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Neil Armstrong Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 16% smaller than its 6th grade class (74).
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.2% | 54.4% |
| 2023-24 | 48.4% | 46.5% |
Where Neil Armstrong Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #550 of 2,077 ▼ 167 | #167 of 829 ▼ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #465 of 2,077 ▲ 73 | #162 of 829 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #567 of 2,419 | #276 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #128 of 2,035 | #75 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #114 of 2,042 | #52 of 819 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.2% | #223 of 615 | #62 of 186 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 498 | 49.6 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 43.7 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 48.5 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 492 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 41.5 | 10.7:1 | 26% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 29% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 695 | 38 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 853 | 37 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (444 to 498); teachers up 20% (41.5 to 49.6).
About Neil Armstrong Elementary School
Neil Armstrong Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. In all, 498 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6. That is 31% above the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
A total of 28 schools make up Schaumburg CCSD 54, with 15,298 students enrolled.
No group is above 50% at Neil Armstrong Elementary School; the largest is White, at 39%. It is also 32% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
The school has 49.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.0 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher.
In Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Of the public schools around it, Neil Armstrong Elementary School is closest to Hoffman Estates High School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 492 to 498.
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