Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 200·NCES 174218004215
Longfellow Elementary School
311 W Seminary Ave, Wheaton, IL 60187 · (630) 682-2080 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
59 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
83.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.4pp since 2023
Math
82.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.4% | 82.9% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 64.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 (79.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longfellow Elementary School this school | 318 | 18.6% | 79.8% |
| North Elementary School Sycamore | 309 | 19.1% | 52.9% |
| Mokena Intermediate School Mokena | 346 | 18.5% | 60.6% |
| Glen Carbon Elementary School Glen Carbon | 318 | 17.0% | N/A |
| Southwest Elementary School Evergreen Park | 301 | 17.9% | 61.8% |
| Hoover Wood Elementary School Batavia | 363 | 22.0% | 62.6% |
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 DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #27 of 1,925 | #6 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #48 of 2,077 ▲ 53 | #14 of 141 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #84 of 2,077 ▼ 4 | #19 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #1,443 of 2,419 | #114 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,391 of 2,035 | #105 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #1,110 of 2,042 | #123 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.6% | #1,982 of 2,132 | #98 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #582 of 1,461 | #31 of 92 |
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
318
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 387
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 | 318 | 22 | 14.5:1 | 19% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 21.1 | 15.7:1 | 20% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 23.6 | 14.0:1 | 18% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 24.2 | 15.8:1 | 20% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 22% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 406 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 19% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 23 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 387 | 19 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longfellow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (382 to 318); teachers down 9% (24.2 to 22).
About Longfellow Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Wheaton, Illinois, under CUSD 200. Its 318 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
Longfellow Elementary School is among 20 schools run by CUSD 200, which serves 11,639 students.
White students account for 75% of enrollment at Longfellow Elementary School. Other groups make up 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. DuPage County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school's share is higher. Longfellow Elementary School has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Longfellow Elementary School employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.5:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is about 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 19% in 2024-25. Public schools in DuPage County average 34%.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 60.8% for Longfellow Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 79.8%. The 19.0-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools.
DuPage County has about 930,024 residents, and median household income is about $112,096, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of DuPage County number 277 and enroll about 138,557.
Franklin Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Longfellow Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Longfellow Elementary School comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Longfellow Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Longfellow Elementary School had 307 students in 2020-21 and 318 in 2024-25, a 4% rise.
The Longfellow Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 200
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Hubble Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
Other schools in Wheaton
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Briar Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
Other Longfellow Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 18 states are named Longfellow Elementary. Longfellow Elementary School is the 23rd largest of the 37.
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolOak Park, IL · 524 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolRock Island, IL · 262 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolMarion, IL · 261 students
- Longfellow ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 904 students
- Longfellow ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 780 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Middle School0.4 mi · 525
- Whittier Elementary School0.7 mi · 433
- Emerson Elementary School0.7 mi · 263
- Hawthorne Elementary School0.9 mi · 185
- Lowell Elementary School1.0 mi · 283
- Edison Middle School1.0 mi · 635
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Longfellow Elementary School?
Longfellow Elementary School enrolls approximately 318 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Longfellow Elementary School serve?
Longfellow Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Longfellow Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Longfellow Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Longfellow Elementary School?
At Longfellow Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Longfellow Elementary School in?
Longfellow Elementary School is part of CUSD 200.
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