Tioga Elementary School

Tioga Elementary School is one of the high-enrollment elementary schools in Bensenville, Illinois, part of Bensenville SD 2, with 751 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 97% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Bensenville SD 2 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 2,035 students; Tioga Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Tioga Elementary School lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school reports 22% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Tioga Elementary School has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at Tioga Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, DuPage County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tioga Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.6%.

In the broader community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 5%. Tioga Elementary School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students).

The closest other public school is Blackhawk Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Tioga Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Tioga Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 849 (now 751). Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.