Wayne Builta Elementary School, Bolingbrook IL

Original Research by School Decision on Wayne Builta Elementary School

Wayne Builta Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Bolingbrook, a sprawling suburb about thirty miles southwest of Chicago that straddles Will and DuPage counties. The school sits within Indian Prairie CUSD 204, a large suburban district serving Aurora, Bolingbrook, Plainfield, and Naperville.

The school enrolls a small to mid-sized cohort for an elementary building, with enrollment fairly balanced across grades. The student body is notably diverse by race and ethnicity, with a substantial Asian enrollment, along with smaller representations of white, Hispanic, Black, and multiracial students. Free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility data was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about economic diversity among families.

On Illinois state testing (IAR and ISA), Wayne Builta's third through fifth graders showed solid proficiency overall. In third grade, math proficiency was high, while reading was somewhat lower; both moved differently in fourth and fifth grade, with fourth-grade math dropping noticeably while fifth-grade reading rose sharply. Fifth-grade science proficiency was moderate. Because state testing cuts scores changed this year and historical trends cannot be reliably compared, a visitor cannot see whether these results mark improvement or decline. Still, the school's proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile among schools in Will County, a meaningful signal of academic strength relative to peers in the district's home county.

The school is a regular public elementary school with no special charter or magnet designation. Beyond testing results, limited data were available on program breadth, special education services, English learner supports, discipline approach, or attendance patterns, so parents should reach out to the school for detail on those fronts.

Bolingbrook itself is a car-dependent suburb with minimal walkability, built on a pattern of subdivisions, commercial corridors, and industrial space. Housing values in the zip code are moderate-to-moderate-high for the region. The area has been growing steadily through new single-family subdivisions, and the school district recently won voter approval for a substantial bond referendum that will fund facility upgrades, secure entry systems, and learning space additions across the district's schools without raising the property tax rate. This represents a multi-year investment in the schools and signals long-term stability in the district's commitment to infrastructure.

Wayne Builta is one school within a large, well-resourced suburban district. If you are considering the area, the school's strong proficiency standing and the district's recent capital commitment are solid indicators of academic and facility quality, though the school's own specialized offerings and support programs would be worth exploring directly with administration.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 387%

School 87% · District 71% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 475%

School 75% · District 66% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 580%

School 80% · District 63% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 50 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 375%

School 75% · District 63% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 478%

School 78% · District 68% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 589%

School 89% · District 73% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Science

Grade 576%

School 76% · District 61% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

This schoolIndian Prairie CUSD 204, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income39%Higher-income43%5 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income31%Higher-income59%28 pp gap