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Enrollment
712
Elementary
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA EAST USD 131·NCES 170468000154
Olney C Allen Elementary School
700 S Farnsworth Ave, Aurora, IL 60505 · (630) 299-5200 · Kane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL712 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
431 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 78 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
21.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.3pp since 2023
Math
13.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 13.7% |
| 2023-24 | 10.7% | 4.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Olney C Allen Elementary School
Olney C Allen Elementary School's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olney C Allen Elementary School this school | 712 | 60.5% | 16.5% |
| Independence Elementary School Bolingbrook | 617 | 67.9% | 36.7% |
| LEARN Chtr School 6 N Chicago Campus Great Lakes | 503 | 60.8% | 44.0% |
| Oak View Elementary School Bolingbrook | 636 | 67.6% | 39.8% |
| International Prep Academy Champaign | 681 | 55.8% | 34.6% |
| Rowe Elementary Chicago | 617 | 68.4% | 13.8% |
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 Olney C Allen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #1,716 of 1,925 | #62 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #1,777 of 2,077 ▲ 95 | #74 of 83 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,901 of 2,077 ▲ 5 | #72 of 83 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 712 | #114 of 2,419 | #6 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #1,887 of 2,035 | #76 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #811 of 2,042 | #26 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.5% | #996 of 2,132 | #29 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #1,280 of 1,461 | #43 of 51 |
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
712
-96 (-12%) vs 2020
+76% since 1990-91, when it was 404
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 | 712 | 40.7 | 17.5:1 | 61% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 739 | 40.8 | 18.1:1 | 74% (545) |
| 2022-23 | 751 | 43.7 | 17.2:1 | 72% (542) |
| 2020-21 | 808 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 45.1 | 16.4:1 | 68% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 814 | 47 | 17.3:1 | 63% (510) |
| 2010-11 | 866 | 47 | 18.4:1 | 67% (579) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 27 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 22 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olney C Allen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (738 to 712); teachers down 10% (45.1 to 40.7).
About Olney C Allen Elementary School
Olney C Allen Elementary School is the name of a large elementary school in Aurora, Illinois. In all, 712 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. The school is 87% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Olney C Allen Elementary School falls under Aurora East USD 131, which has 18 schools enrolling 12,187 students.
Hispanic students are 64% of those enrolled at Olney C Allen Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 22% Black, 5% White, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Kane County's population at about 33%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is lower. Of all students at Olney C Allen Elementary School, 61% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Kane County, the average is 48%.
Test results at Olney C Allen Elementary School are 20.1 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 16.5%, compared with a predicted 36.6%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Illinois.
In Kane County, median household income comes to about $103,163, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Kane County counts 167 public schools with about 87,252 students.
The closest school to Olney C Allen Elementary School is East High School, located about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Olney C Allen Elementary School. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Olney C Allen Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Olney C Allen Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school shrank from 808 students in 2020-21 to 712 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Aurora East USD 131
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- Henry W Cowherd Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- C F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- K D Waldo Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- C M Bardwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 679 students
- Nicholas A Hermes Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
Other schools in Aurora
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Fischer Middle SchoolMiddle · 861 students
Nearby schools
- East High School0.9 mi · 4,020
- W S Beaupre Elementary School0.9 mi · 226
- John Gates Elementary School1.0 mi · 427
- Edna Rollins Elementary School1.2 mi · 508
- Reba O Steck Elementary School1.3 mi · 669
- Waubonsie Valley High School1.4 mi · 2,849
Frequently asked questions
About Olney C Allen Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Olney C Allen Elementary School?
Olney C Allen Elementary School enrolls approximately 712 students in grades PK-05.
Is Olney C Allen Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Olney C Allen Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Olney C Allen Elementary School?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Olney C Allen Elementary School.
How diverse is Olney C Allen Elementary School?
Olney C Allen Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 64% Hispanic, 22% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Olney C Allen Elementary School?
Olney C Allen Elementary School is overseen by Aurora East USD 131 in Kane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.