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Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371001687
Laurel Hill Elementary School
1750 Laurel Ave, Hanover Park, IL 60133 · (630) 213-5580 · Cook County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
275 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 | 24 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 33% smaller than its 6th grade class (64).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
34.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
23.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.8% | 23.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.4% | 16.1% |
% 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
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Laurel Hill Elementary School
Laurel Hill Elementary School's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Hill Elementary School this school | 384 | 71.6% | 25.2% |
| Currier Elementary School West Chicago | 359 | 72.4% | 25.9% |
| Ontarioville Elementary School Hanover Park | 430 | 74.4% | 34.7% |
| Turner Elementary School West Chicago | 349 | 70.5% | 32.5% |
| Clearview Elementary School Waukegan | 404 | 69.1% | 10.5% |
| Fullerton Elementary School Addison | 384 | 72.4% | 32.1% |
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 Laurel Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #1,440 of 1,925 | #476 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #1,494 of 2,077 ▼ 140 | #483 of 829 ▼ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #1,521 of 2,077 ▼ 207 | #543 of 829 ▼ 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #1,085 of 2,419 | #457 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,590 of 2,035 | #681 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.1% | #1,396 of 2,042 | #521 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #702 of 2,132 | #439 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #253 of 1,461 | #162 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
384
-78 (-17%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 395
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 | 384 | 25.2 | 15.2:1 | 72% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 23.8 | 17.1:1 | 58% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 64% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 28.8 | 18.1:1 | 84% (440) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 25 | 20.9:1 | 80% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 23 | 21.8:1 | 81% (407) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 25 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 17 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laurel Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (521 to 384); teachers down 13% (28.8 to 25.2).
About Laurel Hill Elementary School
Laurel Hill Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Hanover Park, Illinois. It had 384 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 6.
SD U-46 has 34,036 students spread across 51 schools.
The share of Hispanic students at Laurel Hill Elementary School is 83%. Enrollment also includes 8% White and 4% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 56 points above the 27% share among Cook County residents. The diversity index for Laurel Hill Elementary School is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 15.2:1 is based on 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 72%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Laurel Hill Elementary School is -5.0 points: 25.2% actual, 30.2% predicted.
The school is in Cook County, where median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include Laurel Hill Elementary School.
Parkwood Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Laurel Hill Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Laurel Hill Elementary School is 6th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 384 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 462.
This page is set up for the Laurel Hill Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 SD U-46
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Other schools in Hanover Park
- Hanover Highlands Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Albert Einstein Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Greenbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- Ontarioville Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Spring Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 420 students
Other Laurel Hill Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Laurel Hill Elementary. Laurel Hill Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Laurel Hill ElementaryLorton, VA · 743 students
- Laurel Hill ElementaryLaurel Hill, NC · 662 students
Nearby schools
- Parkwood Elementary School0.5 mi · 342
- Hanover Highlands Elementary School0.5 mi · 543
- Anne Fox Elementary School0.9 mi · 324
- Ontarioville Elementary School0.9 mi · 430
- Tefft Middle School0.9 mi · 606
- Albert Einstein Elementary School1.1 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About Laurel Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is Laurel Hill Elementary School?
Laurel Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades KG-06.
Is Laurel Hill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Laurel Hill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Laurel Hill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Laurel Hill Elementary School is approximately 15.2:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Laurel Hill Elementary School?
At Laurel Hill Elementary School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 83% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Laurel Hill Elementary School public or private?
Laurel Hill Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SD U-46.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.