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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NAPERVILLE CUSD 203·NCES 172771005516
Kingsley Elementary School
2403 Kingsley Dr, Naperville, IL 60565 · (630) 420-3208 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
68 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
79.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.2pp since 2023
Math
73.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.6% | 73.8% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 56.9% |
% 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
72.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Kingsley Elementary School
Kingsley Elementary School's state test result (72.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsley Elementary School this school | 415 | 16.4% | 72.9% |
| Wayne Elementary School Wayne | 391 | 18.2% | 58.9% |
| Corron Elementary School South Elgin | 487 | 14.6% | 69.8% |
| Northpoint Elementary School Bloomington | 472 | 11.9% | 55.3% |
| Stuart R Paddock School Palatine | 348 | 17.2% | 55.3% |
| Countryside Elementary School Barrington | 375 | 12.5% | 68.8% |
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 Kingsley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #87 of 1,925 | #10 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #152 of 2,077 ▲ 42 | #14 of 100 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #143 of 2,077 ▼ 26 | #9 of 100 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #935 of 2,419 | #66 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #729 of 2,035 | #33 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #798 of 2,042 | #65 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.4% | #2,020 of 2,132 | #89 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #1,381 of 1,461 | #66 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
415
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 399
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 | 415 | 33.2 | 12.5:1 | 16% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 32.5 | 12.4:1 | 17% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 32.5 | 12.7:1 | 15% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 28.7 | 14.7:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 10% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 9% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 685 | 35 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 399 | 19 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kingsley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (422 to 415); teachers up 16% (28.7 to 33.2).
About Kingsley Elementary School
Kingsley Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Naperville, Illinois, one of the schools in Naperville CUSD 203. In all, 415 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Naperville CUSD 203 has 16,047 students in 22 schools, and Kingsley Elementary School is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Kingsley Elementary School is White: 65%. Other groups make up 18% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In Will County overall, the White share is about 62%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
Its ratio of 12.5:1 is based on 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. In all, 16% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Will County average 44%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Kingsley Elementary School's results are 10.9 points above predicted: 72.9% against 62.1%.
Looking at the county, Will County, median household income comes to about $109,984, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 209, with about 113,008 students.
Measured in a straight line, River Woods Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Kingsley Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Kingsley Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Kingsley Elementary School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% decrease, from 433 to 415.
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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 Naperville CUSD 203
- Naperville Central High SchoolHigh · 2,589 students
- Naperville North High SchoolHigh · 2,467 students
- Kennedy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Jefferson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 726 students
Other schools in Naperville
- Neuqua Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,018 students
- Naperville Central High SchoolHigh · 2,589 students
- Naperville North High SchoolHigh · 2,467 students
- Scullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Clifford Crone Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Jefferson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
Other Kingsley Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 4 states are named Kingsley Elementary. Kingsley Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 9.
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolDowners Grove, IL · 359 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolEvanston, IL · 334 students
- Kingsley ElementaryPomona, CA · 656 students
- Kingsley ElementaryMontclair, CA · 494 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolDunwoody, GA · 386 students
Nearby schools
- River Woods Elementary School0.6 mi · 481
- Spring Brook Elementary School1.0 mi · 569
- Scott Elementary School1.2 mi · 435
- Maplebrook Elementary School1.3 mi · 512
- Owen Elementary School1.6 mi · 577
- Madison Jr High School1.7 mi · 566
Frequently asked questions
About Kingsley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kingsley Elementary School?
Kingsley Elementary School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Kingsley Elementary School serve?
Kingsley Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kingsley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kingsley Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Kingsley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Kingsley Elementary School are roughly 65% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 18% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Kingsley Elementary School in?
Kingsley Elementary School is part of Naperville CUSD 203.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.