Enrollment
359
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMM CONS SD 59·NCES 171377001717
Robert Frost Elementary School
1308 S Cypress Dr, Mount Prospect, IL 60056 · (847) 593-4378 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
266 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
45.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.3pp since 2023
Math
40.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 40.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 31.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Robert Frost Elementary School
Robert Frost Elementary School's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Frost Elementary School this school | 359 | 74.1% | 40.6% |
| Holden Elementary School Chicago | 407 | 71.5% | 41.1% |
| Maddock Elementary School Burbank | 356 | 71.1% | 28.7% |
| Wegner Elementary School West Chicago | 384 | 71.1% | 24.4% |
| Greenbrook Elementary School Hanover Park | 466 | 74.5% | 31.6% |
| John Jay Elementary School Mount Prospect | 389 | 79.2% | 28.3% |
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 Robert Frost Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #897 of 1,925 | #238 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #943 of 2,077 ▼ 193 | #280 of 829 ▼ 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #1,174 of 2,077 ▲ 90 | #386 of 829 ▲ 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #1,216 of 2,419 | #500 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #207 of 2,035 | #124 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #561 of 2,042 | #212 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.1% | #654 of 2,132 | #422 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #538 of 615 | #166 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
359
+64 (+22%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 305
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 | 359 | 34 | 10.6:1 | 74% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 32.8 | 10.3:1 | 74% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 33.5 | 10.2:1 | 75% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 295 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 25 | 14.1:1 | 69% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 64% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 60% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 389 | 22 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 305 | 21 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert Frost Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (352 to 359); teachers up 36% (25 to 34).
About Robert Frost Elementary School
Robert Frost Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school located in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 359 students.
Robert Frost Elementary School is in Comm Cons SD 59, a district with 5,869 students across 15 schools.
At Robert Frost Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 55% of the student body. After that, the student body is 28% White, 9% Asian, 5% Black, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Cook County is about 27% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Robert Frost Elementary School is 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 10.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 74% of students, or 266, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Test results at Robert Frost Elementary School are 11.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (40.6% actual, 28.7% predicted).
Census estimates describe Cook County this way: the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
John Jay Elementary School is the public school closest to Robert Frost Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Robert Frost Elementary School ranks 5th of 6 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Robert Frost Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Robert Frost Elementary School's enrollment grew from 295 in 2020-21 to 359 in 2024-25.
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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 Comm Cons SD 59
- Grove Jr High SchoolMiddle · 741 students
- Friendship Jr High SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Holmes Jr High SchoolMiddle · 459 students
- Salt Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Clearmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- John Jay Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
Other schools in Mount Prospect
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- River Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- Holmes Jr High SchoolMiddle · 459 students
- Indian Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- John Jay Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Euclid Elementary SchoolElementary · 344 students
Other Robert Frost Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Robert Frost Elementary. Robert Frost Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolMount Prospect, IL · 532 students
- Robert Frost ElementaryPASCO, WA · 459 students
- Robert Frost Elementary - 18Sioux Falls, SD · 447 students
- Robert Frost ElementaryKirkland, WA · 424 students
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolWesterville, OH · 420 students
Nearby schools
- John Jay Elementary School0.8 mi · 389
- The Early Learning Center1.0 mi · 270
- Holmes Jr High School1.0 mi · 459
- Forest View Elementary School1.1 mi · 339
- Lincoln Middle School1.3 mi · 784
- Brentwood Elementary School1.4 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Robert Frost Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Robert Frost Elementary School?
Robert Frost Elementary School enrolls approximately 359 students in grades KG-05.
Is Robert Frost Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Robert Frost Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Robert Frost Elementary School have?
Robert Frost Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Robert Frost Elementary School?
Student demographics at Robert Frost Elementary School are roughly 28% White, 55% Hispanic, 5% Black, 9% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Robert Frost Elementary School?
Robert Frost Elementary School is overseen by Comm Cons SD 59 in Cook County.
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