Jane Stenson School

As a mid-tier primary school in Skokie, Illinois, Jane Stenson School enrolls 365 students from grades K through 5, run under Skokie SD 68.

Skokie SD 68 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,809 students; Jane Stenson School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Jane Stenson School records that the most-represented group is White (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 27% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Jane Stenson School records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Jane Stenson School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Jane Stenson School is one campus in the mix.

Niles North High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jane Stenson School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jane Stenson School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 373 students in 2018 compared to 365 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 38% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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