Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 363 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CCSD 62·NCES 171212001468
Plainfield Elementary School
1850 Plainfield Dr, Des Plaines, IL 60018 · (847) 824-1301 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
174 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
65.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.3pp since 2023
Math
48.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 48.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.7% | 36.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% 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 14 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 Plainfield Elementary School
Plainfield Elementary School's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainfield Elementary School this school | 285 | 61.1% | 50.1% |
| Reskin Elementary School Glendale Hts | 294 | 63.6% | 36.8% |
| G Stanley Hall Elementary School Glendale Hts | 343 | 57.1% | 24.4% |
| South Elementary School Des Plaines | 253 | 55.3% | 50.5% |
| Ridge Circle Elementary School Streamwood | 368 | 56.0% | 30.2% |
| Wesley Elementary School Addison | 220 | 62.7% | 39.6% |
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 Plainfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #592 of 1,925 | #162 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #706 of 2,077 ▼ 85 | #210 of 829 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #500 of 2,077 ▲ 23 | #170 of 829 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #1,630 of 2,419 | #669 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #206 of 2,035 | #123 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #768 of 2,042 | #276 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #977 of 2,132 | #529 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #884 of 1,461 | #447 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
285
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 360
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 | 285 | 27 | 10.6:1 | 61% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 28.5 | 10.0:1 | 59% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 27.9 | 9.8:1 | 67% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 319 | 28.3 | 11.3:1 | 38% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 28 | 12.1:1 | 67% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 60% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 375 | 26 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 360 | 22 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plainfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (319 to 285); teachers down 5% (28.3 to 27).
About Plainfield Elementary School
Students in Des Plaines, Illinois, attend Plainfield Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school's 285 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
Enrollment across the 11 schools in CCSD 62 totals 4,520 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Plainfield Elementary School, at 64%. The remaining shares are 18% White, 11% Asian, 5% Black, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Cook County's population at about 27%. Plainfield Elementary School's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers at Plainfield Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.6:1. That is 3.4 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 61%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Plainfield Elementary School is among the top 10% of schools in Illinois. Predicted: 36.3%. Actual: 50.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Plainfield Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
Maine West High School is the public school closest to Plainfield Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 56.6%; Plainfield Elementary School's is 50.1%, ranking 6th of 8.
In the federal locale system, Plainfield Elementary School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment went from 292 in 2020-21 to 285 in 2024-25, a change of 7 students.
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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 CCSD 62
- Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Chippewa Middle SchoolMiddle · 652 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 599 students
- Algonquin Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Iroquois Community SchoolElementary · 411 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
Other schools in Des Plaines
- Maine West High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Chippewa Middle SchoolMiddle · 652 students
- Friendship Jr High SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 599 students
- Algonquin Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
Other Plainfield Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Plainfield Elementary. Plainfield Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Plainfield Elementary SchoolNazareth, PA · 434 students
- Plainfield ElementaryWoodland, CA · 257 students
- Plainfield Elementary SchoolMeriden, NH · 183 students
Nearby schools
- Maine West High School0.3 mi · 1,857
- Forest Elementary School0.6 mi · 658
- Algonquin Middle School0.8 mi · 597
- South Elementary School0.9 mi · 253
- Devonshire School1.3 mi · 370
- Iroquois Community School1.4 mi · 411
Frequently asked questions
About Plainfield Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Plainfield Elementary School?
Plainfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 285 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Plainfield Elementary School serve?
Plainfield Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Plainfield Elementary School?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Plainfield Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Plainfield Elementary School?
Student demographics at Plainfield Elementary School are roughly 18% White, 64% Hispanic, 5% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Plainfield Elementary School in?
Plainfield Elementary School is part of CCSD 62.
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