Minooka Elem School

As a mid-sized K-5 school in Minooka, Illinois, Minooka Elem School serves 504 students from grades K through 4, operated by Minooka CCSD 201. Enrollment runs roughly 32% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Minooka Elem School is one of 7 schools operated by Minooka CCSD 201, a district that enrolls 4,361 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Minooka Elem School logs that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Grundy County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Minooka Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.8%.

In the surrounding community, Grundy County reports that median household earnings sit near $92,235, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Minooka Elem School is one of 28 public schools in Grundy County (combined enrollment of about 12,070 students).

Nearest neighbor: Minooka Primary Center, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Minooka Elem School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 45.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Minooka Elem School has shrank 16%, going from 597 students in 2018 to 504 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 73% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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