Is Waterbury Elementary School a good school?

Waterbury Elementary School ranks 1017 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Waterbury Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 439 students attended Waterbury Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Waterbury Elementary School?

Students at Waterbury Elementary School are 57% White, 25% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 3% African American.

What schools do graduates of Waterbury Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Waterbury Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Spring Wood Middle School High : Lake Park High School

Waterbury Elementary School

Summary:

Waterbury Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Roselle, Illinois, serving 409 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Keeneyville School District 20, which is ranked 626 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Waterbury Elementary School faces several challenges, including lower academic performance compared to state averages and the district. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rate was 26.8%, while the district's was 26.5% and the state's was 41.2%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was 30.9%, higher than the district's 19.6% but still lower than the state's 28.4%. However, the school's performance in Science is better, with a 55.2% proficiency rate compared to the district's 47.1% and the state's 53.2%. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with English Language Learner (ELL) students performing relatively well, but Hispanic and White students performing in the bottom 50% of Illinois elementary schools. Additionally, Waterbury Elementary School has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 4.2% in 2019-2020 to 21.4% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average.

Interestingly, Waterbury Elementary School's performance is generally lower than the nearby Schaumburg CCSD 54 and Roselle School District 12 schools, such as Frederick Nerge Elementary School, which has significantly higher proficiency rates and a lower chronic absenteeism rate. The school's challenges may be related to the district's overall low ranking and 1-star rating, as well as the school's demographics, with a relatively high percentage of Hispanic and low-socioeconomic status students. However, the school's strong performance for ELL students suggests that it may have effective strategies in place that could be replicated to support other student subgroups and improve the school's overall academic performance.

Detail:

Public K-5

355 Rodenburg Rd
Roselle, IL 60172-1646

(630) 894-4202

District: Keeneyville School District 20

SchoolDigger Rank:
1017^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,580

Students who attend Waterbury Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Spring Wood Middle School
High:	Lake Park High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.1

Number of students: 439

Racial breakdown:

White:

56.9%

Hispanic:

24.8%

Asian:

11.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 44.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Waterbury Elementary School ranks better than 50.8% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 46.1. (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: White (56.9%), Hispanic (24.8%), Asian (11.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 44.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Waterbury Elementary School is 11.1, which is the highest among 3 elementary schools in the Keeneyville School District 20! (See more...)

Compare Waterbury Elementary School employs 39.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Waterbury Elementary School is $15,580. 1 elementary schools in the Keeneyville School District 20 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Waterbury Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Waterbury Elementary School 1017^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Waterbury Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Low Socio Economic Status students:

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Male students:

Hispanic students:

White students:

Keeneyville School District 20:

SchoolDigger ranks Keeneyville School District 20 626^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Waterbury Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Waterbury Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	63.98	886^th	2020	56.1%
2004	74.83	526^th	2030	74.1%
2005	58.00	1036^th	2022	48.8%
2006	63.84	929^th	2086	55.5%
2007	62.79	953^rd	2095	54.5%
2008	69.28	740^th	2092	64.6%
2009	72.35	659^th	2120	68.9%
2010	68.18	807^th	2139	62.3%
2011	72.06	652^nd	2147	69.6%
2012	65.65	882^nd	2166	59.3%
2013	56.03	1037^th	2167	52.1%
2014	58.68	907^th	2093	56.7%
2015	55.91	789^th	2052	61.5%
2016	51.75	923^rd	2046	54.9%
2017	48.43	988^th	2044	51.7%
2018	35.01	1295^th	2037	36.4%
2019	46.47	1039^th	2086	50.2%
2021	44.12	970^th	1948	50.2%
2022	40.27	1175^th	2082	43.6%
2023	48.73	984^th	2077	52.6%
2024	46.10	1017^th	2067	50.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Waterbury Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	33.96	519^th	718	27.7%
2019	69.18	104^th	743	86.0%
2021	49.26	176^th	537	67.2%
2022	43.78	378^th	768	50.8%
2023	53.22	261^st	788	66.9%
2024	55.76	241^st	826	70.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Waterbury Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	30.05	848^th	1194	29.0%
2021	45.02	306^th	640	52.2%
2022	66.08	227^th	1113	79.6%
2023	34.07	714^th	1156	38.2%
2024	44.76	559^th	1195	53.2%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.59	1148^th	1765	35.0%
2019	55.21	674^th	1816	62.9%
2021	49.44	644^th	1514	57.5%
2022	44.35	915^th	1763	48.1%
2023	56.45	653^rd	1808	63.9%
2024	58.29	594^th	1793	66.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Waterbury Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	40.45	1127^th	1964	42.6%
2019	46.62	1027^th	2019	49.1%
2021	47.30	799^th	1680	52.4%
2022	40.26	1080^th	1970	45.2%
2023	53.32	813^th	1957	58.5%
2024	48.67	904^th	1942	53.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Waterbury Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	62.05	232^nd	907	74.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Waterbury Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.28	1375^th	1972	30.3%
2019	47.84	967^th	2019	52.1%
2021	35.54	1027^th	1707	39.8%
2022	39.04	1116^th	1977	43.6%
2023	43.01	1044^th	1984	47.4%
2024	43.08	1016^th	1959	48.1%

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Rank History for Asian students at Waterbury Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	44.79	141^st	237	40.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Waterbury Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.66	828^th	938	11.7%
2019	33.99	653^rd	955	31.6%
2021	29.95	539^th	742	27.4%
2022	25.83	768^th	954	19.5%
2023	44.66	494^th	970	49.1%
2024	35.34	625^th	959	34.8%

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Rank History for White students at Waterbury Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	19.38	1275^th	1463	12.9%
2019	30.42	1064^th	1462	27.2%
2021	30.48	969^th	1308	25.9%
2022	24.42	1161^st	1425	18.5%
2023	33.21	993^rd	1419	30.0%
2024	37.83	887^th	1392	36.3%

