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Enrollment
613
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 308·NCES 173027004384
The Wheatlands Elementary School
2290 Barrington Dr, Aurora, IL 60503 · (630) 636-3500 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
182 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
71.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +26.0pp since 2023
Math
63.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.2pp 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 64 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 26 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.1% | 63.6% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 45.4% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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%.
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 The Wheatlands Elementary School
The Wheatlands Elementary School's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wheatlands Elementary School this school | 613 | 29.7% | 64.2% |
| John Middleton Elementary School Skokie | 521 | 33.2% | 56.5% |
| Freedom Elementary School Plainfield | 526 | 26.8% | 72.8% |
| Prairieview Elementary School Bartlett | 681 | 27.6% | 52.6% |
| Hunting Ridge Elementary School Palatine | 639 | 23.8% | 59.9% |
| Homestead Elementary School Aurora | 511 | 26.8% | 61.8% |
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 The Wheatlands Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #224 of 1,925 | #21 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #337 of 2,077 ▲ 76 | #34 of 100 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #320 of 2,077 ▲ 314 | #21 of 100 ▲ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #256 of 2,419 | #16 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,446 of 2,035 | #68 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #105 of 2,042 | #9 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.7% | #1,791 of 2,132 | #69 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #584 of 615 | #33 of 36 |
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
613
+64 (+12%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 728
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 | 613 | 42 | 14.6:1 | 30% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 35.2 | 16.6:1 | 29% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 35.1 | 15.7:1 | 28% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 39.5 | 15.4:1 | 17% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 34 | 17.6:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 728 | 33 | 22.1:1 | 13% (94) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for The Wheatlands Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (608 to 613); teachers up 6% (39.5 to 42).
About The Wheatlands Elementary School
The Wheatlands Elementary School is a large elementary school for students in Aurora, Illinois. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 613 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 61% higher.
The district for The Wheatlands Elementary School is CUSD 308, with 21 schools and 16,766 students.
About 43% of students at The Wheatlands Elementary School are White, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% Asian, 12% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 62%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
The Wheatlands Elementary School reports a ratio of 14.6 students per teacher, from 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is close to this figure. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at The Wheatlands Elementary School, 30% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Will County is 44%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 54.4% for The Wheatlands Elementary School. The school posts 64.2%, 9.8 points above the prediction.
Will County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $109,984, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Will County's 209 public schools enroll about 113,008 students and include The Wheatlands Elementary School.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Homestead Elementary School, is the closest to The Wheatlands Elementary School. The Wheatlands Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The Wheatlands Elementary School comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, The Wheatlands Elementary School had a net gain of 64 students, or 12%.
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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 CUSD 308
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Thompson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Lakewood Creek ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Murphy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 700 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
- Homestead Elementary School0.9 mi · 511
- Peter M Gombert Elementary School1.2 mi · 450
- Wolfs Crossing Elementary School1.4 mi · 414
- Bednarcik Junior High School1.5 mi · 535
- Oswego East High School1.5 mi · 2,758
- Fischer Middle School1.6 mi · 861
Frequently asked questions
About The Wheatlands Elementary SchoolHow many students attend The Wheatlands Elementary School?
The Wheatlands Elementary School enrolls approximately 613 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does The Wheatlands Elementary School serve?
The Wheatlands Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at The Wheatlands Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at The Wheatlands Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at The Wheatlands Elementary School?
At The Wheatlands Elementary School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 11% Hispanic, 12% Black, 27% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is The Wheatlands Elementary School in?
The Wheatlands Elementary School is part of CUSD 308.
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