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Enrollment
532
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHEELING CCSD 21·NCES 174221004232
Robert Frost Elementary School
1805 N Aspen Dr, Mount Prospect, IL 60056 · (847) 803-4815 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
308 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 72 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
29.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.7pp since 2023
Math
30.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 30.2% |
| 2023-24 | 13.3% | 11.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 (26.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Frost Elementary School this school | 532 | 57.9% | 26.2% |
| Hilltop Elementary School Elgin | 521 | 49.3% | 45.1% |
| Glen Hill Elementary School Glendale Heights | 398 | 52.5% | 45.1% |
| Carol Stream Elementary School Carol Stream | 396 | 61.4% | 43.9% |
| V H Nelson Elementary School Niles | 479 | 63.5% | 34.1% |
| Americana Elementary School Glendale Heights | 401 | 54.6% | 42.8% |
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 | 26.2% | #1,408 of 1,925 | #460 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #1,276 of 2,077 ▲ 276 | #392 of 829 ▲ 127 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,694 of 2,077 ▲ 132 | #624 of 829 ▲ 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #427 of 2,419 | #216 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,358 of 2,035 | #607 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #271 of 2,042 | #112 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.9% | #1,070 of 2,132 | #554 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #1,255 of 1,461 | #583 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
532
-36 (-6%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 714
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 | 532 | 37 | 14.4:1 | 58% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 39.4 | 14.5:1 | 57% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 48% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 32.5 | 17.1:1 | 57% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 33 | 16.5:1 | 62% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | 38 | 16.5:1 | 53% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 551 | 32 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 35 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert Frost Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (554 to 532); teachers up 14% (32.5 to 37).
About Robert Frost Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Robert Frost Elementary School serves students in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 532 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 40% higher.
Robert Frost Elementary School is one of the 12 schools that make up Wheeling CCSD 21 (6,298 students in total).
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Robert Frost Elementary School is Hispanic (48%). The remaining students are 22% White, 21% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Cook County is about 27% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Robert Frost Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Federal staffing data show 37 full-time-equivalent teachers at Robert Frost Elementary School and a ratio of 14.4:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is about 13.9:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 58% of enrollment. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
allk12 grades Robert Frost Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Illinois, Robert Frost Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 26.2% actual against a predicted 38.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Robert Frost Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in Cook County, which together enroll about 697,934 students.
Indian Grove Elementary School is located about 0.6 miles from Robert Frost Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 4 schools in the immediate area with test results, Robert Frost Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 568 in 2020-21 and 532 in 2024-25, a decrease of 36 students.
Community posts for Robert Frost Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Wheeling CCSD 21
- Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 732 students
- Jack London Middle SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Oliver W Holmes Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Joyce Kilmer Elementary SchoolElementary · 590 students
- Booth Tarkington Elementary SchoolElementary · 540 students
Other schools in Mount Prospect
- River Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- Holmes Jr High SchoolMiddle · 459 students
- Indian Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- John Jay Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 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 largest of the 8.
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolMount Prospect, IL · 359 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
- Indian Grove Elementary School0.6 mi · 435
- River Trails Middle School1.3 mi · 508
- Prairie Trails School1.3 mi · 175
- Euclid Elementary School1.6 mi · 344
- Henry Winkelman Elementary School2.2 mi · 677
- Wood Oaks Jr High School2.2 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About Robert Frost Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Robert Frost Elementary School?
Robert Frost Elementary School enrolls approximately 532 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Robert Frost Elementary School serve?
Robert Frost Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Robert Frost Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Robert Frost Elementary School.
How diverse is Robert Frost Elementary School?
Robert Frost Elementary School reports a student body of 22% White, 48% Hispanic, 2% Black, 21% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Robert Frost Elementary School in?
Robert Frost Elementary School is part of Wheeling CCSD 21.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.