Robert Frost Elem School

As a reasonably sized elementary school in Mount Prospect, Illinois, Robert Frost Elem School educates 532 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Wheeling CCSD 21. That puts it 40% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Within Wheeling CCSD 21, which oversees 12 schools and 6,298 students, Robert Frost Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Robert Frost Elem School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 22% White, 21% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Robert Frost Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.1%; this one delivers 26.2%.

Across the wider county, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Robert Frost Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Indian Grove Elem School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Robert Frost Elem School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Robert Frost Elem School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Robert Frost Elem School's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 554 (now 532). Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 11% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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