Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SKOKIE SD 68·NCES 173645003758
Jane Stenson School
9201 Lockwood Ave, Skokie, IL 60077 · (847) 676-7301 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
12.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
208 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
Jane Stenson School→Old Orchard Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Skokie SD 68. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
54.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.1pp since 2023
Math
42.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.5% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 35.4% |
% 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Jane Stenson School
Jane Stenson School's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Stenson School this school | 365 | 57.0% | 46.9% |
| Brentwood Elementary School Des Plaines | 375 | 55.7% | 42.2% |
| Devonshire School Des Plaines | 370 | 61.1% | 46.8% |
| Devonshire Elementary School Skokie | 417 | 65.7% | 42.8% |
| Western Trails Elementary School Carol Stream | 320 | 56.9% | 43.9% |
| Washington Elementary School Glenview | 406 | 50.5% | 47.1% |
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 Jane Stenson School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #685 of 1,925 | #183 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #889 of 2,077 ▼ 242 | #264 of 829 ▼ 68 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #859 of 2,077 ▲ 107 | #267 of 829 ▲ 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #1,175 of 2,419 | #485 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #754 of 2,035 | #360 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.0% | #4 of 2,042 | #2 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.0% | #1,101 of 2,132 | #563 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #1,360 of 1,461 | #621 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
365
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 408
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 | 365 | 29 | 12.6:1 | 57% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 24 | 14.4:1 | 57% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 27.3 | 12.8:1 | 53% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 26.6 | 14.0:1 | 45% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 43% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 25 | 14.3:1 | 49% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 347 | 22 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 23 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jane Stenson School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (373 to 365); teachers up 9% (26.6 to 29).
About Jane Stenson School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Jane Stenson School serves students in Skokie, Illinois. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 365 students.
Jane Stenson School is part of a district of 4 schools: Skokie SD 68, with 1,809 students.
The student body at Jane Stenson School has no majority group. White students lead at 30%. The remaining shares are 27% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 9% multiracial. Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 77% means there is a 77% chance two randomly chosen students at Jane Stenson School are from different groups.
Jane Stenson School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. The school has 57% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is lower.
Jane Stenson 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 67% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 38.6%. Jane Stenson School scores 46.9%.
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Jane Stenson School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Niles North High School, is the closest to Jane Stenson School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 50.1%, higher than Jane Stenson School's 46.9%.
NCES describes the area around Jane Stenson School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment rose by 3% across 4 years, from 355 in 2020-21 to 365 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Jane Stenson School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Skokie SD 68
- Old Orchard Jr High SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Devonshire Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
Other schools in Skokie
- Niles West High SchoolHigh · 2,646 students
- Niles North High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Fairview South Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Old Orchard Jr High SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
Nearby schools
- Niles North High School0.8 mi · 1,999
- Old Orchard Jr High School0.8 mi · 711
- Devonshire Elementary School1.1 mi · 417
- Madison Elementary School1.1 mi · 609
- Park View Elementary School1.2 mi · 885
- Thomas Edison Elementary School1.3 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Jane Stenson SchoolHow many students attend Jane Stenson School?
Jane Stenson School enrolls approximately 365 students in grades KG-05.
Is Jane Stenson School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jane Stenson School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Jane Stenson School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Jane Stenson School.
How diverse is Jane Stenson School?
Jane Stenson School reports a student body of 30% White, 22% Hispanic, 10% Black, 27% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Jane Stenson School in?
Jane Stenson School is part of Skokie SD 68.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.