John L Sipley Elem School

John L Sipley Elem School is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in Woodridge, Illinois, overseen by Woodridge SD 68, with 430 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Woodridge SD 68 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,927 students. John L Sipley Elem School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John L Sipley Elem School shows that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 21% Black, 20% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 65% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, John L Sipley Elem School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting John L Sipley Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, DuPage County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, John L Sipley Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.9%.

Zooming out to the county, DuPage County reports that the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. John L Sipley Elem School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students).

Nearest neighbor: Edgewood Elem School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John L Sipley Elem School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John L Sipley Elem School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.0%.

John L Sipley Elem School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John L Sipley Elem School has climbed 8%, going from 397 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 31% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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