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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BATAVIA USD 101·NCES 170522000204
J B Nelson Elementary School
334 William Wood Ln, Batavia, IL 60510 · (630) 937-8400 · Kane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
101 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 29 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Based on grade levels within Batavia USD 101. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
62.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.2pp since 2023
Math
60.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.3% | 60.9% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 46.6% |
% 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
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 J B Nelson Elementary School
J B Nelson Elementary School's state test result (55.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J B Nelson Elementary School this school | 482 | 21.0% | 55.7% |
| Walnut Trails Elementary School Shorewood | 475 | 20.2% | 62.9% |
| Indian Trail Elementary School Frankfort | 466 | 23.8% | 71.7% |
| Prairie Point Elementary School Oswego | 455 | 17.1% | 57.3% |
| Oakland Elementary School Lake Villa | 515 | 25.2% | 59.9% |
| Louise White Elementary School Batavia | 440 | 18.4% | 64.3% |
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 J B Nelson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #428 of 1,925 | #22 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #392 of 2,077 ▼ 12 | #18 of 83 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #600 of 2,077 ▼ 56 | #29 of 83 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #617 of 2,419 | #36 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,806 of 2,035 | #67 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #799 of 2,042 | #25 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.0% | #1,947 of 2,132 | #64 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.9% | #196 of 615 | #14 of 32 |
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
482
+61 (+14%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 552
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 | 482 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 21% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 29 | 16.5:1 | 19% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 19% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 28.4 | 14.9:1 | 18% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 467 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 23% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 25 | 18.5:1 | 14% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 30 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 552 | 28 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J B Nelson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (423 to 482); teachers up 2% (28.4 to 29).
About J B Nelson Elementary School
J B Nelson Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Batavia, Illinois. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 482 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 27% higher.
Federal data list 8 schools in Batavia USD 101, with 5,218 students enrolled.
Roughly 65% of students at J B Nelson Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at J B Nelson Elementary School is 29 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.6:1. That is 2.7 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Around 21% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Kane County report 48%.
J B Nelson Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (55.7%) and its predicted rate (59.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Kane County has about 517,255 residents, and the median household income is $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides J B Nelson Elementary School, Kane County has 166 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Louise White Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, J B Nelson Elementary School is behind the 56.6% nearby average, ranking 6th of 7.
NCES describes the area around J B Nelson Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 61 students since 2020-21, to 482.
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Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Batavia USD 101
- Batavia Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,690 students
- Sam Rotolo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,080 students
- Louise White Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Alice Gustafson Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- H C Storm Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- Grace McWayne Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
Other schools in Batavia
- Batavia Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,690 students
- Sam Rotolo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,080 students
- Louise White Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Alice Gustafson Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- H C Storm Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- Grace McWayne Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
Nearby schools
- Louise White Elementary School0.9 mi · 440
- Sam Rotolo Middle School1.1 mi · 1,080
- Alice Gustafson Elementary School1.3 mi · 403
- H C Storm Elementary School1.4 mi · 388
- Hoover Wood Elementary School1.5 mi · 363
- Batavia Sr High School1.7 mi · 1,690
Frequently asked questions
About J B Nelson Elementary SchoolHow large is J B Nelson Elementary School?
J B Nelson Elementary School enrolls approximately 482 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does J B Nelson Elementary School serve?
J B Nelson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at J B Nelson Elementary School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at J B Nelson Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at J B Nelson Elementary School?
Student demographics at J B Nelson Elementary School are roughly 65% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees J B Nelson Elementary School?
J B Nelson Elementary School is overseen by Batavia USD 101 in Kane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.