The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in English language arts. The lowest is 41% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Goodrich Elem School
Goodrich Elementary is a small neighborhood school in Woodridge, a post-1950s suburban village built around industrial parks, office campuses, and highway commerce rather than a downtown center. The school serves prekindergarten through sixth grade and draws from the broader Woodridge SD 68 student population, which has recently shifted to full-day kindergarten across all its elementary schools, a change that affects household logistics for families with young children.
The school enrolls a small body of students with racial and ethnic diversity. The enrollment is predominantly white, with substantial shares of Black and Hispanic students, and smaller populations of Asian students and students from other backgrounds. Free-and-reduced-price-lunch data was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about the economic composition of the student body and available support programs.
State assessment results from spring 2025 show mixed performance. In English language arts, the school's results vary notably by grade. Third grade proficiency sits at or below midpoint, fourth grade is around midpoint, but fifth and sixth grades show stronger results, with sixth grade approaching two-thirds proficiency. Mathematics presents a steeper challenge. Third and fourth grades show proficiency rates in the low-to-mid range, and proficiency drops considerably in fifth and sixth grades, falling to roughly a third to a low two-fifths of students meeting the standard. Fifth-grade science proficiency is also below midpoint. These grade-level patterns suggest that upper-elementary mathematics and science are areas where this school may benefit from close attention and conversation with staff about instruction and support.
Across all tested grades and subjects, proficiency at Goodrich sits below the midpoint among the county's districts in DuPage County. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the lower band of its comparison set, a meaningful gap that a parent may want to explore further with the school. Understanding whether this reflects student demographics, recent instructional shifts at the district level, staffing or resource constraints, or other factors would help frame realistic expectations and growth prospects.
The district itself is in motion. It has recently adopted a new K-5 mathematics curriculum and is rolling out Project Lead the Way STEM courses in sixth and eighth grades as part of its Academic Transformation Plan. These are intentional, systemwide curriculum changes meant to strengthen instruction over time. The district is also in Phase III of a multi-year Capital Improvement Plan covering facility upgrades like roof and HVAC work, solar installations, and other projects, funded without a new referendum.
Woodridge as a place is a mid-scale suburb with no traditional downtown. Civic life disperses across commercial nodes: the Seven Bridges mixed-use district (shops, restaurants, golf, ice arena), the 75th Street retail corridor, and the Village Hall and Park District Community Center campus. Employment centers on large business parks, notably Internationale Centre, which houses tenants from equipment, tire, pizza, and logistics sectors. The housing stock spans apartments, condos, townhomes, and single-family homes; new construction is active and focused on townhomes and mixed-use infill rather than large subdivisions. The area is car-oriented and served by Pace bus routes connecting to Metra commuter rail in adjacent villages, as there is no Metra station in Woodridge itself.
For a parent considering Goodridge, the picture is a school working within a district pursuing curriculum change and facility investment, but facing below-midpoint test results, especially in mathematics and science at the upper elementary grades. The fit depends on whether a family values proximity, the school's community, and confidence that the district's transformation plan will yield improvement over time, balanced against current academic performance and the need for conversation with the school about what is driving those results and what support looks like for students not yet meeting standard.
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