Owen Elementary School

Owen Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary-level community in Naperville, Illinois, part of Indian Prairie CUSD 204. The school instructs 577 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Owen Elementary School sits 51% above that benchmark.

Owen Elementary School is one of 32 schools operated by Indian Prairie CUSD 204, a district that caters to 26,108 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Owen Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Asian (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 23% White, 11% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the resource side, Owen Elementary School reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of DuPage County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Owen Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for DuPage County put median household earnings sit near $112,096, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Owen Elementary School is one.

Lincoln Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Owen Elementary School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 73.1%.

Owen Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Owen Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 548 (now 577). The White share of enrollment declined from 37% to 23% over that span.

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