Enrollment
251
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYONS SD 103·NCES 172385002598
J W Robinson Jr Elementary School
4431 Gage Ave, Lyons, IL 60534 · (708) 783-4700 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
217 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 23 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
J W Robinson Jr Elementary School→Washington Middle School
Based on grade levels within Lyons SD 103. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
45.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +23.1pp since 2023
Math
30.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +20.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 30.7% |
| 2023-24 | 22.4% | 10.3% |
% 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
35.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 J W Robinson Jr Elementary School
J W Robinson Jr Elementary School's state test result (35.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J W Robinson Jr Elementary School this school | 251 | 86.5% | 35.2% |
| Finkl Elementary School Chicago | 240 | 87.9% | 21.0% |
| Delacey Family Educ Center Carpentersville | 210 | 85.7% | N/A |
| Yates Elementary School Chicago | 268 | 88.1% | 18.5% |
| Sunny Hill Elementary School Carpentersville | 245 | 87.8% | 30.9% |
| Perry Elementary School Carpentersville | 278 | 90.3% | 24.1% |
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 J W Robinson Jr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #1,085 of 1,925 | #316 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #1,257 of 2,077 ▲ 343 | #384 of 829 ▲ 167 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #1,171 of 2,077 ▲ 311 | #383 of 829 ▲ 155 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #1,814 of 2,419 | #744 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #45 of 2,035 | #28 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #1,093 of 2,042 | #410 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #374 of 2,132 | #267 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #859 of 1,461 | #439 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
251
-4 (-2%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 259
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 | 251 | 28.2 | 8.9:1 | 86% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 248 | 21.6 | 11.5:1 | 84% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 237 | 24.2 | 9.8:1 | 78% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 255 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 283 | 26 | 10.9:1 | 84% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 22 | 12.6:1 | 79% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 297 | 19 | 15.6:1 | 74% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 250 | 17 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 259 | 14 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J W Robinson Jr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (283 to 251); teachers up 8% (26 to 28.2).
About J W Robinson Jr Elementary School
This page covers J W Robinson Jr Elementary School, a small elementary school in Lyons, Illinois. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 251 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 34% below that mark.
Lyons SD 103 is the district for J W Robinson Jr Elementary School. It has 6 schools and 2,042 students.
Federal enrollment data show J W Robinson Jr Elementary School is 74% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 12% White, 10% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 47 points above the 27% share among Cook County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
J W Robinson Jr Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9:1, with 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 86% at J W Robinson Jr Elementary School. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
J W Robinson Jr Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of Illinois public elementary schools.
A school with J W Robinson Jr Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 21.6%. J W Robinson Jr Elementary School scores 35.2%, 13.6 points above that line.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include J W Robinson Jr Elementary School.
Washington Middle School sits about 0.7 miles from J W Robinson Jr Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, J W Robinson Jr Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, J W Robinson Jr Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 251, starting from 255.
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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 Lyons SD 103
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 659 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 282 students
- Home Elementary SchoolElementary · 256 students
- Costello SchoolElementary · 228 students
Other schools in Lyons
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 659 students
- Costello SchoolElementary · 228 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Middle School0.7 mi · 659
- Costello School0.8 mi · 228
- Home Elementary School0.9 mi · 256
- Central Elementary School1.3 mi · 371
- L J Hauser Jr High School1.4 mi · 597
- Lincoln Elementary School1.4 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About J W Robinson Jr Elementary SchoolHow large is J W Robinson Jr Elementary School?
J W Robinson Jr Elementary School enrolls approximately 251 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does J W Robinson Jr Elementary School serve?
J W Robinson Jr Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at J W Robinson Jr Elementary School?
Approximately 8.9:1 students per teacher at J W Robinson Jr Elementary School.
How diverse is J W Robinson Jr Elementary School?
J W Robinson Jr Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 74% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is J W Robinson Jr Elementary School public or private?
J W Robinson Jr Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lyons SD 103.
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