Naper Elem School

Naper Elem School is an elementary-level community of small scale in Naperville, Illinois, operated by Naperville CUSD 203, works with 235 students in grades K through 4. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Naper Elem School sits 38% smaller than that benchmark.

Naper Elem School is one of 22 schools operated by Naperville CUSD 203, a district that works with 16,047 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Naper Elem School logs that White students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school logs 11% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against DuPage County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Naper Elem School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 61.7%; this one delivers 76.3%, a residual of +14.6 points.

In the broader community, DuPage County reports that median household earnings sit near $112,096, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Naper Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Washington Jr High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Naper Elem School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 74.1%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Naper Elem School's enrollment has grew 6% since 2018, when it stood at 222 (now 235). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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