Yorkville Grade School

Yorkville Grade School is one of the modestly sized K-5 schools in Yorkville, Illinois, one of the schools within Yorkville CUSD 115, with 192 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Yorkville Grade School sits 50% smaller than that benchmark.

Yorkville CUSD 115 runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 7,174 students. Yorkville Grade School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Yorkville Grade School reports that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 28% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Yorkville Grade School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.9%.

In the surrounding community, Kendall County reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,601 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Kendall County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,773 students), Yorkville Grade School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Yorkville High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Yorkville Grade School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Yorkville Grade School's enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 223 (now 192). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 17% to 28%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.