Is Hall Elementary School a good school?

Hall Elementary School ranks in the bottom 9.0% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Hall Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 542 students attended Hall Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Hall Elementary School?

Students at Hall Elementary School are 65% Hispanic, 14% White, 13% African American, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Hall Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Hall Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Jefferson Middle School High : West Aurora High School

Hall Elementary School

Summary:

Hall Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Aurora, Illinois, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 542 students. The school is part of the Aurora West Unified School District 129, which is ranked 693 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hall Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Illinois elementary schools, with a ranking between 1521 and 1882 out of around 2,000 schools over the past several years. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly below state and district averages, with only 9.1% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 6.5% proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 25.9% and 15.4% in the district, respectively. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, and White students, as well as English Language Learners and students with disabilities. Additionally, Hall Elementary School has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 9.8% in the 2019-2020 school year to 28.4% in the 2023-2024 school year.

When compared to other elementary schools in the same district, Hall Elementary School generally performs worse on academic measures, with lower proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics. However, some nearby schools, such as Fearn Elementary and Goodwin Elementary, perform significantly better than Hall Elementary, with proficiency rates that are 2-3 times higher in some cases. The school's spending per student ($12,579 in 2022-2023) is slightly lower than the state average, but not significantly so, suggesting that funding may not be the primary driver of the school's academic challenges.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

2001 Heather Dr
Aurora, IL 60506-1800

(630) 301-5005

District: Aurora West Unified School District 129

SchoolDigger Rank:
1882^nd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,484

Students who attend Hall Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Jefferson Middle School
High:	West Aurora High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.2

Number of students: 542

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

65.1%

White:

13.8%

African American:

13.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 55.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Hall Elementary School ranks worse than 91% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 10 ranked elementary schools in the Aurora West Unified School District 129. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.16. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high 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 Hall Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Aurora West Unified School District 129. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hall Elementary School is $14,484. 8 elementary schools in the Aurora West Unified School District 129 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Hall Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Hall Elementary School 1882^nd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Hall Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Aurora West Unified School District 129:

SchoolDigger ranks Aurora West Unified School District 129 693^rd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Hall Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Hall Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	45.63	1288^th	2020	36.2%
2004	44.71	1322^nd	2030	34.9%
2005	45.56	1320^th	2022	34.7%
2006	44.17	1418^th	2086	32.0%
2007	40.00	1504^th	2095	28.2%
2008	26.62	1674^th	2092	20.0%
2009	29.37	1653^rd	2120	22.0%
2010	24.74	1739^th	2139	18.7%
2011	29.78	1656^th	2147	22.9%
2012	18.84	1881^st	2166	13.2%
2013	27.33	1647^th	2167	24.0%
2014	27.85	1587^th	2093	24.2%
2015	30.89	1388^th	2052	32.4%
2016	25.32	1559^th	2046	23.8%
2017	21.29	1642^nd	2044	19.7%
2018	18.68	1703^rd	2037	16.4%
2019	22.71	1636^th	2086	21.6%
2021	21.63	1521^st	1948	21.9%
2022	19.97	1666^th	2082	20.0%
2023	18.11	1752^nd	2077	15.6%
2024	14.16	1882^nd	2067	9.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Hall Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.75	615^th	718	14.3%
2019	23.71	692^nd	743	6.9%
2021	33.92	390^th	537	27.4%
2022	30.59	618^th	768	19.5%
2023	33.55	564^th	788	28.4%
2024	25.40	728^th	826	11.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Hall Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.35	527^th	763	30.9%
2019	28.21	888^th	1194	25.6%
2022	20.91	1071^st	1113	3.8%
2023	20.80	1034^th	1156	10.6%
2024	17.74	1125^th	1195	5.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Hall Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	17.32	1647^th	1765	6.7%
2019	29.58	1392^nd	1816	23.3%
2021	23.91	1270^th	1514	16.1%
2022	27.67	1346^th	1763	23.7%
2023	22.10	1571^st	1808	13.1%
2024	18.65	1643^rd	1793	8.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Hall Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	17.03	1700^th	1964	13.4%
2019	22.39	1624^th	2019	19.6%
2021	21.01	1365^th	1680	18.8%
2022	20.55	1579^th	1970	19.8%
2023	17.28	1699^th	1957	13.2%
2024	16.63	1696^th	1942	12.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Hall Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	19.69	852^nd	886	3.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Hall Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.90	1551^st	1972	21.3%
2019	24.69	1540^th	2019	23.7%
2021	20.75	1383^rd	1707	19.0%
2022	20.56	1572^nd	1977	20.5%
2023	19.94	1601^st	1984	19.3%
2024	13.01	1844^th	1959	5.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Hall Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.95	601^st	698	13.9%
2019	29.36	544^th	711	23.5%
2024	16.62	654^th	655	0.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Hall Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.88	822^nd	938	12.4%
2019	21.71	847^th	955	11.3%
2021	28.26	571^st	742	23.0%
2022	25.80	770^th	954	19.3%
2023	23.83	825^th	970	14.9%
2024	18.21	886^th	959	7.6%

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Rank History for White students at Hall Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	31.25	1049^th	1463	28.3%
2019	44.30	842^nd	1462	42.4%
2022	13.92	1314^th	1425	7.8%
2023	12.52	1331^st	1419	6.2%
2024	9.39	1341^st	1392	3.7%

