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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA WEST USD 129·NCES 170471000167
McCleery Elementary School
1002 W Illinois Ave, Aurora, IL 60506 · (630) 301-5012 · Kane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
281 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
28.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.2pp since 2023
Math
21.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.4% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 13.2% | 7.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 McCleery Elementary School
McCleery Elementary School's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCleery Elementary School this school | 513 | 54.8% | 23.4% |
| Hall Elementary School Aurora | 512 | 52.9% | 24.0% |
| West Aurora Learning Center/ELA Aurora | 505 | 51.3% | N/A |
| Greenman Elementary School Aurora | 528 | 59.7% | 26.3% |
| Smith Elementary School Aurora | 425 | 60.5% | 22.0% |
| Lake Louise Elementary School Palatine | 608 | 53.5% | 24.3% |
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 McCleery Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #1,492 of 1,925 | #50 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #1,554 of 2,077 ▲ 185 | #63 of 83 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #1,702 of 2,077 ▲ 125 | #62 of 83 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #497 of 2,419 | #23 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #941 of 2,035 | #24 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #1,086 of 2,042 | #40 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.8% | #1,167 of 2,132 | #38 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #594 of 1,461 | #19 of 51 |
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
513
-58 (-10%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 542
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 | 513 | 39 | 13.2:1 | 55% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 39.3 | 14.0:1 | 63% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 53% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 571 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 35.8 | 17.1:1 | 58% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 34 | 19.0:1 | 90% (580) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 37 | 18.0:1 | 74% (495) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 29 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 542 | 26 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McCleery Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (614 to 513); teachers up 9% (35.8 to 39).
About McCleery Elementary School
McCleery Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Aurora West USD 129, located in Aurora, Illinois. The school reports 513 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 35% above the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Aurora West USD 129 is responsible for 16 schools, McCleery Elementary School included, with 11,020 students in all.
McCleery Elementary School is 74% Hispanic by enrollment. Other groups make up 10% Black, 6% White, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Kane County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 39 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.2:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligible students account for 55% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
BeatsExpectations places McCleery Elementary School in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 16.4 points below it (23.4% actual, 39.9% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Kane County show that the median household income is $103,163, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Besides McCleery Elementary School, Kane County has 166 other public schools.
The shortest distance from McCleery Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Jefferson Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. McCleery Elementary School places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
McCleery Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at McCleery Elementary School dropped 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 571 to 513 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at McCleery Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Aurora West USD 129
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Herget Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 577 students
- Freeman Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Greenman Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
Other schools in Aurora
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Fischer Middle SchoolMiddle · 861 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Middle School0.2 mi · 577
- West Aurora High School0.4 mi · 3,641
- Greenman Elementary School0.6 mi · 528
- Freeman Elementary School0.9 mi · 529
- Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 511
- Smith Elementary School1.1 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About McCleery Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at McCleery Elementary School?
McCleery Elementary School enrolls approximately 513 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does McCleery Elementary School serve?
McCleery Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McCleery Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McCleery Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at McCleery Elementary School?
At McCleery Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 74% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees McCleery Elementary School?
McCleery Elementary School is overseen by Aurora West USD 129 in Kane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.