Clow Elementary School is an
elementary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...
located on Springdale Circle in
Naperville, Illinois
Naperville ( ) is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage and Will County, Illinois, Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is in the Chicago metro area, west of the city.
Naperville was founded in 1831 by Joseph Naper. The city was ...
, a western
Suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
of
Chicago
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Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
in
DuPage County
DuPage County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 932,877, making it Illinois' second-most populous county. Its county seat is ...
. Clow Elementary School is one of the twenty-one elementary schools that
Indian Prairie School District 204
Indian Prairie School District 204 (abbreviated IPSD) serves roughly 27,400 students from the Illinois communities of Aurora, Bolingbrook, Plainfield and Naperville, in DuPage and Will counties. Currently, one preschool, twenty-one elementary s ...
manages.
About
The school opened in the year 1979 and along with the
Thayer J. Hill Middle School was one of the first schools constructed following the creation of the district and the building of
Waubonsie Valley High School
Waubonsie Valley High School (WVHS) is a public four-year high school in Aurora, Illinois, United States. It was established in 1975 and it is one of 3 high schools in Indian Prairie School District 204, along with Neuqua Valley High School and M ...
. The school serves
Indian Prairie School District 204
Indian Prairie School District 204 (abbreviated IPSD) serves roughly 27,400 students from the Illinois communities of Aurora, Bolingbrook, Plainfield and Naperville, in DuPage and Will counties. Currently, one preschool, twenty-one elementary s ...
.
The namesake of the school, Robert E. Clow, was the School Board President of District 40. Mr. Clow was a member of a prominent family who owned and operated farms in the region.
Construction and building
In 1979, when it started, Clow was located in a rural portion of Naperville. Although when the school was opened roads had been constructed leading to it, there were no houses. Volunteers from the neighborhood joined school personnel in landscaping the grounds, with the board members joining in to spend their weekends digging holes and planting bushes and trees.
The walls of the library media center in the school has a large mural painted by a parent in 2013 featuring a boy riding a dragon.
Academics
The school has maintained high levels of proficiency in English language and arts, math, and science, significantly above the district and state levels. The school is placed in the top five percent in
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
in terms of overall test scores in math and reading proficiency.
Music
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://clow.ipsd.org/
Elementary schools in Illinois