Enrollment
245
Elementary
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOMBARD SD 44·NCES 172346002580
Pleasant Lane Elementary School
401 N Main St, Lombard, IL 60148 · (630) 827-4640 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
69 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 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
45%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pleasant Lane Elementary School→Glenn Westlake Middle School
Based on grade levels within Lombard SD 44. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
62.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.9pp since 2023
Math
67.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.5% | 67.5% |
| 2023-24 | 49.6% | 53.8% |
% 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
62.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Pleasant Lane Elementary School
Pleasant Lane Elementary School's state test result (62.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Lane Elementary School this school | 245 | 28.2% | 62.9% |
| Algonquin Road Elementary School Fox River Grove | 239 | 23.8% | 52.4% |
| Park View Elementary School Lombard | 214 | 32.7% | 58.6% |
| Greenwood Elementary School Woodstock | 290 | 29.3% | 48.2% |
| Southeast Elementary School Sycamore | 300 | 30.7% | 53.2% |
| Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School Hinckley | 297 | 27.3% | 46.9% |
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 Pleasant Lane Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #256 of 1,925 | #44 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #261 of 2,077 ▼ 11 | #55 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #598 of 2,077 ▼ 98 | #85 of 141 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 245 | #1,852 of 2,419 | #141 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #988 of 2,035 | #75 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #1,046 of 2,042 | #116 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.2% | #1,814 of 2,132 | #79 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #1,139 of 1,461 | #74 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
245
-8 (-3%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 324
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 | 245 | 18.5 | 13.3:1 | 28% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 20.8 | 11.6:1 | 25% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 22% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 20.3 | 12.9:1 | 20% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 284 | 21 | 13.5:1 | 24% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 311 | 19 | 16.4:1 | 20% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 355 | 18 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 324 | 20 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Lane Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (261 to 245); teachers down 9% (20.3 to 18.5).
About Pleasant Lane Elementary School
Pleasant Lane Elementary School is an elementary school in Lombard, Illinois, reachable at (630) 827-4640. It enrolls 245 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. The school is 36% below the average for elementary schools in Illinois.
The 8 schools of Lombard SD 44, including Pleasant Lane Elementary School, enroll 2,989 students.
The largest group at Pleasant Lane Elementary School is White students, at 72%. Smaller groups are 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 45%.
There are 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is similar, at 13.9:1. On the income side, 28% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Pleasant Lane Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 80% of Illinois public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pleasant Lane Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 62.9% actual against 55.3% predicted.
Census data for DuPage County show median household income comes to about $112,096, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 277 public schools and about 138,557 students.
The closest school to Pleasant Lane Elementary School is Park View Elementary School, located about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Pleasant Lane Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 62.9% is above the 46.2% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 8 students, from 253 to 245.
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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 Lombard SD 44
- Glenn Westlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Butterfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Manor Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Park View Elementary SchoolElementary · 214 students
Other schools in Lombard
- Glenbard East High SchoolHigh · 2,311 students
- Glenn Westlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Westmore Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Schafer Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
Nearby schools
- Park View Elementary School0.4 mi · 214
- Schafer Elementary School0.8 mi · 354
- Madison Elementary School1.5 mi · 477
- Jefferson Middle School1.6 mi · 375
- Westmore Elementary School1.6 mi · 432
- Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School1.7 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Lane Elementary SchoolHow large is Pleasant Lane Elementary School?
Pleasant Lane Elementary School enrolls approximately 245 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Pleasant Lane Elementary School serve?
Pleasant Lane Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Lane Elementary School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Lane Elementary School.
How diverse is Pleasant Lane Elementary School?
Pleasant Lane Elementary School reports a student body of 72% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Pleasant Lane Elementary School public or private?
Pleasant Lane Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lombard SD 44.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.