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Wayne Elementary School

Public Grades K-6
477th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 77% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Wayne Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 363 students in grades K-6 in Wayne, Illinois, which is part of the School District U-46. This school has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, ranking in the top quarter of Illinois elementary schools over the past several years.

Wayne Elementary School outperforms both the district and the state of Illinois in academic proficiency for English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 62.6% of Wayne Elementary students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 43.1% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Mathematics, 55.1% of Wayne students were proficient or better, compared to 31.5% for the district and 38.5% for the state. The school also performs exceptionally well for certain student subgroups, such as male students, Asian students, and low-socioeconomic status students.

While Wayne Elementary School has a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 12.9% in the 2024-2025 school year, which is significantly lower than the district and state averages, the school spends more per student ($18,032 in 2023-2024) compared to the district average. When compared to other nearby schools in the same district, Clinton Elementary, Prairieview Elementary, and Liberty Elementary, Wayne Elementary School significantly outperforms its peers in academic proficiency, particularly in ELA and Mathematics.

391
Students ?
14.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,515
Per pupil spending ?
18.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 5N443 School St
       Wayne, IL  60184-2149

(630) 736-7100

District: School District U-46


Students who attend Wayne Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Kenyon Woods Middle School
High:    South Elgin High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
61.1%
Asian:
17.1%
Hispanic:
14.8%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 87th percentile in 2015 → 77th in 2025
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Illinois average (63% vs 44% meeting standards)
✓Ranks in the top 23% of Illinois elementary schools
✓Among the top-ranked schools in School District U-46
Worth a look
!Ranking has slipped — down 10 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school63%
District avg35%
Illinois avg44%
477th of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Top 23%▼ down 11 pts since 2015
From top 13% (2015) to top 23% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Elementary Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
4th of 38Elementary Schools in the School District U-46
594th of 811School District U-46 among Illinois districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202576.2477 of 205676.8%★★★★☆
202473.3500 of 206775.8%★★★★☆
202375.7453 of 207778.2%★★★★☆
202272.7524 of 208274.8%★★★★☆
202171.5480 of 194875.4%★★★★☆
201976.3426 of 208679.6%★★★★☆
201867.1617 of 203769.7%★★★☆☆
201781.3346 of 204483.1%★★★★☆
201690.0178 of 204691.3%★★★★★
201586.5258 of 205287.4%★★★★☆
201484.8269 of 209387.1%★★★★☆
201387.8195 of 216791.0%★★★★★
201279.0394 of 216681.8%★★★★☆
201182.4257 of 214788.0%★★★★☆
201081.9263 of 213987.7%★★★★☆
200982.0267 of 212087.4%★★★★☆
200874.8555 of 209273.5%★★★★☆
200775.3483 of 209576.9%★★★★☆
200676.6442 of 208678.8%★★★★☆
200577.9377 of 202281.4%★★★★☆
200477.9412 of 203079.7%★★★★☆
200381.9284 of 202085.9%★★★★☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202569.072 of 23469.2%★★★★☆
202331.2180 of 23724.1%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202467.0133 of 82683.9%★★★★☆
202388.425 of 78896.8%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202561.3724 of 194262.7%★★★☆☆
202461.7648 of 194266.6%★★★☆☆
202365.6589 of 195769.9%★★★☆☆
202264.2626 of 197068.2%★★★☆☆
202165.5492 of 168070.7%★★★★☆
201980.7318 of 201984.2%★★★★☆
201867.5588 of 196470.1%★★★★☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202362.8257 of 97073.5%★★★★☆
202268.8196 of 95479.5%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202580.2204 of 180088.7%★★★★☆
202482.9145 of 179391.9%★★★★★
202381.8156 of 180891.4%★★★★★
201975.6246 of 181686.5%★★★★☆
201875.0245 of 176586.1%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202584.6257 of 194786.8%★★★★☆
202480.2329 of 195983.2%★★★★☆
202380.5312 of 198484.3%★★★★☆
202277.3386 of 197780.5%★★★★☆
202169.9428 of 170774.9%★★★★☆
201971.3496 of 201975.4%★★★★☆
201865.8589 of 197270.1%★★★★☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202572.7252 of 129280.5%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202567.8408 of 138970.6%★★★★☆
202461.1506 of 139263.6%★★★☆☆
202363.4458 of 141967.7%★★★☆☆
202253.7636 of 142555.4%★★★☆☆
202152.7573 of 130856.2%★★★☆☆
201956.6615 of 146257.9%★★★☆☆
201849.6730 of 146350.1%★★★☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)89th percentile+12 vs school
Male (2025)87th percentile+10 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)84th percentile+8 vs school
Special Education (2025)80th percentile+4 vs school
Hispanic (2023)74th percentile-5 vs school
White (2025)71st percentile-6 vs school
Asian (2025)69th percentile-8 vs school
Female (2025)63rd percentile-14 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
Science71%+31 vs state
English Language Arts63%+10 vs state
Mathematics55%+17 vs state

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Wayne Elementary School ranks 477th of 2056 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Wayne Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Kenyon Woods Middle School
High : South Elgin High School

Students at Wayne Elementary School are 61% White, 17% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 1% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 391 students attended Wayne Elementary School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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