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Ranch View Elementary School
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)BeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Ranch View Elementary School
Located at 1651 Ranchview Dr, in Naperville, Illinois, Ranch View Elementary School is a large elementary school that teaches 584 students (grades K through 5), operated by Naperville CUSD 203. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Ranch View Elementary School sits 53% larger than that benchmark.
Within Naperville CUSD 203, which oversees 22 schools and 16,047 students, Ranch View Elementary School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Ranch View Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against DuPage County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ranch View Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 60.6%; Ranch View Elementary School posts 75.9%, +15.2 points above that line.
Zooming out to the 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Ranch View Elementary School is one.
Meadow Glens Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ranch View Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ranch View Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 78.3%.
Ranch View Elementary School operates from a high-density location.
Over the past 7-year window. Ranch View Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 16% since 2018, when it stood at 505 (now 584). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 56% to 49%.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Ranch View Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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