Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 200·NCES 174218004216
Lowell Elem School
312 S President St, Wheaton, IL 60187 · (630) 682-2085 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
86 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
74.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.5pp since 2023
Math
71.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
283
-88 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.6:1
% White
65%
was 64%
% Hispanic
9%
was 9%
% Black
7%
was 7%
% Asian
14%
was 14%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Lowell Elem School
Lowell Elem School is a modestly sized elementary school in Wheaton, Illinois, one of the schools within CUSD 200. The school caters to 283 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.
Within CUSD 200, which oversees 20 schools and 11,639 students, Lowell Elem School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Lowell Elem School lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 14% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, On paper, Lowell Elem School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Lowell Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Lowell Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 54.0%; actual is 70.2%, +16.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (DuPage County) records that median household income runs about $112,096, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Lowell Elem School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students).
Lincoln Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lowell Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lowell Elem School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 72.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 371 students in 2018 compared to 283 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 200
- Wheaton Warrenville South H SHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Hubble Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Pleasant Hill Elem SchoolElementary · 583 students
Other schools in Wheaton
- Wheaton Warrenville South H SHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Briar Glen Elem SchoolElementary · 523 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elem School0.8 mi · 458
- Franklin Middle School0.8 mi · 525
- Whittier Elem School0.9 mi · 433
- Longfellow Elem School1.0 mi · 318
- Abraham Lincoln Elem School1.0 mi · 559
- Edison Middle School1.1 mi · 635
Frequently asked questions
About Lowell Elem SchoolHow large is Lowell Elem School?
Lowell Elem School enrolls approximately 283 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lowell Elem School serve?
Lowell Elem School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lowell Elem School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lowell Elem School is approximately 11.7:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lowell Elem School?
At Lowell Elem School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 14% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Lowell Elem School?
Lowell Elem School is overseen by CUSD 200 in DuPage County.
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