Enrollment
389
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMM CONS SD 59·NCES 171377001727
John Jay Elementary School
1835 W Pheasant Trl, Mount Prospect, IL 60056 · (847) 593-4385 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL389 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
308 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
29.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.9pp since 2023
Math
33.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.9% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 16.0% | 14.2% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 John Jay Elementary School
John Jay Elementary School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Jay Elementary School this school | 389 | 79.2% | 28.3% |
| Walt Whitman Elementary School Wheeling | 378 | 80.2% | 20.1% |
| Wegner Elementary School West Chicago | 384 | 71.1% | 24.4% |
| Bernard J Ward Elementary School Bolingbrook | 363 | 77.4% | 37.5% |
| Parkwood Elementary School Hanover Park | 342 | 77.2% | 32.4% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School Wheeling | 524 | 74.4% | 25.5% |
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 John Jay Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #1,330 of 1,925 | #430 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,175 of 2,077 ▲ 256 | #356 of 829 ▲ 105 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #1,672 of 2,077 ▲ 40 | #610 of 829 ▲ 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 389 | #1,054 of 2,419 | #448 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #409 of 2,035 | #221 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #941 of 2,042 | #342 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.2% | #528 of 2,132 | #362 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.1% | #226 of 615 | #64 of 186 |
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
389
+71 (+22%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 418
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 | 389 | 33.6 | 11.6:1 | 79% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 29.6 | 12.3:1 | 80% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 27.8 | 11.2:1 | 75% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 23.9 | 14.5:1 | 76% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 80% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 73% (262) |
| 2000-01 | 377 | 28 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 418 | 24 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Jay Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (347 to 389); teachers up 41% (23.9 to 33.6).
About John Jay Elementary School
John Jay Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Comm Cons SD 59, located in Mount Prospect, Illinois. The school has 389 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5.
The district, Comm Cons SD 59, operates 15 schools serving 5,869 students.
More than half of the students at John Jay Elementary School are Hispanic (69%). Beyond that, enrollment is 13% White, 7% Asian, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Cook County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
On staff are 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 79% of students at John Jay Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
John Jay Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.3% and a predicted 25.8%.
For the population of Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. John Jay Elementary School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Robert Frost Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from John Jay Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 28.3% average proficiency ranks 5th among 6 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put John Jay Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 22% rise, from 318 to 389.
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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 Comm Cons SD 59
- Grove Jr High SchoolMiddle · 741 students
- Friendship Jr High SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Holmes Jr High SchoolMiddle · 459 students
- Salt Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Clearmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Brentwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Other schools in Mount Prospect
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- River Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- Holmes Jr High SchoolMiddle · 459 students
- Indian Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Euclid Elementary SchoolElementary · 344 students
Nearby schools
- Robert Frost Elementary School0.8 mi · 359
- Holmes Jr High School0.8 mi · 459
- The Early Learning Center0.8 mi · 270
- Forest View Elementary School0.9 mi · 339
- Juliette Low Elementary School1.4 mi · 274
- Rupley Elementary School1.6 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About John Jay Elementary SchoolHow large is John Jay Elementary School?
John Jay Elementary School enrolls approximately 389 students in grades KG-05.
Is John Jay Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
John Jay Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does John Jay Elementary School have?
John Jay Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at John Jay Elementary School?
Student demographics at John Jay Elementary School are roughly 13% White, 69% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is John Jay Elementary School public or private?
John Jay Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Comm Cons SD 59.
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