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Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 200·NCES 174218004207
Carl Sandburg Elementary School
1345 Jewell Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187 · (630) 682-2105 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
150 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
66.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.5pp since 2023
Math
63.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +21.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.7% | 63.5% |
| 2023-24 | 55.2% | 41.9% |
% 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Carl Sandburg Elementary School
Carl Sandburg Elementary School's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Sandburg Elementary School this school | 402 | 37.3% | 59.7% |
| Washington Elementary School Wheaton | 395 | 36.7% | 68.6% |
| Park View Elementary School Glen Ellyn | 390 | 32.3% | 64.8% |
| Willow Creek Elementary School Woodridge | 351 | 36.2% | 52.5% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Wheaton | 458 | 32.8% | 69.1% |
| Dwight D Eisenhower Elementary School Prospect Heights | 326 | 39.9% | N/A |
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 Carl Sandburg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #328 of 1,925 | #51 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #339 of 2,077 ▲ 160 | #67 of 141 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #449 of 2,077 ▼ 100 | #72 of 141 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #990 of 2,419 | #70 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,120 of 2,035 | #84 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #420 of 2,042 | #41 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.3% | #1,611 of 2,132 | #53 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #528 of 615 | #49 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
402
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 502
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 | 402 | 29.4 | 13.7:1 | 37% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 28.9 | 13.9:1 | 36% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 27.8 | 14.4:1 | 35% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 26.9 | 14.6:1 | 38% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 33% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 33% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 24 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 22 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carl Sandburg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (393 to 402); teachers up 9% (26.9 to 29.4).
About Carl Sandburg Elementary School
Carl Sandburg Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Wheaton, Illinois. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 402 students.
The district, CUSD 200, operates 20 schools serving 11,639 students.
Carl Sandburg Elementary School is 54% White by enrollment. Other students are 22% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, DuPage County residents are about 65% White. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1, with 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Carl Sandburg Elementary School is 37%.
Carl Sandburg Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 81% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Carl Sandburg Elementary School is 9.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (59.7% versus 50.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Within DuPage County, the median household income is $112,096, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, DuPage County has 277 public schools and roughly 138,557 students.
Of nearby public schools, Wheaton North High School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. Carl Sandburg Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 59.7% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Carl Sandburg Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Carl Sandburg Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 387 in 2020-21 to 402 in 2024-25.
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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 CUSD 200
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Hubble Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
Other schools in Wheaton
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Briar Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
Other Carl Sandburg Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Carl Sandburg Elementary. Carl Sandburg Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Carl Sandburg Elementary SchoolCharleston, IL · 555 students
- Carl Sandburg ElementaryJoliet, IL · 371 students
- Carl Sandburg ElementaryKirkland, WA · 391 students
Nearby schools
- Wheaton North High School0.5 mi · 1,863
- Monroe Middle School0.8 mi · 716
- Pleasant Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 583
- Emerson Elementary School1.1 mi · 263
- Longfellow Elementary School1.1 mi · 318
- Jefferson Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Carl Sandburg Elementary SchoolHow large is Carl Sandburg Elementary School?
Carl Sandburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 402 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Carl Sandburg Elementary School serve?
Carl Sandburg Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Carl Sandburg Elementary School have?
Carl Sandburg Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Carl Sandburg Elementary School?
Student demographics at Carl Sandburg Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 22% Hispanic, 7% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Carl Sandburg Elementary School in?
Carl Sandburg Elementary School is part of CUSD 200.
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