Glen Grove Elem School

Glen Grove Elem School is an elementary school of average-sized scale in Glenview, Illinois, one of the schools within Glenview CCSD 34, teacheing 398 students in grades 3 through 5.

Within Glenview CCSD 34, which oversees 8 schools and 4,287 students, Glen Grove Elem School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Glen Grove Elem School logs that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 37% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, Glen Grove Elem School shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Glen Grove Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Glen Grove Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 54.1%; actual is 75.5%, +21.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cook County) shows that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Glen Grove Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Apollo Elem School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glen Grove Elem School. On composite proficiency, Glen Grove Elem School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.4%.

Glen Grove Elem School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glen Grove Elem School has fell 21%, going from 504 students in 2018 to 398 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 51% to 39%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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