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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADDISON SD 4·NCES 170315000010

Wesley Elementary School

1111 W Westwood Trl, Addison, IL 60101 · (630) 628-4060 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL220 STUDENTS
Enrollment
220
Elementary
DISTRICT 285 · STATE 381
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
138 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten3014%
Grade 12813%
Grade 23014%
Grade 34621%
Grade 44420%
Grade 54219%

This year's kindergarten class (30) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).

Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 69% · US 70%
White
5726%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 45% · US 43%
Hispanic
12858%
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 29% · US 30%
Black
115%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
146%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
94%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
11552%
Female
10548%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Wesley Elementary School→Indian Trail Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Addison SD 4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)
English Language Arts
45.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +22.0pp since 2023
Math
35.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.8pp since 2023

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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2545.2%35.7%
2023-2423.2%18.9%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 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.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Wesley Elementary School this school22062.7%39.6%
Westview Elementary School
Wood Dale
27762.8%35.8%
West Oak Intermediate School
Mundelein
26859.7%31.6%
North Elementary School
Franklin Park
19956.8%53.7%
Reskin Elementary School
Glendale Hts
29463.6%36.8%
South Elementary School
Des Plaines
25355.3%50.5%
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 Wesley Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IllinoisIn 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
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 2024-25
Enrollment
220
+27 (+14%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 332
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252202210.0:163% (138)
2023-2417321.38.1:165% (112)
2022-23180218.6:157% (103)
2020-21193N/AN/AN/A
2017-18233249.7:155% (128)
2015-162282011.4:148% (109)
2010-113341818.6:140% (132)
2000-013301719.4:1N/A
1990-913321620.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wesley Elementary School.

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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DuPage County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Wesley Elementary School
District
Addison SD 4
Address
1111 W Westwood Trl, Addison, IL 60101
Phone
(630) 628-4060
County
DuPage County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
220
Teachers (FTE)
22
Student–teacher ratio
10.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
138 (63%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
170315000010
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Other Wesley Elementary schools

One other US public school is named Wesley Elementary. Wesley Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Wesley Elementary School
How many students attend Wesley Elementary School?
Wesley Elementary School enrolls approximately 220 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Wesley Elementary School serve?
Wesley Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Wesley Elementary School?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at Wesley Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wesley Elementary School?
At Wesley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 58% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wesley Elementary School?
Wesley Elementary School is overseen by Addison SD 4 in DuPage County.
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