Owen Elementary School, Naperville IL

Original Research by School Decision on Owen Elementary School

Owen Elementary is a small school in Naperville, Illinois, serving approximately six hundred students in kindergarten through fifth grade as part of Indian Prairie CUSD 204, a large suburban district. The school sits on Westglen Drive in the 60565 zip code, placing it in a prosperous community about a half-hour west of Chicago.

The enrollment spans roughly equal numbers of students across most grades, with a slightly larger fifth-grade class. Students come from a racially and ethnically diverse background: roughly half the enrollment is Asian, with the remainder split among white, Black, Hispanic, and other backgrounds in smaller shares. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, though the housing market context suggests a generally affluent community.

On the most recent state testing in 2024-25, Owen's proficiency rates in mathematics ran between roughly two-thirds and just under seven-tenths across third, fourth, and fifth grades, with fifth grade performing strongest. In English language arts, the pattern is more uneven: third grade showed considerably lower proficiency at just under one-half, while fourth and fifth grades rose to around seven-tenths. Fifth-grade science proficiency came in at roughly just over one-half. These results suggest that Owen students show stronger performance in math than in literacy, and that reading and writing proficiency in the earlier elementary grades may warrant attention. The school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among the county's other districts.

Owen's classrooms are not identified by any specialized designations such as magnet or charter status. The school is part of a district that just passed a voter-approved bond referendum in November 2024 aimed at safety upgrades, secure entry systems, and learning space improvements across its schools. The district also moved to a new middle school English curriculum designed around more frequent student writing and critical thinking—a change that, while taking effect at middle school, reflects the district's evolving instructional approach to literacy.

Naperville itself is a large suburban city with a strong sense of community anchored in a walkable downtown centered on the Riverwalk and served by Metra commuter rail. The median home value in the zip code sits well above state and national benchmarks, and the market shows steady activity with moderate inventory and ongoing new residential development. Families moving to this area should expect a secure, established suburban environment with strong civic institutions including a highly ranked public library and extensive parks. Schools in Naperville mix both near-downtown and distributed outlying sites; Owen appears to serve families in the more suburban residential portions of the community south and east of downtown. Growth in the area is modest but steady, making it an attractive long-term neighborhood for families who value proximity to Chicago while keeping suburban schools and lifestyle intact.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 365%

School 65% · District 71% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 19 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 466%

School 66% · District 66%

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 568%

School 68% · District 63% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 347%

School 47% · District 63% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 470%

School 70% · District 68% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 73% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 19 pts above state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 557%

School 57% · District 61% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 2 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.