Wayne Builta Elementary School
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 77% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Wayne Builta Elementary School
Set in Bolingbrook, Illinois, Wayne Builta Elementary School is a mid-sized primary school, operated by Indian Prairie CUSD 204. It caters to 345 students across grades K through 5.
Across the 32 schools in Indian Prairie CUSD 204 (26,108 students total), Wayne Builta Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Wayne Builta Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Asian, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Wayne Builta Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 13% of students at Wayne Builta Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Will County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Wayne Builta Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.9%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Will County indicate median household earnings sit near $109,984, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wayne Builta Elementary School is one of 209 public schools in Will County (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students).
The closest other public school is Pioneer Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 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), Wayne Builta Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 64.6%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wayne Builta Elementary School has changed only slightly, going from 342 students in 2018 to 345 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 32% to 17% over that span.
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