Enrollment
316
Elementary
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SKOKIE SD 68·NCES 173645003757
Highland Elementary School
9700 Crawford Ave, Skokie, IL 60076 · (847) 676-5001 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
150 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Highland Elementary School→Old Orchard Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Skokie SD 68. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
67.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +26.2pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +26.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 26 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 26 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.9% | 33.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Highland Elementary School
Highland Elementary School's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Elementary School this school | 316 | 47.5% | 59.0% |
| Solomon Elementary School Chicago | 323 | 48.9% | 53.3% |
| Forest View Elementary School Mount Prospect | 339 | 48.4% | 56.9% |
| Glenn Elementary School Normal | 272 | 49.3% | 43.6% |
| Washington Elementary School Glenview | 406 | 50.5% | 47.1% |
| Hawthorn Townline Elementary School Vernon Hills | 306 | 40.2% | 60.7% |
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 Highland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #345 of 1,925 | #106 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #438 of 2,077 ▲ 276 | #142 of 829 ▲ 80 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #434 of 2,077 ▲ 339 | #155 of 829 ▲ 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #1,450 of 2,419 | #602 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #262 of 2,035 | #143 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.1% | #3 of 2,042 | #1 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.5% | #1,369 of 2,132 | #625 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #505 of 1,461 | #292 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
316
-64 (-17%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 338
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 | 316 | 29 | 10.9:1 | 47% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 29 | 11.3:1 | 49% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 26.3 | 12.4:1 | 46% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 29.9 | 13.0:1 | 50% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 46% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 48% (185) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 23 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 21 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (388 to 316); teachers down 3% (29.9 to 29).
About Highland Elementary School
Skokie, Illinois, is home to Highland Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment is 316 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5.
Skokie SD 68 includes 4 schools. Together they enroll 1,809 students.
White students are the largest group at Highland Elementary School, with 30% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 29% Asian, 15% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. Cook County's residents are about 44% White, 14 points above the school's share. Highland Elementary School has a diversity index of 77%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 29 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 10.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 47% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 19 points higher.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Highland Elementary School is 44.1%. It actually posts 59.0%, which is 14.9 points higher and in the top 10% of Illinois schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
The nearest other public school, Walker Elementary School, is about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Highland Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The number of students dropped from 380 to 316 over 4 years.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Skokie SD 68
- Old Orchard Jr High SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Devonshire Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Jane Stenson SchoolElementary · 365 students
Other schools in Skokie
- Niles West High SchoolHigh · 2,646 students
- Niles North High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Fairview South Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Old Orchard Jr High SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
Other Highland Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 26 states are named Highland Elementary. Highland Elementary School is the 39th largest of the 56.
- Highland Elementary SchoolElgin, IL · 616 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolHighland, IL · 504 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolStillman Valley, IL · 381 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolDowners Grove, IL · 352 students
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WORTH, FL · 976 students
Nearby schools
- Walker Elementary School0.8 mi · 364
- Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies0.9 mi · 254
- Willard Elementary School0.9 mi · 355
- Old Orchard Jr High School0.9 mi · 711
- Devonshire Elementary School1.0 mi · 417
- Lincolnwood Elementary School1.0 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Highland Elementary School?
Highland Elementary School enrolls approximately 316 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Highland Elementary School serve?
Highland Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Highland Elementary School?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Highland Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Highland Elementary School?
At Highland Elementary School, the student body is approximately 30% White, 14% Hispanic, 15% Black, 29% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Highland Elementary School in?
Highland Elementary School is part of Skokie SD 68.
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