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Enrollment
590
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHEELING CCSD 21·NCES 174221004242
Joyce Kilmer Elementary School
655 Golfview Ter, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 · (847) 520-2760 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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.
- BBeats 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
13.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
420 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 40 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
33.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
33.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.4pp 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 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 33.1% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 29.7% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Joyce Kilmer Elementary School
Joyce Kilmer Elementary School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joyce Kilmer Elementary School this school | 590 | 71.2% | 34.1% |
| John F Kennedy Elementary School Schiller Park | 603 | 68.0% | 42.8% |
| Prussing Elementary School Chicago | 642 | 65.3% | 35.9% |
| Bridgeview Elementary School Bridgeview | 436 | 69.0% | 39.2% |
| George W Lieb Elementary School Bridgeview | 399 | 66.2% | 48.0% |
| Cherry Valley Elementary School Rockford | 676 | 64.2% | 35.3% |
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 Joyce Kilmer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #1,119 of 1,925 | #330 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #1,183 of 2,077 ▼ 366 | #360 of 829 ▼ 108 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,579 of 2,077 ▼ 215 | #566 of 829 ▼ 87 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #289 of 2,419 | #163 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,139 of 2,035 | #510 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #390 of 2,042 | #153 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.2% | #711 of 2,132 | #447 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.3% | #187 of 615 | #51 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
590
+84 (+17%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 459
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 | 590 | 43 | 13.7:1 | 71% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 67% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 35.5 | 14.9:1 | 52% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 27.4 | 18.8:1 | 53% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 26 | 18.7:1 | 59% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 29 | 17.0:1 | 48% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 32 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 26 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joyce Kilmer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (516 to 590); teachers up 57% (27.4 to 43).
About Joyce Kilmer Elementary School
Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school, is located in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. A federal count lists 590 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381, so this school runs 55% larger than that.
Joyce Kilmer Elementary School is one school in a 12-school district, Wheeling CCSD 21, which enrolls 6,298 students.
White students are the largest group at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, with 45% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 38% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is close to the 44% White share among all Cook County residents. Joyce Kilmer Elementary School has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1, with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Illinois have a similar average ratio of 13.9:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 71% of enrollment.
allk12 grades Joyce Kilmer Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 30.4% for a school in Illinois with Joyce Kilmer Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Joyce Kilmer Elementary School posts 34.1%.
Cook County has about 5,182,090 residents, and median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
The closest public school, Booth Tarkington Elementary School, is about 0.9 miles from Joyce Kilmer Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Joyce Kilmer Elementary School is 6th among 7 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 506 in 2020-21 and 590 in 2024-25, a 17% increase.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Wheeling CCSD 21
- Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 732 students
- Jack London Middle SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Oliver W Holmes Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Booth Tarkington Elementary SchoolElementary · 540 students
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
Other schools in Buffalo Grove
- Buffalo Grove High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Aptakisic Junior High SchoolMiddle · 940 students
- Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 732 students
- Meridian SchoolElementary · 702 students
- Twin Groves Middle SchoolMiddle · 625 students
- Henry W Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
Other Joyce Kilmer Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Joyce Kilmer Elementary. Joyce Kilmer Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Joyce Kilmer Elementary SchoolCHERRY HILL, NJ · 412 students
Nearby schools
- Booth Tarkington Elementary School0.9 mi · 540
- J W Riley Elementary School1.0 mi · 319
- Buffalo Grove High School1.0 mi · 2,021
- Henry W Longfellow Elementary School1.0 mi · 510
- Eugene Field Elementary School1.1 mi · 613
- Cooper Middle School1.1 mi · 732
Frequently asked questions
About Joyce Kilmer Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Joyce Kilmer Elementary School?
Joyce Kilmer Elementary School enrolls approximately 590 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Joyce Kilmer Elementary School serve?
Joyce Kilmer Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School.
How diverse is Joyce Kilmer Elementary School?
Joyce Kilmer Elementary School reports a student body of 45% White, 38% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Joyce Kilmer Elementary School?
Joyce Kilmer Elementary School is overseen by Wheeling CCSD 21 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.