Indian Grove Elem School

Indian Grove Elem School operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in Mount Prospect, Illinois, overseen by River Trails SD 26. Current enrollment sits at 435 students spanning grades 1 through 5.

Within River Trails SD 26, which oversees 4 schools and 1,462 students, Indian Grove Elem School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Indian Grove Elem School shows that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 28% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Indian Grove Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Indian Grove Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Robert Frost Elem School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Indian Grove Elem School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 48.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 512 students in 2018 compared to 435 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 72% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.