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Schools in Naperville · Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204, Naperville Community Unit District 203

Naperville’s public schools outscore 93% of Illinois districts

49% of students in Naperville’s public schools are proficient in math, above the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Naperville, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.

#39of 768 Illinois townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
55%
▲ 25 pts vs IL 30%
2020–21
Math proficiency
49%
▲ 23 pts vs IL 26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
▲ 7 pts vs IL 88%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.4K
▼ 10% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204
Students per teacher
14.2
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
41,137 students on the public path
In brief

Naperville’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 254 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Naperville’s, its schools beat 87%, lower than their 93% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Above the state on both counts

Reading proficiency is 55% and math 49% across both districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 95% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 spends $19,401 per student and Naperville Community Unit District 203 $23,383, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Naperville’s grade

A Test scoresA− Graduation

A: better than 93% of Illinois school districts, #39 of 768 Illinois towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Illinois average; test scores are the stronger of the two.

Illinois school districts we grade (887)Better than 93%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (254)Better than 87%
A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 20,620 test results and a graduating class of 2,169 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2021, when nearly all of Naperville’s students in the tested grades sat them (19,204 in math, 22,034 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Naperville, with each school’s own grade.

35 schools teach K in Naperville’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from C to A+, so check the specific school.
Elmwood Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
726 students15:1Rate it →
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Aurora
A
683 students17:1Rate it →
Reba O Steck Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Aurora
A
669 students18:1Rate it →
May Watts Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
668 students16:1Rate it →
Steeple Run Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
622 students13:1Rate it →
Beebe Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
619 students15:1Rate it →
Mill Street Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A+
600 students13:1Rate it →
Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5
A−
589 students15:1Rate it →
Ranch View Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
584 students14:1Rate it →
Owen Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
577 students15:1Rate it →
Arlene Welch Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
576 students13:1Rate it →
Nancy Young Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Aurora
A
574 students14:1Rate it →
Oliver Julian Kendall Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
572 students15:1Rate it →
Danielle-Joy Peterson Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
570 students14:1Rate it →
Spring Brook Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
569 students17:1Rate it →
Fry Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
563 students17:1Rate it →
White Eagle Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
541 students15:1Rate it →
Prairie Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
515 students14:1Rate it →
Maplebrook Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
512 students15:1Rate it →
Highlands Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A+
510 students15:1Rate it →
River Woods Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A+
481 students14:1Rate it →
McCarty Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Aurora
C
478 students13:1Rate it →
Meadow Glens Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A+
475 students13:1Rate it →
Brookdale Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
B+
462 students15:1Rate it →
Patterson Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
453 students14:1Rate it →
Peter M Gombert Elementary Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Aurora
B−
450 students14:1Rate it →
Scott Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
435 students12:1Rate it →
Georgetown Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Aurora
C
420 students12:1Rate it →
Kingsley Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
415 students12:1Rate it →
Longwood Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
C+
346 students11:1Rate it →
Wayne Builta Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Bolingbrook
A
345 students13:1Rate it →
Robert Clow Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
343 students11:1Rate it →
V Blanche Graham Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5
A+
325 students16:1Rate it →
Naper Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–4
A
235 students14:1Rate it →
Ellsworth Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A+
227 students12:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
K–535 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to A+
6–812 middle schoolsDepends on your addressB to A+
9–125 high schoolsDepends on your addressA to A+

Naperville runs its own schools through grade 12 (Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204). From grade PK, students attend the Naperville Community Unit District 203, shared with Lisle and Lisle. Its elementary school is in Naperville. Parts of Naperville (2% of its land) are served by Plainfield School District 202 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Naperville

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204Grades PK–12 · 32 schools · 26,108 students · 14.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,401IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
Naperville Community Unit District 203Grades PK–12 · 22 schools · 16,047 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 13.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$23,383IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 20450%
State average 29.9% · 13695 students tested
Math · PK–12, Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 20447%
State average 25.8% · 11640 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Naperville Community Unit District 20363%
State average 29.9% · 8339 students tested
Math · PK–12, Naperville Community Unit District 20351%
State average 25.8% · 7564 students tested

