementary School
N645 Indian Knoll Rd, West Chicago, IL 60185 · (630) 293-6020 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
225 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Indian Knoll Elementary School→Leman Middle School
Based on grade levels within West Chicago ESD 33. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
34.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.7pp since 2023
Math
34.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +21.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.4% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 19.7% | 12.7% |
% 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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Indian Knoll Elementary School
Indian Knoll Elementary School's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Knoll Elementary School this school | 375 | 60.0% | 29.7% |
| Gary Elementary School West Chicago | 425 | 59.3% | 38.9% |
| Nicholson Elementary School Montgomery | 337 | 58.8% | 29.1% |
| Benavides Steam Academy Aurora | 326 | 59.2% | N/A |
| Passow Elementary School Franklin Park | 387 | 64.9% | 60.8% |
| Scott Elementary School Melrose Park | 385 | 66.0% | 27.7% |
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 Indian Knoll Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #1,282 of 1,925 | #102 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #1,134 of 2,077 ▲ 371 | #121 of 141 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #1,541 of 2,077 ▲ 38 | #131 of 141 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #1,130 of 2,419 | #88 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #450 of 2,035 | #38 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.5% | #1,340 of 2,042 | #139 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.0% | #1,014 of 2,132 | #22 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #1,265 of 1,461 | #81 of 92 |
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
375
+104 (+38%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 516
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 | 375 | 32 | 11.7:1 | 60% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 29 | 10.2:1 | 63% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 28.5 | 9.7:1 | 56% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 30.6 | 12.8:1 | 51% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 399 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 38% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 53% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 26 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 516 | 26 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Knoll Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (390 to 375); teachers up 5% (30.6 to 32).
About Indian Knoll Elementary School
Indian Knoll Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Illinois, located in West Chicago. The school had 375 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Indian Knoll Elementary School is a school in West Chicago ESD 33. The district has 8 schools and 3,233 students.
At Indian Knoll Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 81% of the student body. The remaining students are 13% White and 2% Black. Among people living in DuPage County, the Hispanic share is about 16%. By the diversity index, Indian Knoll Elementary School comes in at 32%.
Teacher staffing is 32 full-time equivalents, or about 11.7 students per teacher. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 60%. Public schools in DuPage County average 34%.
The model predicts 36.9% for a school in Illinois with Indian Knoll Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Indian Knoll Elementary School posts 29.7%.
DuPage County has these Census figures: median household income is about $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of DuPage County number 277 and enroll about 138,557.
Nearby, Winfield Central School is about 1.3 miles away. Indian Knoll Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 41.8% on proficiency, and Indian Knoll Elementary School is below that at 29.7%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Indian Knoll Elementary School had 271 students in 2020-21 and 375 in 2024-25, a 38% gain.
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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 West Chicago ESD 33
- Leman Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,048 students
- Gary Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Wegner Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Currier Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Turner Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
Other schools in West Chicago
- West Chicago Comm High SchoolHigh · 2,040 students
- Leman Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,048 students
- Norton Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- Gary Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Wegner Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Currier Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
Other Indian Knoll Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Indian Knoll Elementary. Indian Knoll Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Indian Knoll ElementaryCanton, GA · 881 students
Nearby schools
- Winfield Central School1.3 mi · 189
- Winfield Primary School1.3 mi · 122
- Turner Elementary School1.6 mi · 349
- Leman Middle School1.6 mi · 1,048
- Early Learning Center1.7 mi · 1
- West Chicago Comm High School1.7 mi · 2,040
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Knoll Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Indian Knoll Elementary School?
Indian Knoll Elementary School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Indian Knoll Elementary School serve?
Indian Knoll Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Indian Knoll Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Indian Knoll Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Indian Knoll Elementary School?
At Indian Knoll Elementary School, the student body is approximately 13% White, 81% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Indian Knoll Elementary School public or private?
Indian Knoll Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Chicago ESD 33.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.