May Watts Elementary School

May Watts Elementary School, a roomy K-5 school in Naperville, Illinois, one of the schools within Indian Prairie CUSD 204, enrolls 668 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 75% above the state mean of about 381.

Indian Prairie CUSD 204 runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 26,108 students. May Watts Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, May Watts Elementary School lists that 51% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 30% White, 7% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 8% of students at May Watts Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against DuPage County (around 34%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, May Watts Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (DuPage County) logs that median household earnings sit near $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. May Watts Elementary School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students).

Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, May Watts Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 70.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at May Watts Elementary School has ticked up 10%, going from 609 students in 2018 to 668 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.