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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODRIDGE SD 68·NCES 171704002012
John L Sipley Elementary School
2806 83rd St, Woodridge, IL 60517 · (630) 795-6300 · DuPage County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
189 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 56%
Community
4
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 | 61 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
72%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
John L Sipley Elementary School→Thomas Jefferson Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Woodridge SD 68. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
65.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.1% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.4% | 51.6% |
% 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 John L Sipley Elementary School
John L Sipley Elementary School's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John L Sipley Elementary School this school | 430 | 44.0% | 58.9% |
| Troy Hofer Elementary School Shorewood | 436 | 46.1% | 53.2% |
| Sleepy Hollow Elementary School Sleepy Hollow | 424 | 43.9% | 59.5% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Evanston | 343 | 38.2% | 58.5% |
| Bottenfield Elementary School Champaign | 456 | 46.9% | 40.0% |
| Edgewood Elementary School Woodridge | 361 | 52.1% | 49.7% |
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 John L Sipley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #348 of 1,925 | #54 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #561 of 2,077 ▼ 279 | #90 of 141 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #496 of 2,077 ▼ 308 | #78 of 141 ▼ 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #850 of 2,419 | #58 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,487 of 2,035 | #113 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #83 of 2,042 | #8 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #1,460 of 2,132 | #46 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.3% | #324 of 615 | #29 of 57 |
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
430
+96 (+29%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 348
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 | 430 | 29.1 | 14.8:1 | 44% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 29.2 | 13.4:1 | 47% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 30.4 | 11.8:1 | 42% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 334 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 53% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 47% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 19 | 20.0:1 | 33% (126) |
| 2000-01 | 322 | 18 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 15 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John L Sipley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (397 to 430); teachers up 16% (25 to 29.1).
About John L Sipley Elementary School
Federal records list John L Sipley Elementary School as an elementary school in Woodridge, Illinois. It educates 430 students in pre-K through 6.
Woodridge SD 68 has 2,927 students spread across 7 schools.
Enrollment at John L Sipley Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 43%. The school is also 21% Black, 20% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 6% multiracial. That is lower than the 65% White share among all DuPage County residents. By the diversity index, John L Sipley Elementary School comes in at 72%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1 at John L Sipley Elementary School, with 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 44%. For comparison, public schools in DuPage County average 34%.
The allk12 Grade for John L Sipley Elementary School is A-. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Illinois, John L Sipley Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 58.9% actual against a predicted 46.1%.
DuPage County has these Census figures: median household income is about $112,096, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. John L Sipley Elementary School is among the 277 public schools in DuPage County.
The school nearest to John L Sipley Elementary School is Edgewood Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Within five miles of John L Sipley Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, John L Sipley Elementary School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 334 in 2020-21 and 430 in 2024-25, a 29% rise.
Community posts for John L Sipley Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Woodridge SD 68
- Thomas Jefferson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 573 students
- Meadowview Elementary SchoolElementary · 416 students
- William F Murphy Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Goodrich Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Willow Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
Other schools in Woodridge
- Thomas Jefferson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 573 students
- Meadowview Elementary SchoolElementary · 416 students
- William F Murphy Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Goodrich Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Willow Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
Nearby schools
- Edgewood Elementary School0.4 mi · 361
- William F Murphy Elementary School0.8 mi · 399
- Thomas Jefferson Jr High School1.3 mi · 573
- Wood View Elementary School1.5 mi · 443
- Jonas E Salk Elementary School1.8 mi · 391
- Goodrich Elementary School1.8 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About John L Sipley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at John L Sipley Elementary School?
John L Sipley Elementary School enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-06.
Is John L Sipley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
John L Sipley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at John L Sipley Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at John L Sipley Elementary School.
How diverse is John L Sipley Elementary School?
John L Sipley Elementary School reports a student body of 43% White, 20% Hispanic, 21% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is John L Sipley Elementary School in?
John L Sipley Elementary School is part of Woodridge SD 68.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.