Walnut Trails Elem School

Located at 301 Wynstone Dr, in Shorewood, Illinois, Walnut Trails Elem School is a mid-tier elementary-level community that enrolls 475 students (grades K through 4), one of the schools within Minooka CCSD 201. Enrollment runs roughly 25% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Walnut Trails Elem School is one of 7 schools operated by Minooka CCSD 201, a district that instructs 4,361 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Walnut Trails Elem School records that White students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Walnut Trails Elem School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 20% of students at Walnut Trails Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Will County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, Walnut Trails Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.9%, the actual is 62.9%, a residual of +3.1 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Will County put median household income runs about $109,984, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Will County runs 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), of which Walnut Trails Elem School is one.

Troy Shorewood School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walnut Trails Elem School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 48.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Walnut Trails Elem School's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 558 (now 475). White enrollment moved from 75% to 65% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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