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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 409 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANTDALE SD 107·NCES 173204003354
Pleasantdale Elementary School
8100 School St, La Grange, IL 60525 · (708) 246-4700 · Cook County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
79 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 24% smaller than its 4th grade class (99).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Pleasantdale Elementary School→Pleasantdale Middle School
Based on grade levels within Pleasantdale SD 107. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
77.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
76.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.3% | 76.1% |
| 2023-24 | 67.4% | 68.6% |
% 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
74.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Pleasantdale Elementary School
Pleasantdale Elementary School's state test result (74.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasantdale Elementary School this school | 466 | 17.0% | 74.9% |
| Fox Ridge Elementary School Saint Charles | 424 | 17.2% | N/A |
| Windsor Elementary School Arlington Heights | 490 | 16.7% | 69.5% |
| Louise White Elementary School Batavia | 440 | 18.4% | 64.3% |
| Isaac Fox Elementary School Lake Zurich | 520 | 15.6% | 71.8% |
| Roslyn Road Elementary School Barrington | 447 | 12.5% | 70.1% |
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 Pleasantdale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #67 of 1,925 | #25 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #125 of 2,077 ▼ 64 | #46 of 829 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #184 of 2,077 ▼ 43 | #75 of 829 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #681 of 2,419 | #319 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #535 of 2,035 | #274 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #1,125 of 2,042 | #424 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.0% | #2,013 of 2,132 | #760 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.6% | #378 of 615 | #115 of 186 |
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
466
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+385% since 1990-91, when it was 96
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 | 466 | 39 | 11.9:1 | 17% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 19% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 16% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 32.3 | 13.5:1 | 7% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 9% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 8% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 29 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 96 | 3 | 32.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasantdale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (437 to 466); teachers up 21% (32.3 to 39).
About Pleasantdale Elementary School
Pleasantdale Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Pleasantdale SD 107, located in La Grange, Illinois. Grades offered run from pre-K through 4, with 466 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
Pleasantdale SD 107 runs Pleasantdale Elementary School along with 1 other school, enrolling 818 students in total.
At Pleasantdale Elementary School, White students make up 75% of the student body. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Cook County is about 44% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Pleasantdale Elementary School counts 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.9 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.0 below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 17% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Pleasantdale Elementary School is A. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Pleasantdale Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 74.9%, compared with a predicted 61.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 1,406 public schools in Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Pleasantdale Middle School, about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 74.9% is above the 48.9% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Pleasantdale Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 466, starting from 461.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Pleasantdale SD 107
- Pleasantdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 352 students
Other schools in La Grange
- Lyons Twp High SchoolHigh · 3,706 students
- Ogden Ave Elementary SchoolElementary · 563 students
- Cossitt Ave Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Spring Ave Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- Wm F Gurrie Middle SchoolMiddle · 278 students
- Seventh Ave Elementary SchoolElementary · 194 students
Other Pleasantdale Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Pleasantdale Elementary. Pleasantdale Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Pleasantdale Elementary SchoolDoraville, GA · 794 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasantdale Middle School0.9 mi · 352
- Willow Springs Elementary School1.5 mi · 414
- Gower Middle School2.1 mi · 409
- Burr Ridge Middle School2.1 mi · 206
- Highlands Middle School2.8 mi · 429
- Highlands Elementary School2.8 mi · 565
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasantdale Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasantdale Elementary School?
Pleasantdale Elementary School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Pleasantdale Elementary School serve?
Pleasantdale Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Pleasantdale Elementary School have?
Pleasantdale Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
How diverse is Pleasantdale Elementary School?
Pleasantdale Elementary School reports a student body of 75% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Pleasantdale Elementary School public or private?
Pleasantdale Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pleasantdale SD 107.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.