Nancy Young Elementary School

Nancy Young Elementary School, a sprawling K-5 school in Aurora, Illinois, overseen by Indian Prairie CUSD 204, educates 574 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 51% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Indian Prairie CUSD 204 runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 26,108 students. Nancy Young Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Nancy Young Elementary School records that 60% of the student body identifies as Asian; the rest breaks down as 14% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Nancy Young Elementary School logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below DuPage County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Nancy Young Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.3%, the actual is 63.0%, a residual of -0.2 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for DuPage County put median household income runs about $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Nancy Young Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Francis Granger Middle School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nancy Young Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.5%.

Nancy Young Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 640 students in 2018 compared to 574 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 27% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.