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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIAN PRAIRIE CUSD 204·NCES 174169000489
Patterson Elementary School
3731 Lawrence Dr, Naperville, IL 60564 · (630) 428-6500 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
28 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
73.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
78.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.6% | 78.3% |
| 2023-24 | 65.9% | 65.0% |
% 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
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Patterson Elementary School
Patterson Elementary School's state test result (74.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson Elementary School this school | 453 | 6.2% | 74.1% |
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School Palatine | 435 | 6.4% | 67.3% |
| Spring Brook Elementary School Naperville | 569 | 6.0% | 76.1% |
| Benjamin Elementary School Bloomington | 607 | 11.0% | 58.4% |
| Decatur Classical Elementary School Chicago | 341 | 12.0% | 95.3% |
| Highlands Elementary School Naperville | 510 | 6.5% | 86.0% |
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 Patterson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #76 of 1,925 | #8 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #95 of 2,077 ▲ 4 | #8 of 100 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #260 of 2,077 ▼ 96 | #16 of 100 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #741 of 2,419 | #56 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,088 of 2,035 | #51 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #573 of 2,042 | #47 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.2% | #2,119 of 2,132 | #101 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #1,014 of 1,461 | #50 of 71 |
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
453
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
-54% since 2000-01, when it was 989
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 | 453 | 33.4 | 13.6:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 34 | 13.8:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 38.1 | 12.0:1 | 9% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 34.4 | 14.4:1 | 5% (27) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | 37 | 17.5:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 989 | 55 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patterson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (494 to 453); teachers down 3% (34.4 to 33.4).
About Patterson Elementary School
Located in Naperville, Illinois, Patterson Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 453 students in kindergarten through 5.
Patterson Elementary School is one school in a 32-school district, Indian Prairie CUSD 204, which enrolls 26,108 students.
A majority of students at Patterson Elementary School, 55%, are White. Next come 30% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Patterson Elementary School has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Patterson Elementary School counts 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.6 students for each one. Elementary schools in Illinois have a similar average ratio of 13.9:1. About 6% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Will County, the average is 44%.
Patterson Elementary School scores 74.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 68.0%.
Federal survey data for Will County show that median household income is about $109,984, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. A total of 209 public schools operate in Will County, serving about 113,008 students.
The closest public school to Patterson Elementary School is Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Patterson Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Patterson Elementary School is behind the 74.9% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
The number of students declined from 478 to 453 over 4 years.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Patterson Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Indian Prairie CUSD 204
- Neuqua Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,018 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Scullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Clifford Crone Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 students
Other schools in Naperville
- Neuqua Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,018 students
- Naperville Central High SchoolHigh · 2,589 students
- Naperville North High SchoolHigh · 2,467 students
- Scullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Clifford Crone Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Jefferson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
Other Patterson Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Patterson Elementary. Patterson Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 9.
- Patterson Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 1,024 students
- Patterson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 811 students
- Patterson ElementaryMESA, AZ · 733 students
- Patterson ElementaryFremont, CA · 558 students
- Patterson Elementary SchoolGILBERT, AZ · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary School0.8 mi · 572
- Neuqua Valley High School1.0 mi · 3,018
- V Blanche Graham Elementary1.2 mi · 325
- Gordon Gregory Middle School1.3 mi · 811
- Scullen Middle School1.4 mi · 948
- Robert Clow Elementary School1.6 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Patterson Elementary SchoolHow large is Patterson Elementary School?
Patterson Elementary School enrolls approximately 453 students in grades KG-05.
Is Patterson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Patterson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Patterson Elementary School have?
Patterson Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Patterson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Patterson Elementary School are roughly 55% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 30% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Patterson Elementary School in?
Patterson Elementary School is part of Indian Prairie CUSD 204.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.