Enrollment
359
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371001709
Heritage Elementary School
507 Arnold Ave, Streamwood, IL 60107 · (630) 213-5565 · Cook County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
241 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 19% smaller than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
40.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.8pp since 2023
Math
28.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.6% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 26.8% | 20.5% |
% 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Heritage Elementary School
Heritage Elementary School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Elementary School this school | 359 | 67.1% | 31.4% |
| Mabel O Donnell Elementary School Aurora | 360 | 63.6% | 16.8% |
| Moos Elementary School Chicago | 434 | 66.8% | 22.0% |
| Hometown Elementary School Hometown | 338 | 68.6% | 46.1% |
| Schafer Elementary School Lombard | 354 | 62.4% | 26.8% |
| John R Tibbott Elementary School Bolingbrook | 330 | 67.9% | 49.5% |
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 Heritage Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #1,231 of 1,925 | #378 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #1,349 of 2,077 ▼ 186 | #418 of 829 ▼ 65 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #1,328 of 2,077 ▼ 26 | #453 of 829 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #1,215 of 2,419 | #499 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #759 of 2,035 | #362 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #837 of 2,042 | #301 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.1% | #812 of 2,132 | #482 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #366 of 1,461 | #223 of 661 |
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
359
-43 (-11%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 554
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 | 359 | 28.5 | 12.6:1 | 67% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 65% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 28.5 | 13.6:1 | 67% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 23.1 | 20.0:1 | 75% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 24 | 19.6:1 | 74% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 22 | 22.9:1 | 70% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 35 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 554 | 23 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heritage Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (463 to 359); teachers up 23% (23.1 to 28.5).
About Heritage Elementary School
Heritage Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Streamwood, Illinois. The school serves 359 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Heritage Elementary School sits within SD U-46, which has 51 schools and 34,036 students.
At Heritage Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 66% of the student body. It is also 14% Black, 13% White, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 27% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 12.6:1 comes from the school's 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The lunch program counts 67% of students at Heritage Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Heritage Elementary School would score about 32.8%. It scores 31.4%, 1.4 points below that figure.
Federal survey data for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
The nearest public school is Tefft Middle School, at about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Heritage Elementary School is 5th among 9 schools close by.
Heritage Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 359 students in 2024-25, 43 fewer than the 402 it had in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 SD U-46
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Other schools in Streamwood
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Tefft Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Canton Middle SchoolMiddle · 531 students
- Glenbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Oakhill Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Hanover Countryside Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
Other Heritage Elementary schools
47 other US public schools in 24 states are named Heritage Elementary. Heritage Elementary School is the 42nd largest of the 48.
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARYWENTZVILLE, MO · 1,039 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolMadison, AL · 869 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 832 students
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGREENACRES, FL · 817 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 807 students
Nearby schools
- Tefft Middle School0.4 mi · 606
- Parkwood Elementary School0.7 mi · 342
- Eastview Middle School0.8 mi · 757
- Sunnydale Elementary School0.8 mi · 263
- Oakhill Elementary School1.0 mi · 434
- Bartlett Elementary School1.1 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Heritage Elementary SchoolHow large is Heritage Elementary School?
Heritage Elementary School enrolls approximately 359 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Heritage Elementary School serve?
Heritage Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Heritage Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Heritage Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Heritage Elementary School?
At Heritage Elementary School, the student body is approximately 13% White, 66% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Heritage Elementary School public or private?
Heritage Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SD U-46.
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