Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 298 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ZION ESD 6·NCES 174386004353
Elmwood Elementary School
3025 Ezra Ave, Zion, IL 60099 · (847) 379-0319 · Lake County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
294 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 118 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 29% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
18.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.5pp since 2023
Math
9.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.8% | 9.1% |
| 2023-24 | 8.3% | 5.2% |
% 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
13.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Elmwood Elementary School
Elmwood Elementary School's state test result (13.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood Elementary School this school | 336 | 87.5% | 13.3% |
| West Elementary School Zion | 339 | 84.4% | 11.7% |
| Casals Elementary School Chicago | 337 | 90.2% | 51.4% |
| Hearst Elementary School Chicago | 285 | 84.6% | 15.2% |
| Paul Revere Primary School Blue Island | 318 | 83.6% | 27.9% |
| Sabin Elementary Magnet School Chicago | 354 | 86.7% | 12.8% |
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 Elmwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #1,805 of 1,925 | #62 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #1,942 of 2,077 ▼ 83 | #97 of 102 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #1,947 of 2,077 ▲ 35 | #92 of 102 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #1,339 of 2,419 | #88 of 121 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,728 of 2,035 | #108 of 114 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #796 of 2,042 | #56 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #347 of 2,132 | #8 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.8% | #287 of 615 | #20 of 37 |
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
336
-52 (-13%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 358
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 | 336 | 21 | 16.0:1 | 88% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 20 | 11.4:1 | 89% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 19 | 15.9:1 | 84% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 26.2 | 11.7:1 | 91% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 21 | 17.3:1 | 90% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 21 | 17.0:1 | 86% (308) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 20 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 358 | 19 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elmwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (306 to 336); teachers down 20% (26.2 to 21).
About Elmwood Elementary School
Elmwood Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Zion, Illinois. Its enrollment is 336 students, spread over grades 3 through 5.
The 7 schools in Zion ESD 6 enroll 2,176 students altogether, Elmwood Elementary School among them.
About 61% of the student body at Elmwood Elementary School is Hispanic. Other groups make up 29% Black, 6% White, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 25% of Lake County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Elmwood Elementary School are from different groups.
There are about 16.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Elmwood Elementary School, which has 21. The school's 16.0:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 88%. That rate is above the 54% average among public schools in Lake County.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 13.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 21.0%.
The county, Lake County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $110,416 a year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Elmwood Elementary School, Lake County has 214 public schools.
Elmwood Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Zion Central Middle School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 13.3% is below the 16.3% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Elmwood 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.
From 388 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 336 by 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Elmwood Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
714,223
Census ACS
Median income
$110,416
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
118,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Zion ESD 6
- Shiloh Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 358 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 339 students
- Zion Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 330 students
- Beulah Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 289 students
- East Elementary SchoolElementary · 275 students
- Lakeview SchoolElementary · 249 students
Other schools in Zion
- Zion-Benton Twnshp Hi SchoolHigh · 2,114 students
- Zion-Benton East High SchoolHigh · 419 students
- Shiloh Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 358 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 339 students
- Zion Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 330 students
- Beulah Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 289 students
Other Elmwood Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 7 states are named Elmwood Elementary. Elmwood Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 14.
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolNaperville, IL · 726 students
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolElmwood Park, IL · 567 students
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolElmwood, IL · 314 students
- Elmwood ElementaryStockton, CA · 656 students
- ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMONSEY, NY · 598 students
Nearby schools
- Zion Central Middle School0.5 mi · 330
- Shiloh Park Middle School0.5 mi · 358
- East Elementary School0.7 mi · 275
- Kenneth Murphy School1.0 mi · 394
- Zion-Benton East High School1.1 mi · 419
- West Elementary School1.1 mi · 339
Frequently asked questions
About Elmwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Elmwood Elementary School?
Elmwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 336 students in grades 03-05.
Is Elmwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elmwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Elmwood Elementary School have?
Elmwood Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Elmwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Elmwood Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 61% Hispanic, 29% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Elmwood Elementary School in?
Elmwood Elementary School is part of Zion ESD 6.
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