Enrollment
258
Elementary
DISTRICT 234 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA GRANGE SD 105 SOUTH·NCES 172163002426
Ideal Elementary School
9901 W 58th St, Countryside, IL 60525 · (708) 482-2750 · Cook County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
185 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (38).
Student demographics
56%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ideal Elementary School→Wm F Gurrie Middle School
Based on grade levels within La Grange SD 105 South. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
51.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.2pp since 2023
Math
35.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 27.7% |
% 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Ideal Elementary School
Ideal Elementary School's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ideal Elementary School this school | 258 | 71.7% | 40.0% |
| Rockdale Elementary School Rockdale | 257 | 71.2% | 24.7% |
| Rupley Elementary School Elk Grove Village | 280 | 76.1% | 23.8% |
| Hometown Elementary School Hometown | 338 | 68.6% | 46.1% |
| Orchard Place Elementary School Des Plaines | 258 | 66.3% | 32.1% |
| Army Trail Elementary School Addison | 258 | 79.1% | 23.4% |
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 Ideal Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #913 of 1,925 | #243 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,093 of 2,077 ▼ 195 | #325 of 829 ▼ 56 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #944 of 2,077 ▼ 185 | #301 of 829 ▼ 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #1,788 of 2,419 | #733 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.8:1 | #40 of 2,035 | #24 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #706 of 2,042 | #249 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.7% | #701 of 2,132 | #438 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #1,191 of 1,461 | #563 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
258
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 201
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 | 258 | 29.4 | 8.8:1 | 72% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 251 | 30.2 | 8.3:1 | 76% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 29 | 8.8:1 | 71% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 272 | 27 | 10.1:1 | 70% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 28 | 12.5:1 | 70% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 366 | 19 | 19.3:1 | 39% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 203 | 16 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 201 | 14 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ideal Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (272 to 258); teachers up 9% (27 to 29.4).
About Ideal Elementary School
Located in Countryside, Illinois, Ideal Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 258 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Ideal Elementary School is one school in a 5-school district, La Grange SD 105 South, which enrolls 1,212 students.
More than half of enrollment at Ideal Elementary School is Hispanic: 60%. Next come 26% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ideal Elementary School scores 56%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 8.8:1. The school has 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 5.1 students per teacher. In all, 72% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Ideal Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (40.0%) and its predicted rate (30.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include Ideal Elementary School.
Ideal Elementary School is about 0.9 miles from Wm F Gurrie Middle School, its nearest public school. Ideal Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Ideal Elementary School ranks 5th of 5 nearby schools, at 40.0% versus a 65.3% average.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 258, starting from 253.
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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 La Grange SD 105 South
- Spring Ave Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- Wm F Gurrie Middle SchoolMiddle · 278 students
- Seventh Ave Elementary SchoolElementary · 194 students
- Hodgkins Elementary SchoolElementary · 165 students
Nearby schools
- Wm F Gurrie Middle School0.9 mi · 278
- Spring Ave Elementary School0.9 mi · 317
- Hodgkins Elementary School1.1 mi · 165
- Seventh Ave Elementary School1.2 mi · 194
- Highlands Elementary School1.3 mi · 565
- Highlands Middle School1.4 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About Ideal Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ideal Elementary School?
Ideal Elementary School enrolls approximately 258 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Ideal Elementary School serve?
Ideal Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Ideal Elementary School?
Approximately 8.8:1 students per teacher at Ideal Elementary School.
How diverse is Ideal Elementary School?
Ideal Elementary School reports a student body of 26% White, 60% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Ideal Elementary School public or private?
Ideal Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by La Grange SD 105 South.
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