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Enrollment
669
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIAN PRAIRIE CUSD 204·NCES 174169000219
Reba O Steck Elementary School
460 Inverness Dr, Aurora, IL 60504 · (630) 375-3500 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
96 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
71%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
71.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
67.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.3% | 67.1% |
| 2023-24 | 62.1% | 53.4% |
% 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
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Reba O Steck Elementary School
Reba O Steck Elementary School's state test result (67.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reba O Steck Elementary School this school | 669 | 14.3% | 67.2% |
| Central Road Elementary School Rolling Meadows | 620 | 12.3% | 61.0% |
| Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary Aurora | 683 | 17.9% | 69.5% |
| Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary Naperville | 589 | 24.8% | 53.9% |
| Meadow Glens Elementary School Naperville | 475 | 8.2% | 90.0% |
| May Watts Elementary School Naperville | 668 | 7.9% | 71.7% |
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 Reba O Steck Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #173 of 1,925 | #35 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #272 of 2,077 ▼ 17 | #59 of 141 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #314 of 2,077 ▼ 94 | #58 of 141 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 669 | #163 of 2,419 | #6 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #1,890 of 2,035 | #140 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #128 of 2,042 | #12 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.3% | #2,045 of 2,132 | #105 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.3% | #161 of 615 | #13 of 57 |
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
669
+19 (+3%) vs 2020
-13% since 2000-01, when it was 766
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 | 669 | 38.2 | 17.5:1 | 14% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 670 | 40.2 | 16.7:1 | 16% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 660 | 39.2 | 16.8:1 | 17% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 32.9 | 17.5:1 | 10% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 33 | 17.7:1 | 9% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | 35 | 18.8:1 | 10% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 766 | 40 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reba O Steck Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (575 to 669); teachers up 16% (32.9 to 38.2).
About Reba O Steck Elementary School
Reba O Steck Elementary School is a large elementary school in Aurora, Illinois. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 669 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Indian Prairie CUSD 204 has 32 schools; together they serve 26,108 students.
Reba O Steck Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 43%. Other students are 30% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, DuPage County residents are about 13% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Reba O Steck Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
With 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Reba O Steck Elementary School was 17.5:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. Reba O Steck Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 14%. Across public schools in DuPage County, the average is 34%.
On BeatsExpectations, Reba O Steck Elementary School is 3.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
Federal survey data for DuPage County show that median household income is about $112,096, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. A total of 277 public schools operate in DuPage County, serving about 138,557 students.
Waubonsie Valley High School is located about 0.6 miles from Reba O Steck Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Reba O Steck Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
Reba O Steck Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The number of students climbed from 650 to 669 over 4 years.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 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 Aurora
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Fischer Middle SchoolMiddle · 861 students
Nearby schools
- Waubonsie Valley High School0.6 mi · 2,849
- McCarty Elementary School0.8 mi · 478
- Fischer Middle School0.9 mi · 861
- Georgetown Elementary School1.1 mi · 420
- Olney C Allen Elementary School1.3 mi · 712
- Nancy Young Elementary School1.3 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About Reba O Steck Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Reba O Steck Elementary School?
Reba O Steck Elementary School enrolls approximately 669 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Reba O Steck Elementary School serve?
Reba O Steck Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Reba O Steck Elementary School?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Reba O Steck Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Reba O Steck Elementary School?
At Reba O Steck Elementary School, the student body is approximately 30% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 43% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Reba O Steck Elementary School public or private?
Reba O Steck Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Indian Prairie CUSD 204.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.