Enrollment
362
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB CUSD 428·NCES 171200001453
Littlejohn Elementary School
1121 School St, DeKalb, IL 60115 · (815) 754-2258 · DeKalb County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
256 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
30.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.7pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.8% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.1% | 9.8% |
% 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
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Littlejohn Elementary School
Littlejohn Elementary School's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Littlejohn Elementary School this school | 362 | 70.7% | 25.8% |
| Bent Elementary School Bloomington | 389 | 66.8% | 27.3% |
| Nathan Hale Primary School Crestwood | 334 | 70.1% | 28.8% |
| Springfield Elementary School Midlothian | 311 | 73.0% | 38.5% |
| Hometown Elementary School Hometown | 338 | 68.6% | 46.1% |
| Willow Springs Elementary School Willow Springs | 414 | 65.7% | 42.8% |
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 Littlejohn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #1,424 of 1,925 | #16 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,319 of 2,077 ▲ 302 | #16 of 22 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #1,645 of 2,077 ▼ 42 | #16 of 22 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #1,194 of 2,419 | #5 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #1,528 of 2,035 | #18 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #404 of 2,042 | #7 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.7% | #721 of 2,132 | #4 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #440 of 1,461 | #2 of 13 |
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
362
-28 (-7%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 413
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 | 362 | 24.2 | 15.0:1 | 71% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 24.6 | 14.7:1 | 76% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 25.8 | 13.8:1 | 76% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 23.4 | 19.3:1 | 77% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 18 | 18.2:1 | 63% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 24 | 19.6:1 | 66% (310) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 30 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 20 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Littlejohn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (453 to 362); teachers up 3% (23.4 to 24.2).
About Littlejohn Elementary School
Littlejohn Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Illinois, located in DeKalb. The school counted 362 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5.
DeKalb CUSD 428 oversees Littlejohn Elementary School and 11 other schools, with 6,771 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Littlejohn Elementary School is Hispanic: 51%. The remaining shares are 27% White, 14% Black, and 8% multiracial. DeKalb County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Littlejohn Elementary School scores 64%.
For every teacher at Littlejohn Elementary School, there are about 15.0 students; the school has 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 71%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in DeKalb County is 48%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Littlejohn Elementary School would be expected to post about 30.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.8%.
For the population of DeKalb County, the median household earns about $70,724 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Littlejohn Elementary School shares DeKalb County with 42 other public schools.
Littlejohn Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Clinton Rosette Middle School, its nearest public school. Littlejohn Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Littlejohn Elementary School's average proficiency of 25.8% compares with 22.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Small.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 390 (2020-21) to 362 (2024-25).
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DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,703
Census ACS
Median income
$70,724
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
16,328 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb CUSD 428
- DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Huntley Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Clinton Rosette Middle SchoolMiddle · 575 students
- Founders Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
- Cortland Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
Other schools in DeKalb
- DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Huntley Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Clinton Rosette Middle SchoolMiddle · 575 students
- Founders Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
- Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Clinton Rosette Middle School0.6 mi · 575
- Jefferson Elementary School1.0 mi · 308
- Founders Elementary School1.4 mi · 565
- DeKalb High School1.5 mi · 2,134
- Lincoln Elementary School1.7 mi · 272
- Tyler Elementary School1.9 mi · 265
Frequently asked questions
About Littlejohn Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Littlejohn Elementary School?
Littlejohn Elementary School enrolls approximately 362 students in grades KG-05.
Is Littlejohn Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Littlejohn Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Littlejohn Elementary School have?
Littlejohn Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Littlejohn Elementary School?
Student demographics at Littlejohn Elementary School are roughly 27% White, 51% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% Two or more.
What district is Littlejohn Elementary School in?
Littlejohn Elementary School is part of DeKalb CUSD 428.
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