McCleery Elem School

Located at 1002 W Illinois Ave, in Aurora, Illinois, McCleery Elem School is an average-sized K-5 school that works with 513 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Aurora West USD 129. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 381.

McCleery Elem School is one of 16 schools operated by Aurora West USD 129, a district that caters to 11,020 students overall.

Demographically, McCleery Elem School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school records 10% Black, 6% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the resource side, On paper, McCleery Elem School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, McCleery Elem School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.9%; actual is 23.4%, a gap of -16.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kane County) records that median household earnings sit near $103,163, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Kane County runs 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), of which McCleery Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McCleery Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McCleery Elem School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 27.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. McCleery Elem School's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 614 (now 513). Black enrollment moved from 17% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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