Wheaton Elementary Schools (Time: crime, houses, neighborhood)

[mschwager]

Hello ..

My family and I will be relocating to the Wheaton area this summer. I thought I remembered reading in this forum that one elementary school in Wheaton is sub-par and should be avoided? Does anyone have any thoughts on this. Thank You

[Misia]

I was quite interested in responses to that question, but so far no one has anything to say. In that case I would suggest you go to the website GreatSchools.net where you will get basic info about any school and you can compare them. Although from the info you get there, there does'nt seem to be any bad schools in Wheaton. Good luck.

[ahava]

There isn't one elementary school a lot worse than the others. They are all good with very little difference between the test scores of individual schools.

[treeg26]

Wheaton schools are all good schools. Went through the Wheaton school system myself and would send my own kids through them, too.

[HOWELL_STREET]

Dear Friends:

I am a senior citizen and so I cannot directly respond to your elementary school question. So I use inductive logic in my analysis - - to help you decide.
The entire town of Wheaton is VERY high class. That's because the houses are so expensive, that only the well to do - - for the most part - - reside here. There is very little crime in Wheaton. The local newspaper (Sun Times / Wheaton) 'police blotter' constantly identifies our moderate crime area as near IL-38 and Blanchard to Lorraine roads. Either 'DUI' or theft.
We do have integrated famlies in our subdivisions. We also have a small African - American neighborhood area. However, that African - American neigbhorhood is VERY high class. In fact, I have never heard of a published crime in that small neighborhood. Those people are very nice.
Since the parents are high class, one would also expect their children to be high class, too. This is my inductive logic.
My only slight negative comment is that Wheaton people are afraid of each other. So it is difficult to make backyard friends.

Carter Glass

[irish setter girl]

Do you have any special needs/requests for your children. Certain schools house certain programs. You are always welcome to visit the schools in the areas that you like most to see which environment works for you. There are 13 elementary schools. District 200 is excellent overall but each school has its "thing". What "thing" are you looking for?