Wesley Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).
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Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 23.2% | 18.9% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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%.
Schools most like Wesley Elementary School
Wesley Elementary School's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Elementary School this school | 220 | 62.7% | 39.6% |
| Westview Elementary School Wood Dale | 277 | 62.8% | 35.8% |
| West Oak Intermediate School Mundelein | 268 | 59.7% | 31.6% |
| North Elementary School Franklin Park | 199 | 56.8% | 53.7% |
| Reskin Elementary School Glendale Hts | 294 | 63.6% | 36.8% |
| South Elementary School Des Plaines | 253 | 55.3% | 50.5% |
Where Wesley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #926 of 1,925 | #90 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #1,098 of 2,077 ▲ 128 | #118 of 141 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #1,177 of 2,077 ▲ 269 | #117 of 141 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 220 | #1,978 of 2,419 | #145 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #124 of 2,035 | #10 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #631 of 2,042 | #72 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.7% | #929 of 2,132 | #18 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #1,160 of 1,461 | #76 of 92 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 220 | 22 | 10.0:1 | 63% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 173 | 21.3 | 8.1:1 | 65% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 180 | 21 | 8.6:1 | 57% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 193 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 233 | 24 | 9.7:1 | 55% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 228 | 20 | 11.4:1 | 48% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 18 | 18.6:1 | 40% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 330 | 17 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 332 | 16 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (233 to 220); teachers down 8% (24 to 22).
About Wesley Elementary School
Wesley Elementary School is one of the public schools in Addison, Illinois. It is a small elementary school. The latest federal count shows 220 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 42% lower.
Addison SD 4 runs 9 schools with a combined 3,389 students. Wesley Elementary School is one of them.
Hispanic students account for 58% of enrollment at Wesley Elementary School. Other groups include 26% White, 6% Asian, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of DuPage County's population at about 16%. The chance that two students picked at random at Wesley Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Wesley Elementary School operates with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. About 63% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is above the 34% average among public schools in DuPage County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 35.3% at Wesley Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.6%.
Census Bureau estimates for DuPage County show that median household income is about $112,096, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 277 public schools operate in DuPage County, serving about 138,557 students.
Addison Trail High School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Within five miles of Wesley Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Wesley Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 220 was 14% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 193.
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