Aurora West USD 129
Public school district based in Aurora, Illinois. NCES district ID 1704710; state ID IL-31-045-1290-22.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
17
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
11,020
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
749.1
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
14.7
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 545 | |
| Kindergarten | 686 | |
| Grade 1 | 746 | |
| Grade 2 | 757 | |
| Grade 3 | 750 | |
| Grade 4 | 763 | |
| Grade 5 | 780 | |
| Grade 6 | 776 | |
| Grade 7 | 762 | |
| Grade 8 | 813 | |
| Grade 9 | 997 | |
| Grade 10 | 867 | |
| Grade 11 | 842 | |
| Grade 12 | 936 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.1% | |
| Asian | 3.2% | |
| Black or African American | 9.6% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 64.6% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.1% | |
| Two or more races | 3.3% | |
| White | 19.2% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 48.3% | |
| Male | 51.7% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Suburb 16, Rural 1.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Aurora High School Aurora | 9–12 | Regular | 3,641 | 225.1 | 16.2 | Suburb: Large |
| Washington Middle School Aurora | 6–8 | Regular | 690 | 44.0 | 15.7 | Suburb: Large |
| Herget Middle School Aurora | 6–8 | Regular | 594 | 41.0 | 14.5 | Rural: Fringe |
| Jefferson Middle School Aurora | 6–8 | Regular | 577 | 46.0 | 12.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Freeman Elem School Aurora | PK–5 | Regular | 529 | 30.0 | 17.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Greenman Elem School Aurora | PK–5 | Regular | 528 | 41.0 | 12.9 | Suburb: Large |
| McCleery Elem School Aurora | PK–5 | Regular | 513 | 39.0 | 13.2 | Suburb: Large |
| Hall Elem School Aurora | PK–5 | Regular | 512 | 30.0 | 17.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Hill Elem School Aurora | PK–5 | Regular | 511 | 37.1 | 13.8 | Suburb: Large |
| West Aurora Learning Center/ELA Aurora | PK | Regular | 505 | 16.0 | 31.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Fearn Elementary School North Aurora | K–5 | Regular | 492 | 29.0 | 17 | Suburb: Large |
| Jewel Middle School North Aurora | 6–8 | Regular | 490 | 36.1 | 13.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Smith Elem School Aurora | PK–5 | Regular | 425 | 31.1 | 13.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Schneider Elem School North Aurora | K–5 | Regular | 361 | 30.0 | 12 | Suburb: Large |
| Nicholson Elem School Montgomery | K–5 | Regular | 337 | 21.1 | 16 | Suburb: Large |
| Goodwin Elem School North Aurora | PK–5 | Regular | 315 | 25.0 | 12.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Hope D Wall TMH Child Dev Ctr Aurora | PK–12 | Regular | 0 | 27.7 | — | Suburb: Large |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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