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Peter M Gombert Elementary Sch
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Peter M Gombert Elementary Sch
Peter M Gombert Elementary Sch is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Aurora, Illinois, one of the schools within Indian Prairie CUSD 204. The school teaches 450 students in grades K through 5.
Peter M Gombert Elementary Sch is one of 32 schools operated by Indian Prairie CUSD 204, a district that teaches 26,108 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Peter M Gombert Elementary Sch shows that the largest single group is Asian at 27%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 24% White, 17% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, DuPage County as a whole is about 13% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Peter M Gombert Elementary Sch has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Peter M Gombert Elementary Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.5%, the actual is 51.9%, a residual of -2.5 points.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for DuPage County indicate median household income runs about $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. Across DuPage County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), Peter M Gombert Elementary Sch is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Fischer Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. 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), Peter M Gombert Elementary Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Over the past 7-year window. Peter M Gombert Elementary Sch's enrollment has climbed 6% since 2018, when it stood at 424 (now 450). White enrollment moved from 37% to 24% across the same window.
Inside the community feed, the feed for Peter M Gombert Elementary Sch typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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