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Enrollment
613
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHEELING CCSD 21·NCES 174221004237
Eugene Field Elementary School
51 Saint Armand Ln, Wheeling, IL 60090 · (847) 520-2780 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
460 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 75 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
27.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.7pp since 2023
Math
21.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.4% | 21.3% |
| 2023-24 | 11.7% | 13.9% |
% 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Eugene Field Elementary School
Eugene Field Elementary School's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Field Elementary School this school | 613 | 75.0% | 22.4% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School Wheeling | 524 | 74.4% | 25.5% |
| Reinberg Elementary School Chicago | 768 | 75.0% | 25.3% |
| Century Oaks Elementary School Elgin | 542 | 74.0% | 24.5% |
| Cleveland Elementary School Chicago | 507 | 74.6% | 33.2% |
| Parkview Elementary School Carpentersville | 552 | 80.1% | 26.2% |
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 Eugene Field Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #1,529 of 1,925 | #519 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #1,562 of 2,077 ▼ 117 | #516 of 829 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #1,729 of 2,077 ▲ 150 | #643 of 829 ▲ 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #257 of 2,419 | #144 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,712 of 2,035 | #713 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #1,035 of 2,042 | #382 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.0% | #626 of 2,132 | #410 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.9% | #338 of 615 | #97 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
613
-21 (-3%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 503
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 | 613 | 38.5 | 15.9:1 | 75% (460) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 36 | 16.5:1 | 75% (446) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 63% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 634 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 33.8 | 16.8:1 | 68% (388) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 78% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 35 | 16.2:1 | 62% (350) |
| 2000-01 | 630 | 35 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 503 | 29 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eugene Field Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (568 to 613); teachers up 14% (33.8 to 38.5).
About Eugene Field Elementary School
Eugene Field Elementary School is a large elementary school with an address in Wheeling, Illinois. School enrollment was 613 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
Wheeling CCSD 21 has a total of 12 schools and 6,298 students, Eugene Field Elementary School among them.
Eugene Field Elementary School's enrollment is 72% Hispanic. Next come 18% White and 7% Asian. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Cook County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Eugene Field Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
The teaching staff at Eugene Field Elementary School is 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.9:1. That ratio is over the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 75%. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Eugene Field Elementary School would score about 28.2%. It scores 22.4%, 5.8 points below that figure.
In the county around the school, Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
The closest other public school is Jack London Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Eugene Field Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Eugene Field Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
The number of students dropped from 634 to 613 over 4 years.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Wheeling CCSD 21
- Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 732 students
- Jack London Middle SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Oliver W Holmes Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
- Joyce Kilmer Elementary SchoolElementary · 590 students
- Booth Tarkington Elementary SchoolElementary · 540 students
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
Other schools in Wheeling
- Wheeling High SchoolHigh · 1,743 students
- Jack London Middle SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Oliver W Holmes Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
- Booth Tarkington Elementary SchoolElementary · 540 students
- Mark Twain Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Walt Whitman Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
Other Eugene Field Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 4 states are named Eugene Field Elementary. Eugene Field Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 11.
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolPark Ridge, IL · 626 students
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolRock Island, IL · 496 students
- EUGENE FIELD ELEM.MEXICO, MO · 418 students
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 366 students
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Jack London Middle School0.2 mi · 628
- Booth Tarkington Elementary School0.6 mi · 540
- Wheeling High School1.0 mi · 1,743
- Mark Twain Elementary School1.0 mi · 524
- Joyce Kilmer Elementary School1.1 mi · 590
- Earl Pritchett School1.2 mi · 430
Frequently asked questions
About Eugene Field Elementary SchoolHow large is Eugene Field Elementary School?
Eugene Field Elementary School enrolls approximately 613 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Eugene Field Elementary School serve?
Eugene Field Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Eugene Field Elementary School have?
Eugene Field Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eugene Field Elementary School?
At Eugene Field Elementary School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 72% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Eugene Field Elementary School?
Eugene Field Elementary School is overseen by Wheeling CCSD 21 in Cook County.
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