Is G N Dieterich Elementary School a good school?

G N Dieterich Elementary School ranks in the bottom 3.5% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend G N Dieterich Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 494 students attended G N Dieterich Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of G N Dieterich Elementary School?

Students at G N Dieterich Elementary School are 90% Hispanic, 4% African American, 3% White, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of G N Dieterich Elementary School attend?

Students who attend G N Dieterich Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy Middle : K D Waldo Middle School High : East High School

G N Dieterich Elementary School

Summary:

G N Dieterich Elementary School is a public elementary school in Aurora, Illinois, serving 485 students in grades K-5 and part of the Aurora East Unified School District 131.

G N Dieterich Elementary School faces significant challenges, consistently performing below state and district averages in standardized test scores. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 7% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 17.4% in the district and 41.2% statewide. In math, the proficiency rates were even lower, with only 1.4% of 4th graders and 1.7% of 5th graders meeting or exceeding standards. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 13.6% to 16.4% in recent years, significantly higher than the state average. Certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students and students with disabilities, perform particularly poorly, ranking in the bottom 5% of Illinois elementary schools.

While G N Dieterich Elementary School is part of the same district as several other nearby schools, its academic performance is consistently lower than its peers. For example, Rose E Krug Elementary School, less than a mile away, outperforms G N Dieterich in both ELA and math proficiency rates. The school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 74.02% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, suggests that it may face additional challenges in supporting its students' academic and social-emotional needs. Unfortunately, the school's performance has remained stagnant or even declined over the past several years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 1,697 out of 2,037 Illinois elementary schools in 2017-2018 to 1,995 out of 2,067 in 2023-2024.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

1141 Jackson St
Aurora, IL 60505-5647

(630) 299-8280

District: Aurora East Unified School District 131

SchoolDigger Rank:
1995^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,959

Students who attend G N Dieterich Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy
	K D Waldo Middle School
High:	East High School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.5

Number of students: 494

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

90.3%

African American:

3.6%

White:

3.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 75.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details G N Dieterich Elementary School ranks worse than 96.5% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 10^th among 12 ranked elementary schools in the Aurora East Unified School District 131. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.43. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (90.3%), African American (3.6%), White (3.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 75.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at G N Dieterich Elementary School is 16.5. 10 elementary schools in the Aurora East Unified School District 131 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare G N Dieterich Elementary School employs 29.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at G N Dieterich Elementary School is $18,959. 9 elementary schools in the Aurora East Unified School District 131 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

G N Dieterich Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks G N Dieterich Elementary School 1995^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See G N Dieterich Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Aurora East Unified School District 131:

SchoolDigger ranks Aurora East Unified School District 131 785^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for G N Dieterich Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at G N Dieterich Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	37.73	1427^th	2020	29.4%
2004	27.32	1620^th	2030	20.2%
2005	37.31	1455^th	2022	28.0%
2006	33.66	1613^th	2086	22.7%
2007	22.63	1780^th	2095	15.0%
2008	14.74	1854^th	2092	11.4%
2009	7.91	1984^th	2120	6.4%
2010	11.27	1958^th	2139	8.5%
2011	13.99	1928^th	2147	10.2%
2012	17.49	1900^th	2166	12.3%
2013	14.44	1922^nd	2167	11.3%
2014	13.38	1884^th	2093	10.0%
2015	13.42	1890^th	2052	7.9%
2016	12.93	1888^th	2046	7.7%
2017	10.73	1941^st	2044	5.0%
2018	18.81	1697^th	2037	16.7%
2019	19.76	1738^th	2086	16.7%
2021	16.79	1687^th	1948	13.4%
2022	17.07	1779^th	2082	14.6%
2023	21.20	1638^th	2077	21.1%
2024	11.43	1995^th	2067	3.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at G N Dieterich Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.17	576^th	718	19.8%
2019	26.81	659^th	743	11.3%
2021	43.88	235^th	537	56.2%
2022	31.33	598^th	768	22.1%
2023	37.68	486^th	788	38.3%
2024	21.92	779^th	826	5.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at G N Dieterich Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.24	728^th	763	4.6%
2019	18.09	1168^th	1194	2.2%
2023	16.99	1125^th	1156	2.7%
2024	15.42	1188^th	1195	0.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at G N Dieterich Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	23.30	1499^th	1765	15.1%
2019	32.23	1311^th	1816	27.8%
2021	23.18	1296^th	1514	14.4%
2022	24.72	1428^th	1763	19.0%
2023	30.56	1312^th	1808	27.4%
2024	15.71	1721^st	1793	4.0%

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Rank History for Female students at G N Dieterich Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	19.90	1616^th	1964	17.7%
2019	18.58	1733^rd	2019	14.2%
2021	15.13	1523^rd	1680	9.3%
2022	14.85	1779^th	1970	9.7%
2023	18.56	1654^th	1957	15.5%
2024	10.42	1905^th	1942	1.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at G N Dieterich Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	18.25	900^th	907	0.8%

