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What's something Norton Creek Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
479
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST CHARLES CUSD 303·NCES 173717005708
Norton Creek Elementary School
2033 Smith Rd, West Chicago, IL 60185 · (331) 228-2700 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
46 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
83.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
79.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.8% | 79.4% |
| 2023-24 | 72.7% | 69.3% |
% 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
76.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Norton Creek Elementary School
Norton Creek Elementary School's state test result (76.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Creek Elementary School this school | 479 | 9.6% | 76.2% |
| Marion Jordan Elementary School Palatine | 503 | 9.7% | 67.3% |
| Northpoint Elementary School Bloomington | 472 | 11.9% | 55.3% |
| Spencer Loomis Elementary School Hawthorn Woods | 516 | 8.5% | 81.0% |
| Highlands Elementary School Naperville | 510 | 6.5% | 86.0% |
| Corron Elementary School South Elgin | 487 | 14.6% | 69.8% |
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 Norton Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #51 of 1,925 | #13 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #88 of 2,077 ▼ 33 | #20 of 141 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #76 of 2,077 ▼ 4 | #17 of 141 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #633 of 2,419 | #36 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #996 of 2,035 | #78 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #934 of 2,042 | #103 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.6% | #2,089 of 2,132 | #112 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +42.6% | #38 of 615 | #2 of 57 |
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
479
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 545
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 | 479 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 10% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 39.9 | 12.7:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 36.6 | 13.7:1 | 9% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 22.4 | 15.0:1 | 13% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 9% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 545 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 4% (23) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norton Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 43% (336 to 479); teachers up 61% (22.4 to 36).
About Norton Creek Elementary School
Norton Creek Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in West Chicago, Illinois. It serves 479 students in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
Norton Creek Elementary School falls under St Charles CUSD 303, which has 16 schools enrolling 11,952 students.
At 67%, White students outnumber all other groups at Norton Creek Elementary School combined. After that, the student body is 20% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 65% White share among all DuPage County residents. By the diversity index, Norton Creek Elementary School comes in at 50%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.3:1, with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 10%. Among public schools in DuPage County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.
allk12 grades Norton Creek Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 66.0% for a school in Illinois with Norton Creek Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Norton Creek Elementary School posts 76.2%.
In DuPage County (population about 930,024), median household income is about $112,096, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 277 public schools operate in DuPage County, serving about 138,557 students.
The next-closest public school is Wayne Elementary School, about 1.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Norton Creek Elementary School ranks 1st of 6 nearby schools, at 76.2% versus a 52.9% average.
Norton Creek Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 479, 5% above the 455 of 2020-21.
Discussions about Norton Creek Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 St Charles CUSD 303
- St Charles East High SchoolHigh · 1,930 students
- St Charles North High SchoolHigh · 1,903 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,364 students
- Wredling Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,289 students
- Wild Rose Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Ferson Creek SchoolElementary · 533 students
Other schools in West Chicago
- West Chicago Comm High SchoolHigh · 2,040 students
- Leman Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,048 students
- Gary Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Wegner Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Indian Knoll Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
- Currier Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Wayne Elementary School1.4 mi · 391
- Wredling Middle School1.7 mi · 1,289
- St Charles East High School1.8 mi · 1,930
- Fox Ridge Elementary School2.5 mi · 424
- Wegner Elementary School2.5 mi · 384
- Bartlett High School3.0 mi · 2,037
Frequently asked questions
About Norton Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Norton Creek Elementary School?
Norton Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 479 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Norton Creek Elementary School serve?
Norton Creek Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Norton Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Norton Creek Elementary School is approximately 13.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Norton Creek Elementary School?
Norton Creek Elementary School reports a student body of 67% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 20% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Norton Creek Elementary School in?
Norton Creek Elementary School is part of St Charles CUSD 303.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.