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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHEELING CCSD 21·NCES 174221004236
Henry W Longfellow Elementary School
501 S Arlington Heights Rd, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 · (847) 520-2755 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
125 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 | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
54%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
50.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
55.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.6% | 55.5% |
| 2023-24 | 31.6% | 49.3% |
% 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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Henry W Longfellow Elementary School
Henry W Longfellow Elementary School's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry W Longfellow Elementary School this school | 510 | 24.5% | 54.3% |
| Centennial School Bartlett | 514 | 22.8% | 59.1% |
| Henking Elementary School Glenview | 470 | 22.8% | N/A |
| Concord Elementary School Darien | 460 | 22.2% | 64.8% |
| Hoffman Elementary School Glenview | 481 | 26.0% | 70.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary Plainfield | 536 | 21.8% | 69.7% |
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 Henry W Longfellow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #463 of 1,925 | #132 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #523 of 2,077 ▼ 202 | #162 of 829 ▼ 54 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #985 of 2,077 ▲ 133 | #314 of 829 ▲ 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #518 of 2,419 | #253 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,430 of 2,035 | #630 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #789 of 2,042 | #285 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.5% | #1,877 of 2,132 | #730 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.8% | #58 of 615 | #13 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
510
+83 (+19%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 617
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 | 510 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 25% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 30.1 | 16.4:1 | 22% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 32.5 | 15.1:1 | 17% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 24.7 | 15.6:1 | 14% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 15% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 466 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 10% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 23 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 617 | 24 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henry W Longfellow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (384 to 510); teachers up 42% (24.7 to 35).
About Henry W Longfellow Elementary School
Henry W Longfellow Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Its enrollment is 510 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Henry W Longfellow Elementary School is a school in Wheeling CCSD 21. The district has 12 schools and 6,298 students.
About 65% of the student body at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 16% Asian, 12% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Cook County, the White share is about 44%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
With 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 13.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School, 25% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Henry W Longfellow Elementary School is 57.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.3%.
In the surrounding county, Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Henry W Longfellow Elementary School's nearest public school is Buffalo Grove High School (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Henry W Longfellow Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 427 (2020-21) to 510 (2024-25).
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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
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Nearby schools
- Buffalo Grove High School0.3 mi · 2,021
- Cooper Middle School0.3 mi · 732
- Joyce Kilmer Elementary School1.0 mi · 590
- Edgar A Poe Elementary School1.2 mi · 317
- J W Riley Elementary School1.4 mi · 319
- Ivy Hall Elementary School1.6 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About Henry W Longfellow Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Henry W Longfellow Elementary School?
Henry W Longfellow Elementary School enrolls approximately 510 students in grades KG-05.
Is Henry W Longfellow Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Henry W Longfellow Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School.
How diverse is Henry W Longfellow Elementary School?
Henry W Longfellow Elementary School reports a student body of 65% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Henry W Longfellow Elementary School in?
Henry W Longfellow Elementary School is part of Wheeling CCSD 21.
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