Wasco Elem School

Located at 4N782 School St, in Wasco, Illinois, Wasco Elem School is a moderately sized K-5 school that hosts 466 students (grades K through 5), overseen by St Charles CUSD 303. That puts it 22% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Wasco Elem School is one of 16 schools operated by St Charles CUSD 303, a district that serves 11,952 students overall.

Demographically, Wasco Elem School shows that 80% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

On the income-and-resources front, Wasco Elem School shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Wasco Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kane County (around 48%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wasco Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.8%, the actual is 67.7%, a residual of +3.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kane County shows median household earnings sit near $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kane County runs 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), of which Wasco Elem School is one.

Bell-Graham Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wasco Elem School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 74.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wasco Elem School has ticked up 23%, going from 380 students in 2018 to 466 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 88% to 80%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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