Oliver Julian Kendall Elem School

Set in Naperville, Illinois, Oliver Julian Kendall Elem School is a roomy K-5 school, run under Indian Prairie CUSD 204. It educates 572 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 50% above typical.

Oliver Julian Kendall Elem School is one of 32 schools operated by Indian Prairie CUSD 204, a district that teaches 26,108 students overall.

On demographics, Oliver Julian Kendall Elem School logs that 57% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 29% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Will County as a whole is about 6% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 7% of students at Oliver Julian Kendall Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Will County (around 44%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oliver Julian Kendall Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.4%, the actual is 79.6%, a residual of +12.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Will County shows median household earnings sit near $109,984, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Will County runs 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), of which Oliver Julian Kendall Elem School is one.

V Blanche Graham Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 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), Oliver Julian Kendall Elem School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 72.6%.

Oliver Julian Kendall Elem School operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 64%: 349 students in 2018 compared to 572 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 39% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.