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Rank History for Male students at G N Dieterich Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	19.21	1667^th	1972	15.5%
2019	24.85	1535^th	2019	24.0%
2021	16.30	1514^th	1707	11.3%
2022	20.87	1563^rd	1977	20.9%
2023	23.96	1481^st	1984	25.4%
2024	13.86	1810^th	1959	7.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at G N Dieterich Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	26.31	751^st	938	19.9%
2019	29.29	725^th	955	24.1%
2021	22.23	668^th	742	10.0%
2022	23.81	806^th	954	15.5%
2023	29.95	708^th	970	27.0%
2024	15.50	920^th	959	4.1%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for G N Dieterich Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	215	68	n/a	64	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	347
1990	197	63	n/a	68	3	n/a	n/a	0	331
1991	219	67	0	51	3	n/a	n/a	0	340
1992	214	74	0	58	7	n/a	n/a	0	353
1993	156	67	0	50	3	n/a	n/a	0	276
1994	165	60	0	55	4	n/a	n/a	0	284
1995	171	90	0	102	2	n/a	n/a	0	365
1996	171	90	0	102	2	n/a	n/a	0	365
1997	157	88	0	103	1	n/a	n/a	0	349
1998	124	88	1	134	1	n/a	n/a	0	348
1999	96	75	0	153	1	n/a	n/a	0	325
2000	86	65	0	141	1	n/a	n/a	0	293
2001	75	63	0	193	0	n/a	n/a	0	331
2002	92	42	2	307	0	n/a	n/a	0	443
2003	92	42	2	307	0	n/a	n/a	0	443
2004	93	50	1	349	0	n/a	n/a	0	493
2005	93	37	1	384	0	n/a	n/a	3	518
2006	77	35	0	411	0	n/a	n/a	7	530
2007	68	42	0	520	1	n/a	n/a	13	644
2008	76	38	1	584	1	n/a	n/a	14	714
2009	65	31	1	621	0	n/a	n/a	31	749
2010	50	32	1	603	0	n/a	n/a	43	729
2011	37	26	1	610	0	0	50	0	724
2012	33	52	0	579	13	0	25	0	702
2013	32	37	0	597	12	0	14	0	692
2014	39	28	1	546	6	0	13	0	633
2015	35	26	3	521	6	0	17	0	608
2016	24	33	1	496	5	0	11	0	570
2017	30	33	1	500	5	0	10	0	579
2018	27	36	0	485	3	0	6	0	557
2019	18	25	0	430	2	0	11	0	486
2020	21	24	1	404	1	0	10	0	461
2021	24	24	2	469	3	2	7	0	531
2022	20	24	2	429	2	0	7	0	484
2023	19	25	1	428	1	0	11	0	485
2024	17	18	1	446	1	0	11	0	494

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at G N Dieterich Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	347	18.5	18.7	n/a
1990	331	17.6	18.8	n/a
1991	340	16.6	20.4	n/a
1992	353	15.5	22.7	n/a
1993	276	13.1	21.1	n/a
1994	284	10.5	27.0	n/a
1995	365	17.8	20.5	n/a
1996	365	17.8	20.5	n/a
1997	349	17.4	20.1	n/a
1998	348	17.5	19.9	n/a
1999	325	17.5	18.6	n/a
2000	293	22.0	13.3	n/a
2001	331	21.0	15.8	n/a
2002	443	20.0	22.2	71.3
2003	443	20.0	22.2	71.3
2004	493	18.4	26.8	58.4
2005	518	29.0	17.9	62.3
2006	530	29.0	18.3	57.7
2007	644	34.0	18.9	62.9
2008	714	29.0	24.6	56.1
2009	749	32.0	23.4	73.3
2010	729	34.0	21.4	81.8
2011	724	34.0	21.2	70.2
2012	702	34.5	20.3	81.8
2013	692	n/a	n/a	91.9
2014	633	33.5	18.8	75
2015	608	33.0	18.4	82.6
2016	570	31.0	18.3	59.6
2017	579	34.5	16.7	72
2018	557	32.2	17.2	70.4
2019	486	29.5	16.4	70.6
2020	461	31.2	14.7	69.6
2021	531	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	484	25.2	19.1	65.9
2023	485	32.2	15.0	74
2024	494	29.7	16.5	75.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio G N Dieterich Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	347	18.5	18.7	n/a
1990	331	17.6	18.8	n/a
1991	340	16.6	20.4	n/a
1992	353	15.5	22.7	n/a
1993	276	13.1	21.1	n/a
1994	284	10.5	27.0	n/a
1995	365	17.8	20.5	n/a
1996	365	17.8	20.5	n/a
1997	349	17.4	20.1	n/a
1998	348	17.5	19.9	n/a
1999	325	17.5	18.6	n/a
2000	293	22.0	13.3	n/a
2001	331	21.0	15.8	n/a
2002	443	20.0	22.2	71.3
2003	443	20.0	22.2	71.3
2004	493	18.4	26.8	58.4
2005	518	29.0	17.9	62.3
2006	530	29.0	18.3	57.7
2007	644	34.0	18.9	62.9
2008	714	29.0	24.6	56.1
2009	749	32.0	23.4	73.3
2010	729	34.0	21.4	81.8
2011	724	34.0	21.2	70.2
2012	702	34.5	20.3	81.8
2013	692	n/a	n/a	91.9
2014	633	33.5	18.8	75
2015	608	33.0	18.4	82.6
2016	570	31.0	18.3	59.6
2017	579	34.5	16.7	72
2018	557	32.2	17.2	70.4
2019	486	29.5	16.4	70.6
2020	461	31.2	14.7	69.6
2021	531	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	484	25.2	19.1	65.9
2023	485	32.2	15.0	74
2024	494	29.7	16.5	75.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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