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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

Review counts

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by a parent
Thursday, November 2, 2017

My family loves this school. The staff is incredible - dedicated and hardworking. The district is innovative and always pushing the envelope with technology and new teaching methods. The teachers and administration are passionate about what they do. Our family wouldn’t change a thing about our experience here. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, November 2, 2017

The teachers in this school are amazing! I don't know what the criteria is for these results, but this definitely does not accurately reflect this school at all! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Waterbury Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	467	11	72	9	2	n/a	n/a	0	561
1989	503	6	68	9	7	n/a	n/a	0	593
1990	479	5	60	14	10	n/a	n/a	0	568
1991	579	9	60	7	2	n/a	n/a	0	657
1992	550	6	48	7	2	n/a	n/a	0	613
1993	557	4	47	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	619
1994	514	7	50	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	584
1995	472	7	59	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	561
1996	472	7	59	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	561
1997	476	9	59	41	15	n/a	n/a	0	600
1998	463	7	69	40	4	n/a	n/a	0	583
1999	423	8	74	41	0	n/a	n/a	0	546
2000	395	7	77	51	1	n/a	n/a	0	531
2001	378	17	71	53	0	n/a	n/a	0	519
2002	368	15	73	73	0	n/a	n/a	0	529
2003	368	15	73	73	0	n/a	n/a	0	529
2004	398	26	76	86	0	n/a	n/a	0	586
2005	389	17	85	92	0	n/a	n/a	0	583
2006	378	22	98	91	3	n/a	n/a	1	593
2007	375	23	85	97	3	n/a	n/a	1	584
2008	375	31	93	99	0	n/a	n/a	8	606
2009	363	26	85	71	1	n/a	n/a	10	556
2010	350	37	85	94	0	n/a	n/a	16	582
2011	340	32	79	103	1	0	13	0	568
2012	342	33	74	104	2	0	4	0	559
2013	336	32	69	123	1	1	6	0	568
2014	329	27	62	122	0	0	20	0	560
2015	308	15	43	96	1	0	22	0	485
2016	312	22	48	91	1	0	21	0	495
2017	308	24	39	93	2	1	17	0	484
2018	275	32	41	93	2	0	28	0	471
2019	270	29	37	94	3	0	20	0	453
2020	257	27	32	99	3	0	11	0	429
2021	233	15	40	93	3	1	14	0	399
2022	236	21	38	97	4	1	18	0	415
2023	234	11	44	104	1	1	14	0	409
2024	250	12	49	109	1	0	18	0	439

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 Waterbury Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	561	29.8	18.8	n/a
1989	593	28.8	20.5	n/a
1990	568	25.0	22.7	n/a
1991	657	32.0	20.5	n/a
1992	613	31.0	19.7	n/a
1993	619	29.5	21.0	n/a
1994	584	26.9	21.7	n/a
1995	561	25.9	21.7	n/a
1996	561	25.9	21.7	n/a
1997	600	27.1	22.1	n/a
1998	583	30.5	19.1	n/a
1999	546	30.0	18.2	n/a
2000	531	32.0	16.6	n/a
2001	519	30.0	17.3	n/a
2002	529	29.0	18.2	0
2003	529	29.0	18.2	0
2004	586	31.0	18.9	0
2005	583	32.0	18.2	0
2006	593	32.0	18.5	0
2007	584	29.0	20.1	7.9
2008	606	29.0	20.9	10.2
2009	556	33.6	16.5	15.4
2010	582	32.5	17.9	21.6
2011	568	29.6	19.1	22.5
2012	559	30.2	18.5	22.5
2013	568	33.8	16.7	28.9
2014	560	33.0	16.9	19.8
2015	485	34.0	14.2	38.4
2016	495	38.0	13.0	19.8
2017	484	36.0	13.4	22.5
2018	471	35.7	13.1	34.2
2019	453	36.0	12.5	36.4
2020	429	36.5	11.7	39.4
2021	399	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	415	33.3	12.4	40.5
2023	409	35.8	11.4	44
2024	439	39.3	11.1	44.9

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 Waterbury Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	561	29.8	18.8	n/a
1989	593	28.8	20.5	n/a
1990	568	25.0	22.7	n/a
1991	657	32.0	20.5	n/a
1992	613	31.0	19.7	n/a
1993	619	29.5	21.0	n/a
1994	584	26.9	21.7	n/a
1995	561	25.9	21.7	n/a
1996	561	25.9	21.7	n/a
1997	600	27.1	22.1	n/a
1998	583	30.5	19.1	n/a
1999	546	30.0	18.2	n/a
2000	531	32.0	16.6	n/a
2001	519	30.0	17.3	n/a
2002	529	29.0	18.2	0
2003	529	29.0	18.2	0
2004	586	31.0	18.9	0
2005	583	32.0	18.2	0
2006	593	32.0	18.5	0
2007	584	29.0	20.1	7.9
2008	606	29.0	20.9	10.2
2009	556	33.6	16.5	15.4
2010	582	32.5	17.9	21.6
2011	568	29.6	19.1	22.5
2012	559	30.2	18.5	22.5
2013	568	33.8	16.7	28.9
2014	560	33.0	16.9	19.8
2015	485	34.0	14.2	38.4
2016	495	38.0	13.0	19.8
2017	484	36.0	13.4	22.5
2018	471	35.7	13.1	34.2
2019	453	36.0	12.5	36.4
2020	429	36.5	11.7	39.4
2021	399	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	415	33.3	12.4	40.5
2023	409	35.8	11.4	44
2024	439	39.3	11.1	44.9

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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