Minooka Primary Center

Minooka Primary Center is a small elementary school in Minooka, Illinois. Its enrollment is 247 students, spread over pre-K. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.

Minooka CCSD 201 has a total of 7 schools and 4,361 students, Minooka Primary Center among them.

White students are 61% of those enrolled at Minooka Primary Center. Next come 29% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 86% White among all Grundy County residents. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Minooka Primary Center are from different groups.

Staffing at Minooka Primary Center comes to 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.5:1. That is in line with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Minooka Primary Center counts 37% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Grundy County is similar, at 35%.

In Grundy County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $92,235, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 28 public schools in the county, enrolling about 12,070, Minooka Primary Center among them.

Minooka Intermediate School is less than a tenth of a mile from Minooka Primary Center, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

Under the NCES locale system, Minooka Primary Center is Suburb: Large.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 247, up from 185 in 2020-21.

Minooka Primary Center has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.