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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIAN PRAIRIE CUSD 204·NCES 174169003608
Nancy Young Elementary School
800 Asbury Dr, Aurora, IL 60502 · (630) 375-3800 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
82 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
68.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.5pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.2% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 52.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Nancy Young Elementary School
Nancy Young Elementary School's state test result (63.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Young Elementary School this school | 574 | 14.3% | 63.0% |
| Owen Elementary School Naperville | 577 | 17.5% | 61.9% |
| Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary School Naperville | 572 | 7.2% | 79.6% |
| Skinner North Elementary School Chicago | 515 | 12.0% | 95.2% |
| Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary School Naperville | 570 | 3.3% | 70.7% |
| Wayne Builta Elementary School Bolingbrook | 345 | 13.0% | 76.9% |
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 Nancy Young Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #251 of 1,925 | #43 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #291 of 2,077 ▼ 25 | #65 of 141 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #404 of 2,077 ▲ 60 | #66 of 141 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #322 of 2,419 | #21 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,100 of 2,035 | #82 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #583 of 2,042 | #65 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.3% | #2,046 of 2,132 | #106 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #902 of 1,461 | #55 of 92 |
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
574
-31 (-5%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 671
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 | 574 | 42.2 | 13.6:1 | 14% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 596 | 40.5 | 14.7:1 | 20% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 38.3 | 14.5:1 | 17% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 40.2 | 15.9:1 | 14% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 575 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 10% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 841 | 47 | 17.9:1 | 9% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 671 | 36 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nancy Young Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (640 to 574); teachers up 5% (40.2 to 42.2).
About Nancy Young Elementary School
At 800 Asbury Dr in Aurora, Illinois, Nancy Young Elementary School operates as a high-enrollment elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 574 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 51% above that mark.
A total of 32 schools make up Indian Prairie CUSD 204, with 26,108 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at Nancy Young Elementary School, about 60 are Asian. Other reported shares: 14% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 3% multiracial. DuPage County's residents are about 13% Asian, 47 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Nancy Young Elementary School scores 60%.
The school's 42.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. It is about the same as the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. At Nancy Young Elementary School, 14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 34% average for public schools in DuPage County.
Nancy Young Elementary School scores 63.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 63.3%.
For DuPage County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $112,096 a year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in DuPage County number 277, with about 138,557 students.
Nancy Young Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Francis Granger Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 63.0% is above the 43.5% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 5%.
The Nancy Young Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Indian Prairie CUSD 204
- Neuqua Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,018 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Scullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Clifford Crone Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 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
- Francis Granger Middle School0.8 mi · 1,011
- C I Johnson Elementary School0.9 mi · 269
- Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary0.9 mi · 683
- Reba O Steck Elementary School1.3 mi · 669
- Henry W Cowherd Middle School1.5 mi · 807
- McCarty Elementary School1.6 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About Nancy Young Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Nancy Young Elementary School?
Nancy Young Elementary School enrolls approximately 574 students in grades KG-05.
Is Nancy Young Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nancy Young Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Nancy Young Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Nancy Young Elementary School.
How diverse is Nancy Young Elementary School?
Nancy Young Elementary School reports a student body of 14% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 60% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Nancy Young Elementary School?
Nancy Young Elementary School is overseen by Indian Prairie CUSD 204 in DuPage County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.