Schools · Naperville
Naperville, IL schools
Naperville’s public schools score well above Illinois’s averages: 47% of students are proficient in reading against 30.7% statewide, and 96% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.3%. Kids attend one of 12 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 4 middle schools and Waubonsie Valley High School or Metea Valley High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A
Naperville’s School Grade: A
The public schools Naperville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 90% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresA-Graduation
Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 90%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (705)Better than 94%
High confidence. Built on 11,750 tested students and a graduating class of 2,378; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Illinois’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2018.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Illinois only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Illinois with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Naperville kids go to school
Grades K–5
12 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204Grades 6–8
4 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204Grades 9–12
AWaubonsie Valley High School or AMetea Valley High School
Depends on your address Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades K–12, Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204)47%
State average 30.7%
Math (grades K–12, Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204)47%
State average 25.8%
Graduation · class of 2018
96% graduate on time
Graduation rate
96%
IL: 87.3%
Graduating class
2,378
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #122 of 635 IL towns →
Districts
The district serving Naperville
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 42 schools in Naperville
Showing 1–30 of 42 schools
Elmwood Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 726 students
APublicGwendolyn Brooks ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 683 students
APublicReba O Steck Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 669 students
APublicMay Watts Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 668 students
APublicMill Street Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 600 students
A+PublicMary Lou Cowlishaw ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 589 students
A-PublicOwen Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 577 students
APublicNancy Young Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 574 students
APublicWhite Eagle ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 541 students
APublicMcCarty Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 478 students
C+PublicBrookdale Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 462 students
B+PublicPeter M Gombert Elementary SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 450 students
BPublicGeorgetown Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 420 students
CPublicBower Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 406 students
A-PublicLongwood Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 346 students
C+PublicNaper Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 235 students
APublicFrancis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,011 students
APublicFischer Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 861 students
BPublicThayer J Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 828 students
A-PublicStill Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 709 students
A-PublicWashington Jr High SchoolMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 551 students
APublicWaubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,849 students
APublicMetea Valley High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,766 students
APublicNaperville Central High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,589 students
A+PublicNaperville North High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,467 students
A+PublicIllinois Youth Center-WarrenvilleHigh · Grades 8–12 · 34 students
PublicSTEPSHigh · Grades 12
PublicPrairie Children PreschoolPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 643 students
PublicALL ABOUT KIDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL
PrivateALL SAINTS CATHOLIC ACADEMY
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.