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Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 308·NCES 173027002101
Old Post Elementary School
100 Old Post Rd, Oswego, IL 60543 · (630) 636-3400 · Kendall County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
13.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
119 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
61.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.5pp since 2023
Math
49.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.6% | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 33.0% |
% 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Old Post Elementary School
Old Post Elementary School's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Post Elementary School this school | 387 | 30.7% | 53.1% |
| Lace Elementary School Darien | 377 | 30.8% | 55.0% |
| J T Manning Elementary School Westmont | 386 | 31.6% | 68.8% |
| Mitchell Elementary School Chicago | 446 | 30.3% | 58.7% |
| Forest Road Elementary School La Grange Park | 452 | 27.9% | 63.9% |
| Woodview School Grayslake | 450 | 34.9% | 54.4% |
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 Old Post Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kendall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #499 of 1,925 | #9 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #690 of 2,077 ▲ 24 | #10 of 22 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #624 of 2,077 ▲ 145 | #9 of 22 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #1,065 of 2,419 | #17 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,035 of 2,035 | #7 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #682 of 2,042 | #18 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.7% | #1,765 of 2,132 | #13 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #781 of 1,461 | #9 of 11 |
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
387
-69 (-15%) vs 2020
-52% since 2000-01, when it was 799
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 | 387 | 28.9 | 13.4:1 | 31% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 29.4 | 14.1:1 | 29% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 32.9 | 12.7:1 | 29% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 30.1 | 14.7:1 | 28% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 23 | 18.4:1 | 18% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 23 | 18.3:1 | 16% (66) |
| 2000-01 | 799 | 36 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Old Post Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (443 to 387); teachers down 4% (30.1 to 28.9).
About Old Post Elementary School
Old Post Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in CUSD 308, located in Oswego, Illinois. It teaches 387 students in kindergarten through 5.
Old Post Elementary School belongs to CUSD 308, a district of 21 schools and 16,766 students.
Federal enrollment data show Old Post Elementary School is 60% White. Next come 25% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
Classroom staffing at Old Post Elementary School totals 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. It is about the same as the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Old Post Elementary School is about 31%. Public schools in Kendall County average a similar 32%.
On the allk12 Grade, Old Post Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 57% of Illinois public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Old Post Elementary School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 53.1%. Predicted: 53.8%.
In the wider Kendall County area, the median household earns about $111,601 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Kendall County, 50 public schools serve about 29,773 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Long Beach Elementary School, is the closest to Old Post Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 53.1% is above the 42.7% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 387, compared with 456 in 2020-21.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Kendall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,675
Census ACS
Median income
$111,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
29,773 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 308
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Thompson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Lakewood Creek ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Murphy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 700 students
Other schools in Oswego
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Thompson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Southbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
- Fox Chase Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
Nearby schools
- Long Beach Elementary School0.4 mi · 632
- Boulder Hill Elementary School0.5 mi · 476
- Thompson Jr High School0.6 mi · 832
- Oswego High School1.6 mi · 2,870
- Southbury Elementary School1.7 mi · 676
- Fox Chase Elementary School1.8 mi · 661
Frequently asked questions
About Old Post Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Old Post Elementary School?
Old Post Elementary School enrolls approximately 387 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Old Post Elementary School serve?
Old Post Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Old Post Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Old Post Elementary School is approximately 13.4:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Old Post Elementary School?
At Old Post Elementary School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 25% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Old Post Elementary School in?
Old Post Elementary School is part of CUSD 308.
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