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Enrollment
677
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINFIELD SD 202·NCES 173174006832
Wallin Oaks Elementary School
15410 S Wallin Dr, Plainfield, IL 60544 · (815) 577-5700 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL677 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
168 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
64.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.1pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.5% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 38.2% |
% 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
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Wallin Oaks Elementary School
Wallin Oaks Elementary School's state test result (55.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallin Oaks Elementary School this school | 677 | 24.8% | 55.7% |
| Grande Park Elementary School Plainfield | 687 | 24.5% | 53.9% |
| Southbury Elementary School Oswego | 676 | 25.6% | 53.6% |
| Beebe Elementary School Naperville | 619 | 22.3% | 69.4% |
| Millburn Elementary School Old Mill Creek | 711 | 20.5% | 63.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary Plainfield | 536 | 21.8% | 69.7% |
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 Wallin Oaks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #429 of 1,925 | #36 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #644 of 2,077 ▼ 63 | #50 of 100 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #523 of 2,077 ▼ 82 | #38 of 100 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 677 | #152 of 2,419 | #7 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #1,623 of 2,035 | #75 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #168 of 2,042 | #15 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.8% | #1,867 of 2,132 | #76 of 103 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 677 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 25% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 41.8 | 15.4:1 | 26% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 39.5 | 14.5:1 | 23% (133) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wallin Oaks Elementary School.
About Wallin Oaks Elementary School
Wallin Oaks Elementary School, located in Plainfield, Illinois, is a large elementary school. It enrolls 677 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. It has 78% more students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Across its 30 schools, Plainfield SD 202 enrolls 24,556 students. Wallin Oaks Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students account for 47% of enrollment at Wallin Oaks Elementary School, more than any other group. The remaining students are 22% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 10% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Will County, the White share is about 62%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wallin Oaks Elementary School scores 70%.
Classroom staffing at Wallin Oaks Elementary School totals 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 25% of students (168) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Will County, the average is 44%.
Wallin Oaks Elementary School scores 55.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 57.2%.
American Community Survey estimates for Will County show that median household income comes to about $109,984, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Will County counts 209 public schools with about 113,008 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Wallin Oaks Elementary School from the closest public school, Richard Ira Jones Middle School. The five-mile area around Wallin Oaks Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Wallin Oaks Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 55.7% versus a 59.6% average.
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.
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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 Plainfield SD 202
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in Plainfield
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Nearby schools
- Richard Ira Jones Middle School0.2 mi · 851
- Plainfield High School0.8 mi · 1,800
- Lincoln Elementary1.0 mi · 536
- Central Elementary School1.4 mi · 544
- Bonnie McBeth Learning Center1.5 mi · 757
- Indian Trail Middle School1.7 mi · 520
Frequently asked questions
About Wallin Oaks Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wallin Oaks Elementary School?
Wallin Oaks Elementary School enrolls approximately 677 students in grades KG-05.
Is Wallin Oaks Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wallin Oaks Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Wallin Oaks Elementary School have?
Wallin Oaks Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Wallin Oaks Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wallin Oaks Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 22% Hispanic, 10% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Wallin Oaks Elementary School public or private?
Wallin Oaks Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Plainfield SD 202.
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