Perry Elementary School

As a cozy elementary-level community in Carpentersville, Illinois, Perry Elementary School serves 278 students from grades K through 5, operated by CUSD 300. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

Within CUSD 300, which oversees 27 schools and 20,705 students, Perry Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Perry Elementary School lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Kane County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, Perry Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Kane County put the typical household earns roughly $103,163 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Kane County's 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), Perry Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Dundee-Crown High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Perry Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Perry Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 47%: 520 students in 2018 compared to 278 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 35% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.