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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SKOKIE SD 68·NCES 173645003756
Devonshire Elementary School
9040 Kostner Ave, Skokie, IL 60076 · (847) 568-4901 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
274 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 56%
Community
4
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 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
Devonshire Elementary School→Old Orchard Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Skokie SD 68. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
48.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.4pp since 2023
Math
40.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.7% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 35.3% | 28.8% |
% 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Devonshire Elementary School
Devonshire Elementary School's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devonshire Elementary School this school | 417 | 65.7% | 42.8% |
| Devonshire School Des Plaines | 370 | 61.1% | 46.8% |
| Jane Stenson School Skokie | 365 | 57.0% | 46.9% |
| Thomas Edison Elementary School Morton Grove | 605 | 59.5% | 41.3% |
| Brentwood Elementary School Des Plaines | 375 | 55.7% | 42.2% |
| Stone Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 553 | 60.8% | 62.7% |
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 Devonshire Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #830 of 1,925 | #220 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #958 of 2,077 ▼ 100 | #286 of 829 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #1,050 of 2,077 ▼ 77 | #345 of 829 ▼ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #923 of 2,419 | #399 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #899 of 2,035 | #419 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.6% | #21 of 2,042 | #10 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.7% | #852 of 2,132 | #498 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.5% | #114 of 615 | #29 of 186 |
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
417
+121 (+41%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 338
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 | 417 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 66% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 66% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 28.3 | 12.6:1 | 64% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 346 | 27.6 | 12.5:1 | 53% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 26 | 14.2:1 | 49% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 24 | 13.2:1 | 49% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 349 | 23 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 20 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Devonshire Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (346 to 417); teachers up 16% (27.6 to 32).
About Devonshire Elementary School
At 9040 Kostner Ave in Skokie, Illinois, Devonshire Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 417 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Skokie SD 68 is responsible for 4 schools, Devonshire Elementary School included, with 1,809 students in all.
About 35% of students at Devonshire Elementary School are White, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 6% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 44%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 75, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Devonshire Elementary School comes to 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. Devonshire Elementary School counts 66% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Cook County is close, at 66%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.6% for Devonshire Elementary School. The school posts 42.8%, 9.2 points above the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
The closest school to Devonshire Elementary School is Old Orchard Jr High School, located about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Devonshire Elementary School is behind the 47.5% nearby average, ranking 5th of 6.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 296 students at Devonshire Elementary School; in 2024-25, 417. The grades served may not have been the same in both years.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Skokie SD 68
- Old Orchard Jr High SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Jane Stenson SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
Other schools in Skokie
- Niles West High SchoolHigh · 2,646 students
- Niles North High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Fairview South Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Old Orchard Jr High SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
Other Devonshire Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Devonshire Elementary. Devonshire Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Devonshire ElementaryCharlotte, NC · 550 students
Nearby schools
- Old Orchard Jr High School0.5 mi · 711
- Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies0.8 mi · 254
- Highland Elementary School1.0 mi · 316
- Walker Elementary School1.0 mi · 364
- Jane Stenson School1.1 mi · 365
- Elizabeth Meyer School1.2 mi · 204
Frequently asked questions
About Devonshire Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Devonshire Elementary School?
Devonshire Elementary School enrolls approximately 417 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Devonshire Elementary School serve?
Devonshire Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Devonshire Elementary School have?
Devonshire Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Devonshire Elementary School?
Student demographics at Devonshire Elementary School are roughly 35% White, 16% Hispanic, 14% Black, 29% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Devonshire Elementary School in?
Devonshire Elementary School is part of Skokie SD 68.
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