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What's something Indian Grove Elem School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVER TRAILS SD 26·NCES 173387003478
Indian Grove Elementary School
1340 N Burning Bush Ln, Mount Prospect, IL 60056 · (847) 298-1976 · Cook County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
97 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 25% |
This year's 1st grade class (80) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
58%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Indian Grove Elementary School→River Trails Middle School
Based on grade levels within River Trails SD 26. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
65.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.8pp since 2023
Math
65.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +23.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.4% | 65.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 41.6% |
% 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
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Indian Grove Elementary School
Indian Grove Elementary School's state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Grove Elementary School this school | 435 | 22.3% | 60.4% |
| Freedom Elementary School Plainfield | 526 | 26.8% | 72.8% |
| Grove Avenue Elementary School Barrington | 511 | 16.6% | 74.8% |
| Hawthorn Elementary School North Vernon Hills | 347 | 25.9% | 70.0% |
| Arbor View Elementary School Glen Ellyn | 313 | 22.4% | 69.9% |
| Wilder-Waite Grade School Peoria | 404 | 24.5% | 68.5% |
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 Indian Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #316 of 1,925 | #97 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #303 of 2,077 ▲ 203 | #103 of 829 ▲ 58 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #489 of 2,077 ▲ 76 | #167 of 829 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #816 of 2,419 | #368 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #578 of 2,035 | #284 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #662 of 2,042 | #237 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.3% | #1,923 of 2,132 | #739 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #662 of 1,461 | #357 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
435
-107 (-20%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 393
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 | 435 | 36 | 12.1:1 | 22% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 35.3 | 12.9:1 | 20% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 37.3 | 12.3:1 | 15% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 542 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 16% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 42 | 11.6:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 14% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 569 | 38 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 393 | 23 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (512 to 435); teachers unchanged (36 to 36).
About Indian Grove Elementary School
Indian Grove Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Mount Prospect, Illinois. The school offers grades 1 through 5 and enrolls 435 students.
River Trails SD 26 enrolls 1,462 students, and its 4 schools include Indian Grove Elementary School.
Of every 100 students at Indian Grove Elementary School, about 58 are White. The school is also 28% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 44%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Indian Grove Elementary School scores 58%.
There are about 12.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Indian Grove Elementary School, which has 36. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 22%. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Indian Grove Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (60.4%) and its predicted rate (58.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Cook County number 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Robert Frost Elementary School, is the closest to Indian Grove Elementary School. Indian Grove Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 60.4% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 5 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 107 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 River Trails SD 26
- River Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- Euclid Elementary SchoolElementary · 344 students
- Prairie Trails SchoolElementary · 175 students
Other schools in Mount Prospect
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- River Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- Holmes Jr High SchoolMiddle · 459 students
- John Jay Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Euclid Elementary SchoolElementary · 344 students
Nearby schools
- Robert Frost Elementary School0.6 mi · 532
- Prairie Trails School0.6 mi · 175
- River Trails Middle School0.7 mi · 508
- Euclid Elementary School1.4 mi · 344
- Henry Winkelman Elementary School2.1 mi · 677
- Dwight D Eisenhower Elementary School2.4 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Grove Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Indian Grove Elementary School?
Indian Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 435 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Indian Grove Elementary School serve?
Indian Grove Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Indian Grove Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Indian Grove Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Indian Grove Elementary School?
At Indian Grove Elementary School, the student body is approximately 58% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 28% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Indian Grove Elementary School public or private?
Indian Grove Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by River Trails SD 26.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.