Naperville vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Naperville’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
NapervilleAIndian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 PK–12 · Naperville Community Unit District 203 PK–12
WarrenvilleA−Community Unit School District 200 PK–12 · Community High School District 94 9–12
LisleALisle Community Unit School District 202 PK–12 · Naperville Community Unit District 203 PK–12 · Community High School District 99 9–12
BolingbrookB+Valley View Community Unit School District 365U PK–12 · Plainfield School District 202 PK–12 · Community High School District 99 9–12
AuroraB+Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 PK–12 · Aurora West Unit School District 129 PK–12 · Aurora East Unit School District 131 PK–12
PlainfieldB+Plainfield School District 202
WinfieldB+West Chicago School District 33 PK–8 · Community Unit School District 200 PK–12 · Community High School District 94 9–12
Naperville TownshipAIndian Prairie Community Unit School District 204
MiltonACommunity Unit School District 200 PK–12 · Glen Ellyn Community Consolidated School District 89 PK–8 · Glen Ellyn School District 41 PK–8
Lisle TownshipANaperville Community Unit District 203 PK–12 · Woodridge School District 68 PK–8 · Community High School District 99 9–12

2 of the 9 neighbors share Naperville Community Unit District 203 with Naperville for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Naperville

52 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Napervillein other towns
Elmwood Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
726 students15:1Rate it →
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Aurora
A
683 students17:1Rate it →
Reba O Steck Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Aurora
A
669 students18:1Rate it →
May Watts Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
668 students16:1Rate it →
Steeple Run Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
622 students13:1Rate it →
Beebe Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
619 students15:1Rate it →
Mill Street Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A+
600 students13:1Rate it →
Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5
A−
589 students15:1Rate it →
Ranch View Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
584 students14:1Rate it →
Owen Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
577 students15:1Rate it →
Arlene Welch Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
576 students13:1Rate it →
Nancy Young Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Aurora
A
574 students14:1Rate it →
Oliver Julian Kendall Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
572 students15:1Rate it →
Danielle-Joy Peterson Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
570 students14:1Rate it →
Spring Brook Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
569 students17:1Rate it →
Fry Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
563 students17:1Rate it →
White Eagle Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
541 students15:1Rate it →
Prairie Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
515 students14:1Rate it →
Maplebrook Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
512 students15:1Rate it →
Highlands Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A+
510 students15:1Rate it →
River Woods Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A+
481 students14:1Rate it →
McCarty Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Aurora
C
478 students13:1Rate it →
Meadow Glens Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A+
475 students13:1Rate it →
Brookdale Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
B+
462 students15:1Rate it →
Patterson Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
453 students14:1Rate it →
Peter M Gombert Elementary Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Aurora
B−
450 students14:1Rate it →
Scott Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
435 students12:1Rate it →
Georgetown Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Aurora
C
420 students12:1Rate it →
Kingsley Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
415 students12:1Rate it →
Longwood Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
C+
346 students11:1Rate it →
Wayne Builta Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Bolingbrook
A
345 students13:1Rate it →
Robert Clow Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
343 students11:1Rate it →
V Blanche Graham Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5
A+
325 students16:1Rate it →
Naper Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–4
A
235 students14:1Rate it →
Ellsworth Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A+
227 students12:1Rate it →
Washington Jr High School
Middle · Grades 5–8
A
551 students13:1Rate it →
Francis Granger Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Aurora
A
1,011 students14:1Rate it →
Scullen Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8
A+
948 students15:1Rate it →
Kennedy Junior High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lisle
A+
937 students14:1Rate it →
Clifford Crone Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8
A
891 students15:1Rate it →
Fischer Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Aurora
B
861 students14:1Rate it →
Jefferson Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8
A−
832 students12:1Rate it →
Thayer J Hill Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8
A−
828 students14:1Rate it →
Gordon Gregory Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8
A
811 students16:1Rate it →
Lincoln Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8
A
774 students14:1Rate it →
Still Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Aurora
A−
709 students13:1Rate it →
Madison Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8
A
566 students13:1Rate it →
Neuqua Valley High School
High · Grades 9–12
A+
3,018 students15:1Rate it →
Waubonsie Valley High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Aurora
A
2,849 students16:1Rate it →
Metea Valley High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Aurora
A
2,766 students14:1Rate it →
Naperville Central High School
High · Grades 9–12
A+
2,589 students14:1Rate it →
Naperville North High School
High · Grades 9–12
A+
2,467 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Naperville’s schools

Are Naperville’s schools good?

By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Naperville children attend outscore 93% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A Schools grade, #39 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 87%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Naperville in?

Two districts: Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 runs grades PK–12, and Naperville Community Unit District 203 runs grades PK–12, shared with Lisle and Lisle.

Where do Naperville kids go to high school?

One of 5 high schools, depending on your address: Neuqua Valley High School, Waubonsie Valley High School, Metea Valley High School, Naperville Central High School and Naperville North High School.

What is Naperville’s graduation rate?

95% of the class of 2023 in Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.

How much does Naperville spend per student?

$19,401 in Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 and $23,383 in Naperville Community Unit District 203 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.