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Enrollment
391
Elementary
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY VIEW CUSD 365U·NCES 174007004031
Jonas E Salk Elementary School
500 King Arthur Way, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 · (630) 739-3603 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
246 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
65%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
57.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +22.4pp since 2023
Math
43.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 23.5% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Jonas E Salk Elementary School
Jonas E Salk Elementary School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas E Salk Elementary School this school | 391 | 62.9% | 42.6% |
| Wood View Elementary School Bolingbrook | 443 | 61.2% | 44.4% |
| Prairie Trail School Wadsworth | 454 | 59.0% | 21.8% |
| Spaulding Elementary School Gurnee | 450 | 58.2% | N/A |
| John R Tibbott Elementary School Bolingbrook | 330 | 67.9% | 49.5% |
| Steger Intermediate Center Steger | 465 | 63.4% | 28.9% |
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 Jonas E Salk Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #837 of 1,925 | #63 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #877 of 2,077 ▲ 173 | #62 of 100 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #763 of 2,077 ▲ 220 | #57 of 100 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #1,045 of 2,419 | #70 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #143 of 2,035 | #10 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #369 of 2,042 | #32 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #920 of 2,132 | #31 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.6% | #47 of 1,461 | #5 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
391
-42 (-10%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 508
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 | 391 | 38.6 | 10.1:1 | 63% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 37.4 | 10.4:1 | 62% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 41.2 | 10.3:1 | 65% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 44.6 | 15.0:1 | 60% (400) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 61% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | 33 | 18.5:1 | 61% (372) |
| 2000-01 | 718 | 30 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 508 | 27 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jonas E Salk Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (670 to 391); teachers down 13% (44.6 to 38.6).
About Jonas E Salk Elementary School
Jonas E Salk Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Enrollment stands at 391 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
The 20 schools in Valley View CUSD 365U enroll 14,710 students altogether, Jonas E Salk Elementary School among them.
The share of Hispanic students at Jonas E Salk Elementary School is 51%, a majority. After that, the student body is 24% Black, 16% White, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census figures show Will County is about 20% Hispanic. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at Jonas E Salk Elementary School are from different groups.
Jonas E Salk Elementary School has 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.1:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 63%. The rate at public schools in Will County averages 44%, lower than here.
Jonas E Salk Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.6%, compared with a predicted 35.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Will County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $109,984, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Will County's 209 public schools enroll about 113,008 students and include Jonas E Salk Elementary School.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Hubert H Humphrey Middle School, is the closest to Jonas E Salk Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Jonas E Salk Elementary School. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Jonas E Salk Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Jonas E Salk Elementary School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 10%, from 433 to 391.
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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
Other Jonas E Salk Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Jonas E Salk Elementary. Jonas E Salk Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Jonas E Salk Elementary SchoolMerrillville, IN · 565 students
Nearby schools
- Hubert H Humphrey Middle School0.2 mi · 596
- John R Tibbott Elementary School0.6 mi · 330
- Wood View Elementary School0.9 mi · 443
- Bernard J Ward Elementary School1.3 mi · 363
- John L Sipley Elementary School1.8 mi · 430
- Brooks Middle School1.9 mi · 850
Frequently asked questions
About Jonas E Salk Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jonas E Salk Elementary School?
Jonas E Salk Elementary School enrolls approximately 391 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Jonas E Salk Elementary School serve?
Jonas E Salk Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jonas E Salk Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jonas E Salk Elementary School is approximately 10.1:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jonas E Salk Elementary School?
At Jonas E Salk Elementary School, the student body is approximately 16% White, 51% Hispanic, 24% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Jonas E Salk Elementary School in?
Jonas E Salk Elementary School is part of Valley View CUSD 365U.
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