Kingsley Elem School

Kingsley Elem School is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in Downers Grove, Illinois, part of Downers Grove GSD 58, teacheing 359 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Downers Grove GSD 58 runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 4,811 students. Kingsley Elem School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Kingsley Elem School logs that 72% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Kingsley Elem School logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Kingsley Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, DuPage County reports that median household income runs about $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across DuPage County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), Kingsley Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Comm H S Dist 99 - South High Sch, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Kingsley Elem School operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 409 students in 2018 compared to 359 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 64% to 72%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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