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What's one thing Pioneer Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
561
Elementary
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY VIEW CUSD 365U·NCES 174007004208
Pioneer Elementary School
1470 Raven Dr, Bolingbrook, IL 60490 · (630) 771-2420 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL561 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
261 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
53.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +24.3pp since 2023
Math
41.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 41.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 26.2% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Pioneer Elementary School
Pioneer Elementary School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Elementary School this school | 561 | 46.5% | 44.0% |
| Jamie McGee Elementary School Bolingbrook | 487 | 48.3% | 41.0% |
| Horizon Elementary School Hanover Park | 436 | 48.4% | 41.3% |
| Chicago World Language Academy Chicago | 449 | 38.8% | 58.7% |
| Vernon L Barkstall Elementary School Champaign | 426 | 43.2% | 44.1% |
| Carrie Busey Elementary School Savoy | 444 | 42.1% | 47.8% |
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 Pioneer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #782 of 1,925 | #59 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #912 of 2,077 ▲ 35 | #68 of 100 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #869 of 2,077 ▲ 329 | #63 of 100 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 561 | #356 of 2,419 | #26 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #651 of 2,035 | #28 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.1% | #2 of 2,042 | #1 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.5% | #1,394 of 2,132 | #46 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #1,460 of 1,461 | #71 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
561
+35 (+7%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 534
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 | 561 | 45.6 | 12.3:1 | 47% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 43.5 | 12.1:1 | 44% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 44 | 11.7:1 | 45% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 39.5 | 14.3:1 | 39% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 34% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | 37 | 21.2:1 | 26% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 22 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pioneer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (562 to 561); teachers up 16% (39.5 to 45.6).
About Pioneer Elementary School
Pioneer Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Bolingbrook, Illinois. It reports enrollment of 561 students in kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Pioneer Elementary School is one of the 20 schools that make up Valley View CUSD 365U (14,710 students in total).
The largest racial or ethnic group at Pioneer Elementary School is Black, with 27% of students. The next largest groups are 26% Hispanic, 23% White, 17% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The school's Black share is 15 points above the 12% share among Will County residents. The diversity index for Pioneer Elementary School is 77%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Pioneer Elementary School lists 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 1.6 students per teacher. About 47% of students at Pioneer Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Will County is similar, at 44%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Pioneer Elementary School is -0.6 points: 44.0% actual, 44.6% predicted.
The school is in Will County, where median household income comes to about $109,984, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Will County counts 209 public schools with about 113,008 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Wayne Builta Elementary School, is about 0.9 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Pioneer Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 35 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Pioneer Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Valley View CUSD 365U
- Bolingbrook High SchoolHigh · 3,298 students
- Romeoville High SchoolHigh · 1,848 students
- Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 850 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolElementary · 636 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Hubert H Humphrey Middle SchoolMiddle · 596 students
Other schools in Bolingbrook
- Bolingbrook High SchoolHigh · 3,298 students
- Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 850 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolElementary · 636 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Hubert H Humphrey Middle SchoolMiddle · 596 students
- Jane Addams Middle SchoolMiddle · 548 students
Other Pioneer Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 12 states are named Pioneer Elementary. Pioneer Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 29.
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolWest Chicago, IL · 292 students
- Pioneer ElementaryMerced, CA · 1,055 students
- Pioneer ElementaryBrentwood, CA · 859 students
- Pioneer ElementaryUnion City, CA · 623 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolAUBURN, WA · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Wayne Builta Elementary School0.9 mi · 345
- Jamie McGee Elementary School1.4 mi · 487
- Jane Addams Middle School1.4 mi · 548
- Independence Elementary School2.0 mi · 617
- Spring Brook Elementary School2.2 mi · 569
- River Woods Elementary School2.3 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About Pioneer Elementary SchoolHow large is Pioneer Elementary School?
Pioneer Elementary School enrolls approximately 561 students in grades KG-05.
Is Pioneer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pioneer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Pioneer Elementary School have?
Pioneer Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
How diverse is Pioneer Elementary School?
Pioneer Elementary School reports a student body of 23% White, 26% Hispanic, 27% Black, 17% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Pioneer Elementary School?
Pioneer Elementary School is overseen by Valley View CUSD 365U in Will County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.