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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINFIELD SD 202·NCES 173174006026
Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School
12450 Essington Rd, Plainfield, IL 60585 · (815) 577-3606 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
172 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
60.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
53.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 53.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.3% | 42.0% |
% 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School
Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School this school | 548 | 31.4% | 55.4% |
| Brookdale Elementary School Naperville | 462 | 30.1% | 64.0% |
| Liberty Elementary School Bolingbrook | 522 | 26.8% | 59.6% |
| McCarty Elementary School Aurora | 478 | 35.4% | 37.8% |
| Mill Street Elementary School Naperville | 600 | 34.7% | 73.2% |
| Ridgeview Elementary School Peoria | 433 | 30.9% | 56.1% |
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 Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #435 of 1,925 | #37 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #569 of 2,077 ▼ 70 | #45 of 100 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #684 of 2,077 ▼ 267 | #48 of 100 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #379 of 2,419 | #28 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,075 of 2,035 | #50 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.3% | #31 of 2,042 | #4 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.4% | #1,748 of 2,132 | #66 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #682 of 1,461 | #36 of 71 |
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
548
-28 (-5%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 557
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 | 548 | 40.5 | 13.5:1 | 31% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 557 | 41.5 | 13.4:1 | 32% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 49 | 11.3:1 | 30% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 576 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 642 | 46.3 | 13.9:1 | 28% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 23% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 28 | 19.9:1 | 15% (83) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (642 to 548); teachers down 13% (46.3 to 40.5).
About Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School serves students in Plainfield, Illinois. Total enrollment is 548 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 44% higher.
Plainfield SD 202 runs 30 schools with a combined 24,556 students. Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School is one of them.
White students make up 38% of enrollment at Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Next come 20% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 18% Black, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 62% White among all Will County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 74%.
Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School has 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school has 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 44% average for public schools in Will County is 13 points higher.
After adjusting for student poverty, Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 55.4%; the prediction is 53.4%.
In Will County, home to about 701,462 people, the median household earns about $109,984 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Will County number 209, with about 113,008 students.
John F Kennedy Middle School sits about 0.1 miles from Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 576 students in 2020-21 to 548 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plainfield SD 202
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in Plainfield
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Nearby schools
- John F Kennedy Middle School0.1 mi · 912
- Liberty Elementary School0.5 mi · 522
- Plainfield East High School0.7 mi · 1,825
- Creekside Elementary School1.9 mi · 472
- Lakewood Falls Elementary School2.0 mi · 543
- V Blanche Graham Elementary2.1 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School?
Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School enrolls approximately 548 students in grades KG-05.
Is Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School?
At Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 20% Hispanic, 18% Black, 19% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School public or private?
Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Plainfield SD 202.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.