Summary:
ZIP code 60538 has five elementary schools, all serving grades 3–5; three also serve prekindergarten through grade 5, and two serve kindergarten through grade 5. They are in CUSD 308, Kaneland CUSD 302 and Aurora West Unified School District 129. Across the five schools, the 2025–2026 average was 48% proficient in English Language Arts (ELA), compared with 56% statewide, and 37% in math, compared with 40% statewide. The clearest standout is Kaneland McDole Elementary School, the only school above the state in both all-grades subjects and fifth-grade science.
Kaneland McDole leads with 68% in ELA, 51% in math and 72% in fifth-grade science—20, 14 and 18 points above the next-highest school in those subjects. At the other end, Nicholson Elementary School has the lowest all-grades ELA result, 35%, while Long Beach Elementary School has the lowest math result, 29%. Nicholson’s ELA score is 21 points below the state; Long Beach’s math score is 11 points below it. Fifth-grade ELA varies especially widely: McDole scores 75% and Nicholson 25%, a 50-point gap. Grade-level results can also differ from a school’s overall position: Nicholson leads fourth-grade math at 46%, while Boulder Hill Elementary School is lowest at 31%.
Average results improved between the two test years: ELA rose from 43% to 48%, and math from 32% to 37%; the average gaps with the state narrowed to 8 and 3 points, respectively. All five schools improved in math, but Lakewood Creek Elementary’s ELA result fell by 3 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for McDole rose from 62 to 70, while Lakewood Creek’s fell from 50 to 35. Among the four schools with comparable 2024–2025 figures for students eligible for free/reduced lunch, the share ranges from 38% at Lakewood Creek to 60% at Long Beach; Boulder Hill and Nicholson each report 59%, yet their results differ. Ratios range from 10.8 students per teacher at Boulder Hill to 18.0 at Long Beach, but a lower ratio does not by itself identify the top scorer.
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