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Enrollment
751
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENSENVILLE SD 2·NCES 170591000270
Tioga Elementary School
212 W Memorial Rd, Bensenville, IL 60106 · (630) 766-2602 · DuPage County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL751 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
461 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 159 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Tioga Elementary School→Blackhawk Middle School
Based on grade levels within Bensenville SD 2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
43.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.1pp since 2023
Math
34.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.4% | 34.6% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 24.3% |
% 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Tioga Elementary School
Tioga Elementary School's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tioga Elementary School this school | 751 | 61.4% | 36.6% |
| Smyser Elementary School Chicago | 773 | 62.6% | 35.6% |
| John Mills Elementary School Elmwood Park | 711 | 58.5% | 46.8% |
| Bateman Elementary School Chicago | 904 | 56.0% | 35.4% |
| Long Beach Elementary School Montgomery | 632 | 59.5% | 27.4% |
| Crosby Elementary School Harvard | 655 | 64.3% | 10.6% |
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 Tioga Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #1,038 of 1,925 | #94 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,127 of 2,077 ▼ 112 | #120 of 141 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #1,230 of 2,077 ▼ 104 | #120 of 141 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 751 | #86 of 2,419 | #2 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #451 of 2,035 | #39 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #847 of 2,042 | #94 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.4% | #963 of 2,132 | #20 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #848 of 1,461 | #51 of 92 |
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
751
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 505
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 | 751 | 64 | 11.7:1 | 61% (461) |
| 2023-24 | 754 | 64.6 | 11.7:1 | 60% (450) |
| 2022-23 | 750 | 61.4 | 12.2:1 | 64% (483) |
| 2020-21 | 760 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 849 | 56.4 | 15.1:1 | 60% (510) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 57 | 13.7:1 | 70% (549) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 59% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 565 | 24 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 25 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tioga Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (849 to 751); teachers up 13% (56.4 to 64).
About Tioga Elementary School
Tioga Elementary School is an elementary school in Bensenville, Illinois, and it is part of Bensenville SD 2. It educates 751 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 97% larger than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Bensenville SD 2 oversees Tioga Elementary School and 2 other schools, with 2,035 students in total.
Tioga Elementary School is 65% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. In DuPage County overall, about 16% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Tioga Elementary School is 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.7:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 61% of students, or 461, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in DuPage County average 34%.
Tioga Elementary School scores 36.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 36.1%.
Census estimates describe DuPage County this way: the median household income is $112,096, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Besides Tioga Elementary School, DuPage County has 276 other public schools.
Blackhawk Middle School is located about 0.6 miles from Tioga Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Tioga Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Tioga Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 760 in 2020-21, 751 in 2024-25.
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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 Bensenville SD 2
- Blackhawk Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
- W A Johnson SchoolElementary · 619 students
Other schools in Bensenville
- Fenton High SchoolHigh · 1,396 students
- Blackhawk Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
- W A Johnson SchoolElementary · 619 students
- ALSP-Blackhawk MS-Bensenville SDElementary
- ALSP-Fenton CHS-Fenton HSD 100Elementary
- LASSO-Tioga Elementary School-BensenvilleElementary
Other Tioga Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Tioga Elementary. Tioga Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Tioga Elementary SchoolBall, LA · 482 students
- TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTIOGA CENTER, NY · 323 students
Nearby schools
- Blackhawk Middle School0.6 mi · 665
- W A Johnson School0.8 mi · 619
- Fenton High School0.8 mi · 1,396
- Churchville Middle School1.6 mi · 489
- Conrad Fischer Elementary School1.6 mi · 584
- Oakbrook Elementary School1.9 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Tioga Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Tioga Elementary School?
Tioga Elementary School enrolls approximately 751 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Tioga Elementary School serve?
Tioga Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Tioga Elementary School have?
Tioga Elementary School employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Tioga Elementary School?
Student demographics at Tioga Elementary School are roughly 22% White, 65% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Tioga Elementary School in?
Tioga Elementary School is part of Bensenville SD 2.
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