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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENSENVILLE SD 2·NCES 170591000269
W A Johnson School
252 Ridgewood Ave, Bensenville, IL 60106 · (630) 766-2605 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
10.5:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
346 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
49%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
W A Johnson 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
42.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.4pp since 2023
Math
34.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 42 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 34.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.6% | 23.3% |
% 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
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 W A Johnson School
W A Johnson School's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W A Johnson School this school | 619 | 55.9% | 36.4% |
| John Mills Elementary School Elmwood Park | 711 | 58.5% | 46.8% |
| Dever Elementary School Chicago | 733 | 55.1% | 28.8% |
| Linne Elementary School Chicago | 687 | 52.5% | 39.2% |
| Lake Louise Elementary School Palatine | 608 | 53.5% | 24.3% |
| Long Beach Elementary School Montgomery | 632 | 59.5% | 27.4% |
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 W A Johnson School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #1,050 of 1,925 | #95 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,126 of 2,077 ▼ 71 | #119 of 141 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,284 of 2,077 ▼ 131 | #124 of 141 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #236 of 2,419 | #9 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #192 of 2,035 | #14 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #946 of 2,042 | #105 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.9% | #1,134 of 2,132 | #28 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #983 of 1,461 | #64 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
619
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
+77% since 1990-91, when it was 349
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 | 619 | 59 | 10.5:1 | 56% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 629 | 60 | 10.5:1 | 59% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 57.6 | 10.7:1 | 63% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 679 | 49 | 13.9:1 | 61% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 714 | 53 | 13.5:1 | 61% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 261 | 20 | 13.1:1 | 61% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 17 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 349 | 17 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W A Johnson School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (679 to 619); teachers up 20% (49 to 59).
About W A Johnson School
W A Johnson School is a large elementary school in Bensenville SD 2, located in Bensenville, Illinois. It had 619 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 62% above average.
The district, Bensenville SD 2, has 2,035 students enrolled across 3 schools.
The share of Hispanic students at W A Johnson School is 66%, a majority. The remaining students are 26% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show DuPage County is about 16% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at W A Johnson School comes to 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.5:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 3.4 more students per teacher than here. W A Johnson School counts 56% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 34% average among public schools in DuPage County.
On the allk12 Grade, W A Johnson School lands at C, ahead of 34% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, W A Johnson School would be expected to post about 39.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.4%.
For DuPage County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $112,096, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 277 public schools and about 138,557 students.
Blackhawk Middle School is the nearest public school to W A Johnson School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 40.7%, higher than W A Johnson School's 36.4%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 643 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 619 by 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
- Tioga Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- Blackhawk Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Other schools in Bensenville
- Fenton High SchoolHigh · 1,396 students
- Tioga Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- Blackhawk Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
- ALSP-Blackhawk MS-Bensenville SDElementary
- ALSP-Fenton CHS-Fenton HSD 100Elementary
- LASSO-Tioga Elementary School-BensenvilleElementary
Nearby schools
- Blackhawk Middle School0.3 mi · 665
- Fenton High School0.6 mi · 1,396
- Tioga Elementary School0.8 mi · 751
- Oakbrook Elementary School1.2 mi · 251
- Westview Elementary School1.8 mi · 277
- Churchville Middle School1.9 mi · 489
Frequently asked questions
About W A Johnson SchoolHow many students attend W A Johnson School?
W A Johnson School enrolls approximately 619 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does W A Johnson School serve?
W A Johnson School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does W A Johnson School have?
W A Johnson School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at W A Johnson School?
At W A Johnson School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 66% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is W A Johnson School public or private?
W A Johnson School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bensenville SD 2.
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