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Davis Elementary School

Public Grades K-5
258th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 87% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Davis Primary School is an elementary school located in Saint Charles, Illinois, serving grades K-2 with a total enrollment of 442 students. The school is part of the St Charles CUSD 303 district, which is ranked 76 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. Davis Primary School has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past decade, indicating its strong academic performance.

Davis Primary School consistently outperforms the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grades. In 2024-2025, the school's ELA proficiency rate was 73.1% compared to the state's 53.1%, and its Mathematics proficiency rate was 68.4% compared to the state's 38.5%. The school's performance is particularly strong in 4th and 5th grade ELA, with proficiency rates of 82.8% and 82.5%, respectively, significantly higher than the state averages. In Mathematics, Davis Primary School's 4th-grade proficiency rate of 77.6% is also notably higher than the state's 42.5%. Additionally, the school excels in supporting various student subgroups, ranking in the top 109 out of 1,292 Illinois elementary schools for its performance with Special Education students and in the top 174 out of 1,800 for its performance with Low Socio-Economic Status students, both earning 5-star ratings.

While Davis Primary School has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism rates over the past few years, reaching 26.3% in 2023-2024, the school still performs better than the state average of 19.5% in 2024-2025. Interestingly, within the same district, Wild Rose Elementary School outperforms Davis Primary School in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency across all grades, with particularly strong results in 5th-grade ELA (88.9%) and Mathematics (77.8%). However, another school in the same district, Richmond Intermediate School, lags behind Davis Primary School in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency. Comparing to schools in the neighboring Batavia Unified School District 101, Heartland Elementary School stands out with higher ELA and Mathematics proficiency rates than Davis Primary School, particularly in 3rd and 5th grades.

509
Students ?
12.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,858
Per pupil spending ?
29.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1125 S 7th St
       Saint Charles, IL  60174-3853

(331) 228-2200

District: St Charles CUSD 303


Students who attend Davis Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Thompson Middle School
High:    St Charles East High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
65.2%
Hispanic:
25.9%
Two or more races:
4.7%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 80th percentile in 2003 → 87th in 2025
Strengths
Test scores above the Illinois average (67% vs 44% meeting standards)
Ranks in the top 13% of Illinois elementary schools
Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2003
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school67%
District avg69%
Illinois avg44%
258th of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Top 13%
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SchoolDigger rating ?
7th of 10Elementary Schools in the St Charles CUSD 303
76th of 811St Charles CUSD 303 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)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202586.4258 of 205687.5%★★★★☆
201174.2571 of 214773.4%★★★★☆
201080.8307 of 213985.6%★★★★☆
200975.9525 of 212075.2%★★★★☆
200875.4528 of 209274.8%★★★★☆
200774.3522 of 209575.1%★★★★☆
200678.6358 of 208682.8%★★★★☆
200578.3359 of 202282.2%★★★★☆
200481.5289 of 203085.8%★★★★☆
200378.3404 of 202080.0%★★★★☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202561.7282 of 104973.1%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202588.2187 of 194290.4%★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202581.8174 of 180090.3%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202581.9322 of 194783.5%★★★★☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202588.0109 of 129291.6%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202577.6260 of 138981.3%★★★★☆
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)
Special Education (2025)92nd percentile+4 vs school
Female (2025)90th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)90th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)83rd percentile-4 vs school
White (2025)81st percentile-6 vs school
Disabled (2025)73rd percentile-14 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts73%+20 vs state
Mathematics68%+30 vs state
Science59%+18 vs state

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

Middle : Thompson Middle School
High : St Charles East High School

Davis Elementary School ranks 258th of 2056 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 509 students attended Davis Elementary School.

Students at Davis Elementary School are 65% White, 26% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% African American.


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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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