Louise White Elem School

Louise White Elem School operates as a moderately sized elementary-level community in Batavia, Illinois, overseen by Batavia USD 101. Current enrollment sits at 440 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Louise White Elem School is one of 8 schools operated by Batavia USD 101, a district that works with 5,218 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Louise White Elem School logs that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Louise White Elem School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Kane County's rate of about 48%.

With demographic context factored in, Louise White Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.9%, the actual is 64.3%, a residual of +3.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kane County indicate median household income runs about $103,163, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Kane County's 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), Louise White Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: J B Nelson Elem School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Louise White Elem School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 59.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 20%: 366 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 74% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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