Enrollment
262
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCK ISLAND SD 41·NCES 173441003534
Longfellow Elementary School
4198 7th Ave, Rock Island, IL 61201 · (309) 793-5975 · Rock Island County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
222 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 5% smaller than its 6th grade class (39).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
13.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
14.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.7% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 6.3% | 5.5% |
% 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
13.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Longfellow Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School's state test result (13.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longfellow Elementary School this school | 262 | 84.7% | 13.8% |
| Northview Elementary School Rantoul | 218 | 85.3% | 19.8% |
| Minnie Minoso Academy Chicago | 304 | 89.8% | 28.3% |
| George Washington Elementary School Moline | 323 | 84.8% | 22.5% |
| Beulah Park Elementary School Zion | 289 | 82.0% | N/A |
| Whittier Primary School Peoria | 366 | 79.5% | 24.1% |
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 Longfellow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Rock Island County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #1,792 of 1,925 | #25 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #1,755 of 2,077 ▲ 90 | #24 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #2,025 of 2,077 ▲ 1 | #27 of 28 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #1,759 of 2,419 | #24 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #986 of 2,035 | #11 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #58 of 2,042 | #6 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #405 of 2,132 | #13 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #1,254 of 1,461 | #16 of 19 |
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
262
+44 (+20%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 257
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 | 262 | 19.8 | 13.3:1 | 85% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 250 | 18.7 | 13.4:1 | 63% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 17.7 | 13.9:1 | 74% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 218 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 273 | 17.2 | 15.9:1 | 67% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 330 | 16 | 20.6:1 | 67% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 20 | 18.4:1 | 85% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 197 | 15 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 257 | 13 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longfellow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (273 to 262); teachers up 15% (17.2 to 19.8).
About Longfellow Elementary School
At 4198 7th Ave in Rock Island, Illinois, Longfellow Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 262 students. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 31% lower.
A total of 13 schools make up Rock Island SD 41, with 6,292 students enrolled.
Longfellow Elementary School has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 37%. Other reported shares: 27% Hispanic, 23% White, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 11% Black among all Rock Island County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 73% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.3 students per teacher. That matches the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 85%. Compared with the 65% average for public schools in Rock Island County, the school's rate is higher.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 22.6%. Longfellow Elementary School scores 13.8%.
In the county around the school, Rock Island County, the median household income is $67,159, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Rock Island County is home to 57 public schools and about 21,921 public school students.
The closest public school, Washington Jr High School, is about 0.9 miles from Longfellow Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Longfellow Elementary School ranks 7th of 8 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Enrollment has grown by 44 students since 2020-21, to 262.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Rock Island County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
142,757
Census ACS
Median income
$67,159
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
21,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rock Island SD 41
- Rock Island High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Rock Island AcademyElementary · 540 students
- Washington Jr High SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- RicmsElementary · 462 students
- Edison Jr High SchoolMiddle · 398 students
Other schools in Rock Island
- Rock Island High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Rock Island AcademyElementary · 540 students
- Washington Jr High SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- RicmsElementary · 462 students
- Edison Jr High SchoolMiddle · 398 students
Other Longfellow Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 18 states are named Longfellow Elementary. Longfellow Elementary School is the 30th largest of the 37.
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolOak Park, IL · 524 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolWheaton, IL · 318 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolMarion, IL · 261 students
- Longfellow ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 904 students
- Longfellow ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 780 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Jr High School0.9 mi · 529
- Denkmann Elementary School1.0 mi · 356
- Lincoln-Irving Elementary School1.2 mi · 382
- John Deere Middle School1.4 mi · 770
- Ricms1.5 mi · 462
- Willard Elementary School1.7 mi · 173
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Longfellow Elementary School?
Longfellow Elementary School enrolls approximately 262 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Longfellow Elementary School serve?
Longfellow Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Longfellow Elementary School have?
Longfellow Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Longfellow Elementary School?
Student demographics at Longfellow Elementary School are roughly 23% White, 27% Hispanic, 37% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Longfellow Elementary School in?
Longfellow Elementary School is part of Rock Island SD 41.
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