Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Aurora Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
C+

Goodwin Elem School

PublicElementaryGrades PK–5

18 Poplar Pl, North Aurora, IL 60542 · (630) 301-5003 · Part of Aurora West Unit School District 129

Aurora Township’s School Grade C better than 32% of Illinois school districts

Directions
Students
315
Students per teacher
13:1
Free or reduced lunch
34%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
PK–5
The gist

What stands out about Goodwin Elem School

  • Its own letter, C+: better results than 37% of Illinois’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 9 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 14 pts below the state
  • Enrollment up 9% since 2020–21
  • Next stop for Aurora Township kids: 6 middle schools

On the path

Where Aurora Township kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–5Goodwin Elem SchoolYou are here
6–86 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency17%
State average 25.9%
Reading / language arts17%
State average 30.7%

Its own letter, C+, places these results among Illinois’s 3,406 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

18 Poplar Pl, North Aurora

Students

Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten42
Grade 150
Grade 252
Grade 356
Grade 449
Grade 566
Enrollment over time
289’20
296’21
340’22
286’23
315’24

Up 9% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 43%White 36%Black 10%Two or more races 8%Asian 3%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Goodwin Elem School from Aurora Township families.

Other schools in Aurora West Unit School District 129

The district →
Freeman Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aurora
C+
529 students18:1
Greenman Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aurora
C
528 students13:1
McCleery Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aurora
C
513 students13:1
Hall Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aurora
C−
512 students17:1
Hill Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Aurora
D
511 students14:1
West Aurora Learning Center/ELA
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Aurora
505 students32:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Illinois’s other public schools; Aurora Township’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.