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What's the one class at Jamie McGee Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY VIEW CUSD 365U·NCES 174007004434
Jamie McGee Elementary School
179 Commonwealth Dr, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 · (630) 759-4300 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
235 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
48.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.1pp since 2023
Math
37.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 37.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 26.3% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Jamie McGee Elementary School
Jamie McGee Elementary School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie McGee Elementary School this school | 487 | 48.3% | 41.0% |
| Pioneer Elementary School Bolingbrook | 561 | 46.5% | 44.0% |
| Horizon Elementary School Hanover Park | 436 | 48.4% | 41.3% |
| Chicago World Language Academy Chicago | 449 | 38.8% | 58.7% |
| Kenneth L Hermansen Elementary Romeoville | 431 | 54.1% | 47.9% |
| Otter Creek Elementary School Elgin | 437 | 46.5% | 36.6% |
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 Jamie McGee Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #882 of 1,925 | #65 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #1,047 of 2,077 ▼ 107 | #71 of 100 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #1,053 of 2,077 ▼ 21 | #72 of 100 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #601 of 2,419 | #43 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,698 of 2,035 | #82 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.9% | #6 of 2,042 | #2 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.3% | #1,349 of 2,132 | #42 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #1,320 of 1,461 | #62 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
487
+53 (+12%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 608
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 | 487 | 30.8 | 15.8:1 | 48% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 28.5 | 15.9:1 | 47% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 28.5 | 15.0:1 | 48% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 31.5 | 15.9:1 | 45% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 37% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 32 | 19.7:1 | 28% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 592 | 29 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 608 | 25 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jamie McGee Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (501 to 487); teachers down 2% (31.5 to 30.8).
About Jamie McGee Elementary School
The public elementary school Jamie McGee Elementary School is located in Bolingbrook, Illinois. The school enrolls 487 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381, so this school runs 28% larger than that.
Valley View CUSD 365U has 20 schools and 14,710 students, and Jamie McGee Elementary School is one of those schools.
The most common group at Jamie McGee Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 30%. It is also 29% Black, 17% White, 15% Asian, and 9% multiracial. Will County's residents are about 20% Hispanic, 10 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 77% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 30.8 full-time equivalents, or about 15.8 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 15.8:1 here. About 48% of students, or 235, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Jamie McGee Elementary School is 2.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (41.0% versus 43.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
County data help place the school in context: in Will County, the median household income is $109,984, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, Will County has 209 public schools and roughly 113,008 students.
Of nearby public schools, Jane Addams Middle School is the closest, at about 0.9 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Jamie McGee Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 41.0% is below the 50.9% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Enrollment at Jamie McGee Elementary School grew 12% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 434 to 487 students.
Community posts for Jamie McGee Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Valley View CUSD 365U
- Bolingbrook High SchoolHigh · 3,298 students
- Romeoville High SchoolHigh · 1,848 students
- Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 850 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolElementary · 636 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Hubert H Humphrey Middle SchoolMiddle · 596 students
Other schools in Bolingbrook
- Bolingbrook High SchoolHigh · 3,298 students
- Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 850 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolElementary · 636 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Hubert H Humphrey Middle SchoolMiddle · 596 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 561 students
Nearby schools
- Jane Addams Middle School0.9 mi · 548
- Independence Elementary School1.0 mi · 617
- Pioneer Elementary School1.4 mi · 561
- Oak View Elementary School1.4 mi · 636
- River Woods Elementary School1.4 mi · 481
- Bolingbrook High School1.5 mi · 3,298
Frequently asked questions
About Jamie McGee Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jamie McGee Elementary School?
Jamie McGee Elementary School enrolls approximately 487 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Jamie McGee Elementary School serve?
Jamie McGee Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Jamie McGee Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Jamie McGee Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jamie McGee Elementary School?
At Jamie McGee Elementary School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 30% Hispanic, 29% Black, 15% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Jamie McGee Elementary School?
Jamie McGee Elementary School is overseen by Valley View CUSD 365U in Will County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.