Nicholas A Hermes Elem School

Nicholas A Hermes Elem School is a K-5 school of well-populated scale in Aurora, Illinois, overseen by Aurora East USD 131, enrolling 607 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 59% bigger than typical.

Aurora East USD 131 runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 12,187 students. Nicholas A Hermes Elem School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Nicholas A Hermes Elem School shows that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at Nicholas A Hermes Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kane County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nicholas A Hermes Elem School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 34.9%; this one comes in at 15.5%, -19.4 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Kane County put the typical household earns roughly $103,163 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Nicholas A Hermes Elem School is one of 167 public schools in Kane County (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students).

Nearest neighbor: C F Simmons Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nicholas A Hermes Elem School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 23.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nicholas A Hermes Elem School has shrank 9%, going from 665 students in 2018 to 607 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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