Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 200·NCES 174218005461
Washington Elementary School
911 Bridle Ln, Wheaton, IL 60187 · (630) 682-2222 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
145 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
75.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.2pp since 2023
Math
66.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.4% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 67.2% | 56.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Washington Elementary School
Washington Elementary School's state test result (68.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary School this school | 395 | 36.7% | 68.6% |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary School Wheaton | 402 | 37.3% | 59.7% |
| Park View Elementary School Glen Ellyn | 390 | 32.3% | 64.8% |
| Willow Creek Elementary School Woodridge | 351 | 36.2% | 52.5% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Wheaton | 458 | 32.8% | 69.1% |
| Anne Sullivan Elementary School Prospect Heights | 329 | 36.8% | 59.7% |
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 Washington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #151 of 1,925 | #33 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #281 of 2,077 ▼ 65 | #60 of 141 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #218 of 2,077 ▼ 75 | #45 of 141 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #1,031 of 2,419 | #76 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #844 of 2,035 | #68 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #545 of 2,042 | #59 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #1,632 of 2,132 | #55 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #1,113 of 1,461 | #73 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
395
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 465
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 | 395 | 30.7 | 12.9:1 | 37% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 29.9 | 13.1:1 | 36% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 30.7 | 12.6:1 | 37% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 30.5 | 13.9:1 | 32% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 34% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 26 | 17.3:1 | 31% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 414 | 29 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 465 | 20 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (423 to 395); teachers up 1% (30.5 to 30.7).
About Washington Elementary School
Located in Wheaton, Illinois, Washington Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 395 students in kindergarten through 5.
The district, CUSD 200, has 11,639 students enrolled across 20 schools.
At 58%, White students outnumber all other groups at Washington Elementary School combined. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 9% Black, and 5% multiracial. Washington Elementary School has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.9:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. Eligible students account for 37% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Washington Elementary School would score about 50.3%. It scores 68.6%, a top-10% result among Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe DuPage County this way: median household income is about $112,096, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 277 public schools in DuPage County, with a combined enrollment of about 138,557.
Hawthorne Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Washington Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Washington Elementary School saw enrollment rise 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Washington Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 CUSD 200
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Hubble Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
Other schools in Wheaton
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Briar Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary School is the 62nd largest of the 156.
- Washington Elementary SchoolRockford, IL · 523 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolMundelein, IL · 467 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolMarion, IL · 465 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElgin, IL · 446 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolDixon, IL · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Hawthorne Elementary School0.6 mi · 185
- Hadley Junior High School0.7 mi · 1,143
- Churchill Elementary School0.7 mi · 618
- Franklin Middle School1.2 mi · 525
- Wheaton North High School1.2 mi · 1,863
- Forest Glen Elementary School1.4 mi · 581
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Washington Elementary School?
Washington Elementary School enrolls approximately 395 students in grades KG-05.
Is Washington Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Washington Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Washington Elementary School have?
Washington Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Washington Elementary School?
Student demographics at Washington Elementary School are roughly 58% White, 15% Hispanic, 9% Black, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Washington Elementary School in?
Washington Elementary School is part of CUSD 200.
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