Enrollment
253
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CCSD 93·NCES 171047004387
Elsie C Johnson Elementary School
1380 Nautilus Ln, Hanover Park, IL 60133 · (630) 671-8800 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL253 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
145 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
46.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.2pp since 2023
Math
33.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.4% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 32.2% | 24.1% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Elsie C Johnson Elementary School
Elsie C Johnson Elementary School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsie C Johnson Elementary School this school | 253 | 57.3% | 41.0% |
| Juliette Low Elementary School Arlington Heights | 274 | 59.1% | 39.9% |
| Western Trails Elementary School Carol Stream | 320 | 56.9% | 43.9% |
| Scarlet Oak Elementary School Oak Forest | 249 | 57.8% | 36.9% |
| Glen Hill Elementary School Glendale Heights | 398 | 52.5% | 45.1% |
| Carol Stream Elementary School Carol Stream | 396 | 61.4% | 43.9% |
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 Elsie C Johnson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #884 of 1,925 | #87 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,173 of 2,077 ▼ 149 | #125 of 141 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #1,134 of 2,077 ▼ 46 | #115 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 253 | #1,806 of 2,419 | #137 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.4:1 | #6 of 2,035 | #1 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #357 of 2,042 | #30 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.3% | #1,090 of 2,132 | #24 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.9% | #353 of 1,461 | #18 of 92 |
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
253
-18 (-7%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 656
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 | 253 | 34.3 | 7.4:1 | 57% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 239 | 37 | 6.5:1 | 58% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 34.2 | 8.1:1 | 55% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 33.2 | 9.9:1 | 52% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 353 | 32 | 11.0:1 | 47% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 404 | 32 | 12.6:1 | 39% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 30 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 656 | 34 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elsie C Johnson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (328 to 253); teachers up 3% (33.2 to 34.3).
About Elsie C Johnson Elementary School
Students in Hanover Park, Illinois, attend Elsie C Johnson Elementary School, a small elementary school. It has an enrollment of 253 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 34% below that mark.
Elsie C Johnson Elementary School is one of 9 schools in CCSD 93, which enrolls 3,319 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Elsie C Johnson Elementary School, about 51 are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% White, 18% Asian, and 6% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 16%. The diversity index for Elsie C Johnson Elementary School is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 145 students, or 57%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in DuPage County average 34%.
Elsie C Johnson Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.0% and a predicted 38.4%.
In DuPage County, the median household earns about $112,096 a year, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. DuPage County has 277 public schools with about 138,557 students, including Elsie C Johnson Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Cloverdale Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Elsie C Johnson Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 49.3% proficiency; Elsie C Johnson Elementary School posts 41.0%.
The NCES locale for Elsie C Johnson 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.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 253, from 271 in 2020-21.
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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 CCSD 93
- Jay Stream Middle SchoolMiddle · 572 students
- Stratford Middle SchoolMiddle · 520 students
- Cloverdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Heritage Lakes Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
- Carol Stream Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Western Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
Other schools in Hanover Park
- Hanover Highlands Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Albert Einstein Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Greenbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- Ontarioville Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Spring Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 420 students
Nearby schools
- Cloverdale Elementary School0.7 mi · 466
- Heritage Lakes Elementary School0.9 mi · 420
- Glenbard North High School1.0 mi · 2,079
- CCSD 93 Early Childhood Cntr1.1 mi · 187
- Western Trails Elementary School1.4 mi · 320
- Spring Trail Elementary School1.5 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Elsie C Johnson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Elsie C Johnson Elementary School?
Elsie C Johnson Elementary School enrolls approximately 253 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Elsie C Johnson Elementary School serve?
Elsie C Johnson Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Elsie C Johnson Elementary School have?
Elsie C Johnson Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Elsie C Johnson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Elsie C Johnson Elementary School are roughly 23% White, 51% Hispanic, 6% Black, 18% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Elsie C Johnson Elementary School public or private?
Elsie C Johnson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CCSD 93.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.