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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST CHARLES CUSD 303·NCES 173717003860
Wasco Elementary School
4N782 School St, Wasco, IL 60183 · (331) 228-2900 · Kane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
62 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 20% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
74.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.3pp since 2023
Math
67.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.1% | 67.8% |
| 2023-24 | 58.8% | 51.3% |
% 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
67.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 →
Where Wasco Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #161 of 1,925 | #7 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #253 of 2,077 | #9 of 83 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #247 of 2,077 | #10 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #683 of 2,419 | #38 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,774 of 2,035 | #65 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.4% | #1,293 of 2,042 | #61 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #2,056 of 2,132 | #73 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.6% | #98 of 615 | #7 of 32 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
466
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 455
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 | 466 | 28.6 | 16.3:1 | 13% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 29.7 | 15.0:1 | 14% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 30.3 | 15.3:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 21.2 | 18.0:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 21 | 18.0:1 | 9% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 9% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 28 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 455 | 21 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wasco Elementary School.
About Wasco Elementary School
Students in Wasco, Illinois, attend Wasco Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Its 466 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
St Charles CUSD 303 has a total of 16 schools and 11,952 students, Wasco Elementary School among them.
Wasco Elementary School is 80% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 58% of Kane County residents are White. Wasco Elementary School's diversity index is 34%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1 at Wasco Elementary School, with 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.4 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 13%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kane County is 48%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.8% for Wasco Elementary School. The school posts 67.7%, 3.9 points above the prediction.
Across Kane County, the median household income is $103,163, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kane County is home to 167 public schools and about 87,252 public school students.
Bell-Graham Elementary School is the public school closest to Wasco Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Wasco Elementary School's average proficiency of 67.7% compares with 74.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Wasco Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Wasco Elementary School was 470 in 2020-21 and 466 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St Charles CUSD 303
- St Charles East High SchoolHigh · 1,930 students
- St Charles North High SchoolHigh · 1,903 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,364 students
- Wredling Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,289 students
- Wild Rose Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Ferson Creek SchoolElementary · 533 students
Nearby schools
- Bell-Graham Elementary School0.8 mi · 520
- Ferson Creek School2.5 mi · 533
- Illinois Youth Center - St Charles2.5 mi · 32
- Wild Rose Elementary School3.6 mi · 535
- Kaneland John Stewart Elementary School3.9 mi · 500
- Mill Creek School4.0 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Wasco Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wasco Elementary School?
Wasco Elementary School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades KG-05.
Is Wasco Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wasco Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Wasco Elementary School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Wasco Elementary School.
How diverse is Wasco Elementary School?
Wasco Elementary School reports a student body of 80% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wasco Elementary School?
Wasco Elementary School is overseen by St Charles CUSD 303 in Kane County.
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