📍 800 7th Ave, Aurora, Kane County, 60505
John Gates Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Aurora, Kane County. The school has 417 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Fatima Ballesteros. It is part of the Aurora East USD 131 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
John Gates Elem School enrolls 417 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% Black or African American and 2.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 394 | 94% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 2.6% |
| White | 9 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
304 of the school's 417 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
John Gates Elem School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 42, state house district 83.
John Gates Elem School is one of 20 schools in Aurora East USD 131, based in Aurora, Illinois. The district serves 12,187 students district-wide and employs 812 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 417 students, John Gates Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 609 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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