Old Post Elementary School

Old Post Elementary School is a primary school of medium-sized scale in Oswego, Illinois, part of CUSD 308, serveing 387 students in grades K through 5.

CUSD 308 comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 16,766 students; Old Post Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Old Post Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 31% of students at Old Post Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Old Post Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.8%, the actual is 53.1%, a residual of -0.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kendall County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $111,601 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Kendall County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,773 students), of which Old Post Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Long Beach Elem School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Old Post Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Old Post Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 443 students in 2018 compared to 387 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 9% to 4% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.