The top reported proficiency rate is 42% in English language arts. The lowest is 27% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Georgetown Elementary School
Georgetown Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Aurora as part of Indian Prairie CUSD 204. The school enrolls a diverse student body in which roughly half the population identifies as Hispanic, about a fifth as Black, a fifth as white, and the remainder as Asian or multiracial. The school sits in a mid-sized suburban setting within the second-largest city in Illinois, an area that is actively revitalizing downtown and adding residential density.
On state testing, the school's results in reading and math show below-median performance across the district. In third grade, roughly two in five students test proficient in both reading and math. Fourth grade drops significantly, with fewer than one in four reaching proficiency in math, though reading sits around two in five. Fifth grade shows math proficiency around one in three and reading around two in five. In science at fifth grade, about one in four students test proficient. The school participates fully in state assessments, with no gaps in participation. Testing scale scores and demographic breakdowns by race or special population were not available in the state data.
The school does not report free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility or rates, English learner counts, or special education counts. Without these figures, it is not possible to characterize the socioeconomic or language-support profile of the enrollment. School leaders may want to contact Georgetown directly for that context. State policy changes to testing cut scores in 2024-25 mean that direct year-over-year comparison with prior years is not reliable.
Against other schools in DuPage County, Georgetown's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile. The school does not report chronic absenteeism or graduation-rate data; graduation rates do not apply to elementary schools, and absenteeism was not in the state submission.
The surrounding community is suburban and mixed-use. Aurora's downtown, centered on Stolp Island along the Fox River, hosts the Paramount Theatre, museums, and retail anchors within a compact, walkable core, though most of the city beyond downtown follows auto-oriented suburban patterns. The area is in active growth. A major ground-up development broke ground in 2024 to add affordable apartments downtown, and several hundred additional garden-style apartments are under construction in the southwest corner of the city. Housing values in the area have risen modestly year-over-year, and the market shows steady inventory. The median mortgage payment is in the mid-range relative to household income in the region, and rental affordability stands at roughly one-third of household income.
Indian Prairie District itself faces a significant shift in its tax structure. Voters approved a substantial facilities bond in November 2024 to fund safety upgrades, secure entryways, surveillance, and modernization of older school buildings district-wide over roughly the next twenty years. The district has structured the bond payments so they do not increase the property-tax rate; instead, they extend a pre-existing debt-service rate beyond when it was scheduled to expire. For any family considering a move into the district, this represents a long-term commitment to that tax rate. The district has also adopted a new middle school English Language Arts curriculum focused on writing frequency and critical thinking, a shift that will affect students as they advance through the grades.
Georgetown Elementary's test results, when placed against county benchmarks, fall below the median. A parent examining this school should seek clarity from the building or district on what academic supports, intervention structures, and monitoring systems are in place for students who do not demonstrate grade-level proficiency, and whether any whole-school initiatives are underway to address the current performance pattern. The diversity of the student body and the suburban setting are straightforward facts that may appeal to or shape fit depending on family preference and values.
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