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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 Hall Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	349	73	9	20	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	451
1989	350	77	9	20	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	456
1990	357	78	13	32	2	n/a	n/a	0	482
1991	369	80	12	41	0	n/a	n/a	0	502
1992	362	71	5	52	0	n/a	n/a	0	490
1993	398	94	2	103	0	n/a	n/a	0	597
1994	383	96	6	100	0	n/a	n/a	0	585
1995	404	80	7	147	0	n/a	n/a	0	638
1996	404	80	7	147	0	n/a	n/a	0	638
1997	392	99	8	146	0	n/a	n/a	0	645
1998	404	100	8	159	0	n/a	n/a	0	671
1999	338	109	9	79	0	n/a	n/a	0	535
2000	331	116	10	100	0	n/a	n/a	0	557
2001	323	141	15	133	0	n/a	n/a	0	612
2002	285	138	15	188	0	n/a	n/a	0	626
2003	285	138	15	188	0	n/a	n/a	0	626
2004	280	135	17	204	0	n/a	n/a	0	636
2005	254	129	16	196	0	n/a	n/a	0	595
2006	215	130	15	205	0	n/a	n/a	6	571
2007	206	127	12	221	0	n/a	n/a	19	585
2008	175	127	10	237	2	n/a	n/a	22	573
2009	174	117	7	257	2	n/a	n/a	24	581
2010	139	121	7	239	1	n/a	n/a	36	543
2011	127	92	7	252	12	2	20	0	512
2012	134	105	9	338	7	1	24	0	618
2013	139	113	17	348	4	2	20	0	643
2014	130	107	14	361	0	3	21	0	636
2015	130	85	12	341	0	2	17	0	587
2016	137	100	14	354	0	2	23	0	630
2017	116	99	12	355	1	4	19	0	606
2018	108	88	18	336	1	2	11	0	564
2019	99	80	26	332	1	2	15	0	555
2020	101	93	26	341	0	1	13	0	575
2021	86	78	26	307	0	1	15	0	513
2022	70	68	27	351	0	0	12	0	528
2023	75	72	27	353	0	0	15	0	542

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 Hall Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	451	22.5	20.0	n/a
1989	456	21.4	21.3	n/a
1990	482	23.1	20.8	n/a
1991	502	23.2	21.6	n/a
1992	490	23.8	20.5	n/a
1993	597	25.7	23.2	n/a
1994	585	27.0	21.7	n/a
1995	638	30.5	20.9	n/a
1996	638	30.5	20.9	n/a
1997	645	31.5	20.5	n/a
1998	671	32.5	20.6	n/a
1999	535	28.9	18.5	n/a
2000	557	34.5	16.1	n/a
2001	612	36.5	16.8	n/a
2002	626	33.9	18.5	24.4
2003	626	33.9	18.5	24.4
2004	636	33.6	18.9	23.6
2005	595	34.0	17.5	23.2
2006	571	32.0	17.8	30.6
2007	585	29.0	20.2	35.3
2008	573	29.0	19.8	41.9
2009	581	35.0	16.6	46.9
2010	543	32.0	16.9	52.7
2011	512	27.5	18.6	54.1
2012	618	31.0	19.9	66.8
2013	643	33.7	19.0	67.3
2014	636	27.0	23.5	68.7
2015	587	31.0	18.9	72.2
2016	630	33.0	19.0	92.9
2017	606	35.0	17.3	46.2
2018	564	32.0	17.6	47.3
2019	555	33.9	16.3	57.3
2020	575	34.0	16.9	57
2021	513	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	528	32.0	16.5	40.2
2023	542	38.0	14.2	55.4

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 Hall Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	451	22.5	20.0	n/a
1989	456	21.4	21.3	n/a
1990	482	23.1	20.8	n/a
1991	502	23.2	21.6	n/a
1992	490	23.8	20.5	n/a
1993	597	25.7	23.2	n/a
1994	585	27.0	21.7	n/a
1995	638	30.5	20.9	n/a
1996	638	30.5	20.9	n/a
1997	645	31.5	20.5	n/a
1998	671	32.5	20.6	n/a
1999	535	28.9	18.5	n/a
2000	557	34.5	16.1	n/a
2001	612	36.5	16.8	n/a
2002	626	33.9	18.5	24.4
2003	626	33.9	18.5	24.4
2004	636	33.6	18.9	23.6
2005	595	34.0	17.5	23.2
2006	571	32.0	17.8	30.6
2007	585	29.0	20.2	35.3
2008	573	29.0	19.8	41.9
2009	581	35.0	16.6	46.9
2010	543	32.0	16.9	52.7
2011	512	27.5	18.6	54.1
2012	618	31.0	19.9	66.8
2013	643	33.7	19.0	67.3
2014	636	27.0	23.5	68.7
2015	587	31.0	18.9	72.2
2016	630	33.0	19.0	92.9
2017	606	35.0	17.3	46.2
2018	564	32.0	17.6	47.3
2019	555	33.9	16.3	57.3
2020	575	34.0	16.9	57
2021	513	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	528	32.0	16.5	40.2
2023	542	38.0	14.2	55.4

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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