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Enrollment
304
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOLIET PSD 86·NCES 172058006191
Isaac Singleton Elementary School
1451 Copperfield Ave, Joliet, IL 60432 · (815) 723-0228 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
289 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 | 11 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
22.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
17.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.9% | 17.5% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 6.6% |
% 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
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Isaac Singleton Elementary School
Isaac Singleton Elementary School's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Singleton Elementary School this school | 304 | 95.1% | 18.9% |
| Christopher Elementary School Chicago | 315 | 95.9% | 17.0% |
| Fulton Elementary School Chicago | 321 | 98.1% | 12.7% |
| Woodland Elementary School Joliet | 368 | 95.1% | 19.7% |
| Perry Elementary School Carpentersville | 278 | 90.3% | 24.1% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Chicago Heights | 353 | 98.9% | 33.6% |
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 Isaac Singleton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,637 of 1,925 | #87 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #1,673 of 2,077 ▲ 106 | #87 of 100 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #1,860 of 2,077 ▼ 246 | #93 of 100 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #1,517 of 2,419 | #95 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #122 of 2,035 | #8 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #1,173 of 2,042 | #81 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #151 of 2,132 | #9 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -51.6% | #12 of 1,461 | #2 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
304
-172 (-36%) vs 2020
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 | 304 | 30.5 | 10.0:1 | 95% (289) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 33.1 | 8.7:1 | 95% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 29.3 | 14.8:1 | 97% (421) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 37.8 | 16.6:1 | 100% (628) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 33 | 18.8:1 | 100% (620) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Isaac Singleton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 52% (628 to 304); teachers down 19% (37.8 to 30.5).
About Isaac Singleton Elementary School
Isaac Singleton Elementary School is an elementary school in Joliet, Illinois, reachable at (815) 723-0228. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 304 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
Joliet PSD 86 includes 20 schools. Together they enroll 9,333 students.
By race and ethnicity, Isaac Singleton Elementary School is 76% Hispanic. The school is also 14% Black, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 20% Hispanic share among all Will County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Isaac Singleton Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
The school reports 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 10.0 students per teacher. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 95%. The 44% average for public schools in Will County is 51 points lower.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Isaac Singleton Elementary School is 2.3 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 18.9% actual, 16.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
In Will County (population about 701,462), median household income is about $109,984, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Isaac Singleton Elementary School is one of 209 public schools in Will County, which together enroll about 113,008 students.
The next-closest public school is Gompers Junior High School, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Isaac Singleton Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 18.9% versus a 32.4% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Isaac Singleton Elementary School went from 476 students to 304.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Isaac Singleton Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Joliet PSD 86
- Hufford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,072 students
- Washington Jr High & Academy PrgmMiddle · 724 students
- Dirksen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Sator Sanchez Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Pershing Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Lynne Thigpen Elementary SchoolElementary · 620 students
Other schools in Joliet
- Joliet West High SchoolHigh · 3,451 students
- Joliet Central High SchoolHigh · 3,295 students
- Hufford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,072 students
- Aux Sable Middle SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- Washington Jr High & Academy PrgmMiddle · 724 students
- Dirksen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 653 students
Nearby schools
- Gompers Junior High School0.1 mi · 615
- A O Marshall Elementary School0.5 mi · 246
- Forest Park Individual Ed School0.8 mi · 263
- T E Culbertson Elementary School1.1 mi · 377
- Sator Sanchez Elementary School1.1 mi · 635
- Woodland Elementary School1.5 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Isaac Singleton Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Isaac Singleton Elementary School?
Isaac Singleton Elementary School enrolls approximately 304 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Isaac Singleton Elementary School serve?
Isaac Singleton Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Isaac Singleton Elementary School?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at Isaac Singleton Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Isaac Singleton Elementary School?
At Isaac Singleton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 76% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Isaac Singleton Elementary School public or private?
Isaac Singleton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Joliet PSD 86.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.