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Waterbury Elem School
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Waterbury Elem School
Waterbury Elem School operates as a mid-tier primary school in Roselle, Illinois, operated by Keeneyville SD 20. Current enrollment sits at 415 students spanning grades K through 5.
Across the 3 schools in Keeneyville SD 20 (1,301 students total), Waterbury Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Waterbury Elem School reports that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 3% Black, 2% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, Waterbury Elem School lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Waterbury Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.8%, the actual is 45.5%, a residual of -3.4 points.
In the area at large, census data for DuPage County shows median household income runs about $112,096, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Waterbury Elem School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students).
Spring Wood Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Waterbury Elem School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.3%.
Waterbury Elem School operates from an outer-ring location.
Five-year trend. Waterbury Elem School's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 471 (now 415). Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.
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