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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA WEST USD 129·NCES 170471000168
Smith Elementary School
1332 Robinwood Dr, Aurora, IL 60506 · (630) 301-5015 · Kane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
257 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
24.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.9pp since 2023
Math
24.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.9% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 14.0% | 15.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Smith Elementary School
Smith Elementary School's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Elementary School this school | 425 | 60.5% | 22.0% |
| H R McCall Elementary School Waukegan | 396 | 61.1% | 35.6% |
| Creekside Elementary School Elgin | 469 | 62.5% | 25.5% |
| Mabel O Donnell Elementary School Aurora | 360 | 63.6% | 16.8% |
| Greenman Elementary School Aurora | 528 | 59.7% | 26.3% |
| Gary Elementary School West Chicago | 425 | 59.3% | 38.9% |
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 Smith Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,538 of 1,925 | #53 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #1,461 of 2,077 ▼ 78 | #56 of 83 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #1,810 of 2,077 ▼ 17 | #69 of 83 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #871 of 2,419 | #51 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,109 of 2,035 | #31 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #1,133 of 2,042 | #45 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.5% | #997 of 2,132 | #30 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #1,089 of 1,461 | #38 of 51 |
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
425
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 650
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 | 425 | 31.1 | 13.7:1 | 60% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 33.9 | 11.1:1 | 53% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 37.5 | 10.9:1 | 53% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 31.8 | 14.3:1 | 57% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 92% (464) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 68% (366) |
| 2000-01 | 742 | 39 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 650 | 33 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smith Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (456 to 425); teachers down 2% (31.8 to 31.1).
About Smith Elementary School
Smith Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Aurora, Illinois. The school counted 425 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
The district, Aurora West USD 129, has 11,020 students enrolled across 16 schools.
At Smith Elementary School, 76% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 10% Black, 8% White, and 4% Asian. That is higher than the 33% Hispanic share among all Kane County residents. The diversity index for Smith Elementary School is 41%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, Smith Elementary School has a ratio of 13.7:1. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 60%. Across public schools in Kane County, the average is 48%.
Smith Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Smith Elementary School is 14.6 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Illinois.
In Kane County, median household income comes to about $103,163, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 167, with about 87,252 students.
Illinois Mathematics and Science, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Smith Elementary School places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Smith Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 423 in 2020-21, 425 in 2024-25.
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Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Aurora West USD 129
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Herget Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 577 students
- Freeman Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Greenman Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 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
Other Smith Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 9 states are named Smith Elementary. Smith Elementary School is the 17th largest of the 21.
- Smith Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 730 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 650 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 642 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolSPRING, TX · 624 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolPRINCETON, TX · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Illinois Mathematics and Science1.0 mi · 656
- McCleery Elementary School1.1 mi · 513
- Hill Elementary School1.1 mi · 511
- Jefferson Middle School1.3 mi · 577
- Benavides Steam Academy1.4 mi · 326
- Goodwin Elementary School1.5 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Smith Elementary SchoolHow large is Smith Elementary School?
Smith Elementary School enrolls approximately 425 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Smith Elementary School serve?
Smith Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Smith Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Smith Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Smith Elementary School?
Student demographics at Smith Elementary School are roughly 8% White, 76% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Smith Elementary School?
Smith Elementary School is overseen by Aurora West USD 129 in Kane County.
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