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How has Farragut Elem School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOLIET PSD 86·NCES 172058002331
Farragut Elementary School
701 Glenwood Ave, Joliet, IL 60435 · (815) 723-0394 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
535 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 21 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
19.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
11.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.8pp 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 11 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.3% | 11.2% |
| 2023-24 | 14.9% | 6.4% |
% 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
15.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Farragut Elementary School
Farragut Elementary School's state test result (15.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farragut Elementary School this school | 568 | 94.2% | 15.9% |
| Lynne Thigpen Elementary School Joliet | 620 | 93.9% | 18.9% |
| Piccolo Elementary Specialty School Chicago | 643 | 92.2% | 19.2% |
| Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School Chicago | 600 | 96.2% | 21.0% |
| McKay Elementary School Chicago | 616 | 96.8% | 14.0% |
| Pershing Elementary School Joliet | 621 | 96.1% | 18.3% |
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 Farragut Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #1,731 of 1,925 | #90 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #1,862 of 2,077 ▼ 70 | #98 of 100 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #1,936 of 2,077 ▼ 171 | #97 of 100 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #341 of 2,419 | #24 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,832 of 2,035 | #94 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #788 of 2,042 | #64 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #177 of 2,132 | #12 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #584 of 1,461 | #26 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
568
+30 (+6%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 437
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 | 568 | 33.8 | 16.8:1 | 94% (535) |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 33.3 | 17.8:1 | 94% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 31.9 | 17.4:1 | 95% (526) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 682 | 37.5 | 18.2:1 | 100% (681) |
| 2015-16 | 705 | 39 | 18.1:1 | 99% (698) |
| 2010-11 | 695 | 34 | 20.4:1 | 90% (624) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 30 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 22 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Farragut Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (682 to 568); teachers down 10% (37.5 to 33.8).
About Farragut Elementary School
Farragut Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in Joliet, Illinois. In all, 568 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. That is 49% larger than the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Farragut Elementary School is one of the 20 schools that make up Joliet PSD 86 (9,333 students in total).
At Farragut Elementary School, 60% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 31% Black, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Will County is roughly 20% Hispanic. The diversity index for Farragut Elementary School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.8:1. The school has 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 2.9 students per teacher. In all, 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 50 points above the 44% average for public schools in Will County.
Farragut 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 15.9% and a predicted 17.1%.
Census data for Will County show median household income comes to about $109,984, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 209 public schools in the county, enrolling about 113,008, Farragut Elementary School among them.
The closest school to Farragut Elementary School is M J Cunningham Elementary School, located about 0.7 miles away. Farragut Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Farragut Elementary School ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 15.9% versus a 22.9% average.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 6%, from 538 to 568.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Farragut Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Joliet PSD 86
- Hufford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,072 students
- Washington Jr High & Academy PrgmMiddle · 724 students
- Dirksen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Sator Sanchez Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Pershing Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Lynne Thigpen Elementary SchoolElementary · 620 students
Other schools in Joliet
- Joliet West High SchoolHigh · 3,451 students
- Joliet Central High SchoolHigh · 3,295 students
- Hufford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,072 students
- Aux Sable Middle SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- Washington Jr High & Academy PrgmMiddle · 724 students
- Dirksen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 653 students
Other Farragut Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Farragut Elementary. Farragut Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Farragut ElementaryCulver City, CA · 548 students
Nearby schools
- M J Cunningham Elementary School0.7 mi · 484
- Pershing Elementary School0.9 mi · 621
- Dirksen Junior High School1.3 mi · 653
- Taft Elementary School1.3 mi · 424
- Joliet Central High School1.3 mi · 3,295
- Lynne Thigpen Elementary School1.3 mi · 620
Frequently asked questions
About Farragut Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Farragut Elementary School?
Farragut Elementary School enrolls approximately 568 students in grades KG-05.
Is Farragut Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Farragut Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Farragut Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Farragut Elementary School is approximately 16.8:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Farragut Elementary School?
At Farragut Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 60% Hispanic, 31% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Farragut Elementary School?
Farragut Elementary School is overseen by Joliet PSD 86 in Will County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.