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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALATINE CCSD 15·NCES 173042003146
Jane Addams Elementary School
1020 E Sayles Dr, Palatine, IL 60074 · (847) 963-5000 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
254 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 46 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
32.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.8pp since 2023
Math
27.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.9% | 27.4% |
| 2023-24 | 19.1% | 13.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Jane Addams Elementary School
Jane Addams Elementary School's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Addams Elementary School this school | 567 | 44.8% | 29.6% |
| Elgin Math and Science Academy Chtr Elgin | 499 | 46.5% | 38.5% |
| Conrad Fischer Elementary School Elmhurst | 584 | 51.2% | 43.8% |
| Mechanics Grove Elementary School Mundelein | 486 | 41.8% | 43.2% |
| Hitch Elementary School Chicago | 495 | 50.1% | 40.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Palatine | 772 | 47.3% | 35.5% |
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 Jane Addams Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #1,287 of 1,925 | #405 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #1,376 of 2,077 ▲ 117 | #427 of 829 ▲ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #1,591 of 2,077 ▲ 13 | #572 of 829 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #345 of 2,419 | #184 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #823 of 2,035 | #391 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #488 of 2,042 | #187 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.8% | #1,439 of 2,132 | #637 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #1,327 of 1,461 | #609 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
567
+92 (+19%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 511
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 | 567 | 44.3 | 12.8:1 | 45% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 45.5 | 9.8:1 | 64% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 43 | 10.1:1 | 67% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 38.7 | 15.0:1 | 71% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 71% (451) |
| 2010-11 | 700 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 65% (458) |
| 2000-01 | 680 | 43 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 511 | 27 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jane Addams Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (582 to 567); teachers up 14% (38.7 to 44.3).
About Jane Addams Elementary School
Jane Addams Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Palatine, Illinois, one of the schools in Palatine CCSD 15. It educates 567 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 49% bigger than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Palatine CCSD 15 is the district for Jane Addams Elementary School. It has 20 schools and 11,715 students.
Hispanic students account for 53% of enrollment at Jane Addams Elementary School. Other groups make up 29% White, 8% Asian, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Jane Addams Elementary School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.8:1, with 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Jane Addams Elementary School is 45%. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Jane Addams Elementary School is a bottom-10% school in Illinois on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.6% against a predicted 45.6%.
Within Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 1,406 public schools in Cook County, with a combined enrollment of about 697,934.
The closest public school, Virginia Lake Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles from Jane Addams Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 39.9%; Jane Addams Elementary School's is 29.6%, ranking 6th of 8.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 475 in 2020-21 and 567 in 2024-25, a increase of 92 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Jane Addams Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Palatine CCSD 15
- Plum Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,128 students
- Winston Campus Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Virginia Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Walter R Sundling Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Frank C Whiteley Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
Other schools in Palatine
- Wm Fremd High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Palatine High SchoolHigh · 2,535 students
- Winston Campus Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Virginia Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Walter R Sundling Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
Other Jane Addams Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 2 states are named Jane Addams Elementary. Jane Addams Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolMelrose Park, IL · 385 students
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolMoline, IL · 299 students
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolSpringfield, IL · 243 students
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolREDFORD, MI · 297 students
Nearby schools
- Virginia Lake Elementary School0.4 mi · 717
- Lake Louise Elementary School0.6 mi · 608
- Palatine High School0.6 mi · 2,535
- Winston Campus Middle School0.8 mi · 847
- Winston Campus Elementary0.9 mi · 2
- Lincoln Elementary School1.0 mi · 772
Frequently asked questions
About Jane Addams Elementary SchoolHow large is Jane Addams Elementary School?
Jane Addams Elementary School enrolls approximately 567 students in grades PK-05.
Is Jane Addams Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jane Addams Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Jane Addams Elementary School have?
Jane Addams Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Jane Addams Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jane Addams Elementary School are roughly 29% White, 53% Hispanic, 6% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Jane Addams Elementary School public or private?
Jane Addams Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Palatine CCSD 15.
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