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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARQUARDT SD 15·NCES 172478002686
Black Hawk Elementary School
2101 Gladstone Dr, Glendale Hts, IL 60139 · (630) 893-5750 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
370 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Black Hawk Elementary School→Marquardt Middle School
Based on grade levels within Marquardt SD 15. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
33.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.7pp since 2023
Math
31.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 31.1% |
| 2023-24 | 18.6% | 19.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Black Hawk Elementary School
Black Hawk Elementary School's state test result (28.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hawk Elementary School this school | 576 | 64.2% | 28.5% |
| Dr. James Mitchem Erly Chldhd Center Romeoville | 515 | 66.4% | N/A |
| Holden Elementary School Chicago | 407 | 71.5% | 41.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Hoffman Estates | 467 | 56.3% | 42.9% |
| Greenbrook Elementary School Hanover Park | 466 | 74.5% | 31.6% |
| Independence Elementary School Bolingbrook | 617 | 67.9% | 36.7% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Black Hawk Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #1,324 of 1,925 | #103 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #1,238 of 2,077 ▼ 33 | #130 of 141 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,574 of 2,077 ▲ 59 | #132 of 141 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #319 of 2,419 | #20 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,999 of 2,035 | #146 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #522 of 2,042 | #52 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.2% | #890 of 2,132 | #13 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.7% | #168 of 615 | #14 of 57 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
576
+28 (+5%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 558
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 576 | 27.3 | 21.1:1 | 64% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 63% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 28.5 | 17.1:1 | 66% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 32.6 | 15.3:1 | 63% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 71% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 542 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 68% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 26 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 558 | 28 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Black Hawk Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (498 to 576); teachers down 16% (32.6 to 27.3).
About Black Hawk Elementary School
Black Hawk Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Glendale Hts, Illinois. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 576 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
Black Hawk Elementary School is one of 5 schools in Marquardt SD 15, which enrolls 2,310 students in total.
Hispanic students are the majority at Black Hawk Elementary School, with 57% of enrollment. It is also 16% Black, 14% Asian, 9% White, and 2% multiracial. DuPage County's residents are about 16% Hispanic, 41 points below the school's share. Black Hawk Elementary School's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Black Hawk Elementary School total 27.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.1:1. That is 7.2 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 64%. The average for public schools in DuPage County is 34%.
Black Hawk Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Black Hawk Elementary School is 5.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (28.5% versus 34.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
In the county around the school, DuPage County, the median household income is $112,096, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 277 public schools in DuPage County, enrolling about 138,557 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Winnebago Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 28.5% is below the 45.4% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Black Hawk Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 5% from its 2020-21 level of 548.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marquardt SD 15
- Marquardt Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- G Stanley Hall Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Winnebago Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Reskin Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
Other schools in Glendale Hts
- Marquardt Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- G Stanley Hall Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Reskin Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
Other Black Hawk Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Black Hawk Elementary. Black Hawk Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- Black Hawk Elementary SchoolSpringfield, IL · 234 students
- BLACK HAWK ELEM.KAHOKA, MO · 342 students
- Black Hawk Elementary SchoolBurlington, IA · 305 students
- Black Hawk Elementary - 03Black Hawk, SD · 305 students
- Black Hawk ElementarySouth Wayne, WI · 163 students
Nearby schools
- Winnebago Elementary School0.8 mi · 343
- Marquardt Middle School1.1 mi · 754
- Stratford Middle School1.2 mi · 520
- Americana Elementary School1.3 mi · 401
- Westfield Middle School1.3 mi · 493
- Dujardin Elementary School1.4 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Black Hawk Elementary SchoolHow large is Black Hawk Elementary School?
Black Hawk Elementary School enrolls approximately 576 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Black Hawk Elementary School serve?
Black Hawk Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Black Hawk Elementary School?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Black Hawk Elementary School.
How diverse is Black Hawk Elementary School?
Black Hawk Elementary School reports a student body of 9% White, 57% Hispanic, 16% Black, 14% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Black Hawk Elementary School?
Black Hawk Elementary School is overseen by Marquardt SD 15 in DuPage County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.