Independence Elementary School
230 South Orchard Dr
Bolingbrook IL, 60440, Will County
Phone: 630-759-7282
Ranking: (2,155 out of 3,028, bottom 29%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Valley View Community Unit School District 365U
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 44 | 53 | 35 | 39 | 36 | 37 | 30 | |||||||
Total Students: | 751 | 764 | 739 | 716 | 707 | 735 | 676 | |||||||
Kindergarten: | 133 | 17.7% | 145 | 19.0% | 123 | 16.6% | 109 | 15.2% | 118 | 16.7% | 116 | 15.8% | 112 | 16.6% |
Grade 1: | 156 | 20.8% | 135 | 17.7% | 119 | 16.1% | 124 | 17.3% | 110 | 15.6% | 121 | 16.5% | 133 | 19.7% |
Grade 2: | 122 | 16.2% | 108 | 14.1% | 126 | 17.1% | 111 | 15.5% | 131 | 18.5% | 137 | 18.6% | 105 | 15.5% |
Grade 3: | 106 | 14.1% | 124 | 16.2% | 113 | 15.3% | 123 | 17.2% | 128 | 18.1% | 119 | 16.2% | 99 | 14.6% |
Grade 4: | 115 | 15.3% | 119 | 15.6% | 123 | 16.6% | 133 | 18.6% | 119 | 16.8% | 112 | 15.2% | 115 | 17.0% |
Grade 5: | 117 | 15.6% | 128 | 16.8% | 131 | 17.7% | 115 | 16.1% | 100 | 14.1% | 124 | 16.9% | 112 | 16.6% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 375 | 49.9% | 388 | 50.8% | 374 | 50.6% | 362 | 50.6% | 337 | 47.7% | 337 | 45.9% | 332 | 49.1% |
Female: | 376 | 50.1% | 376 | 49.2% | 365 | 49.4% | 354 | 49.4% | 319 | 45.1% | 358 | 48.7% | 310 | 45.9% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.7% | 6 | 0.8% | 6 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 33 | 4.4% | 32 | 4.2% | 34 | 4.6% | 46 | 6.4% | 56 | 7.9% | 57 | 7.8% | 49 | 7.2% |
Hispanic: | 418 | 55.7% | 418 | 54.7% | 399 | 54.0% | 360 | 50.3% | 288 | 40.7% | 273 | 37.1% | 245 | 36.2% |
Black: | 151 | 20.1% | 154 | 20.2% | 153 | 20.7% | 142 | 19.8% | 182 | 25.7% | 211 | 28.7% | 204 | 30.2% |
White: | 121 | 16.1% | 128 | 16.8% | 125 | 16.9% | 134 | 18.7% | 138 | 19.5% | 162 | 22.0% | 148 | 21.9% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 26 | 3.5% | 27 | 3.5% | 22 | 3.0% | 27 | 3.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 535 | 71.2% | 457 | 59.8% | 174 | 23.5% | 370 | 51.7% | 339 | 47.9% | 297 | 40.4% | 246 | 36.4% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 39 | 5.2% | 110 | 14.4% | 314 | 42.5% | 77 | 10.8% | 87 | 12.3% | 74 | 10.1% | 64 | 9.5% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.07 | 14.40 | 21.42 | 18.33 | 19.43 | 19.70 | 22.50 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ISAT | ||||||
2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84% | 85.1% | 75.7% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 88.8% | 79.1% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 83.6% | 79.3% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 88.9% | 85.6% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 90% | 86.7% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 88.1% | 85.1% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 87.0% | 85.2% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 85.9% | 86.4% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 89.5% | 87.3% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 89.8% | 87.7% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45.2% | 48.9% | 54.8% |
2003 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 63.9% | 62.0% |
2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 63.8% | 65.1% |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 66.1% | 66.6% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 66.1% | 70.7% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 70.3% | 72.9% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 68.4% | 71.8% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70% | 69.4% | 72.2% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 66.4% | 73.7% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 73.4% | 74.7% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 77.2% | 76.0% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 49.6% | 57.6% | 58.8% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 86.2% | 84.8% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 84.8% | 86.4% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 84.4% | 84.6% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 85.3% | 85.8% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 88.6% | 87.7% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 87.8% | 88.1% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.6% | 56.9% | 60.2% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.0% | 72.6% | 72.9% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 68.1% | 73.7% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 72.0% | 73.2% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 73.7% | 73.8% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 72.3% | 73.7% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 73.5% | 74.7% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 77.1% | 76.0% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 60.3% | 59.2% |
2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 70.1% | 66.5% |
2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.7% | 68.4% | 67.8% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 72.2% | 71.4% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.0% | 82.3% | 79.9% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 78.9% | 79.7% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 74.1% | 76.2% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 73.7% | 76.8% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 76.2% | 76.6% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 75.5% | 79.4% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 78.1% | 79.8% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 79.8% | 80.9% |
2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 75.9% | 68.3% |
2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 76.6% | 71.8% |
2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 80.8% | 73.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.2% | 80.9% | 78.6% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 85.5% | 82.5% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 80.6% | 81.3% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.9% | 82.6% | 82.5% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 83.5% | 83.4% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 86.4% | 84.0% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 83.3% | 83.6% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.9% | 52.7% | 59.4% |
2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 64.0% | 60.4% |
2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 61.6% | 60.9% |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 64.6% | 62.7% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 63.3% | 68.5% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 67.7% | 69.7% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 70.1% | 73.6% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 70.0% | 73.5% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 70.9% | 74.7% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 77.2% | 76.4% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 76.2% | 77.8% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 55.0% | 58.9% |
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* Independence Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.