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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Sleepy Hollow Elem School this year?
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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 300·NCES 170855000494
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School
898 Glen Oak Dr, Sleepy Hollow, IL 60118 · (224) 484-4900 · Kane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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.
- 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
13.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
186 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 56%
Community
4
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 | 8 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
62.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.9pp since 2023
Math
61.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.8pp 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 61 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.7% | 61.3% |
| 2023-24 | 44.8% | 51.5% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Sleepy Hollow Elementary School
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleepy Hollow Elementary School this school | 424 | 43.9% | 59.5% |
| Prairieview School Hainesville | 400 | 41.5% | 57.0% |
| Dundee Highlands Elementary School West Dundee | 396 | 44.4% | 48.4% |
| Waterbury Elementary School Roselle | 415 | 39.3% | 45.5% |
| Troy Hofer Elementary School Shorewood | 436 | 46.1% | 53.2% |
| Stone Elementary School Addison | 357 | 44.8% | 56.0% |
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 Sleepy Hollow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #334 of 1,925 | #17 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #378 of 2,077 ▼ 96 | #17 of 83 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #582 of 2,077 ▲ 62 | #26 of 83 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #881 of 2,419 | #52 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,206 of 2,035 | #35 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #337 of 2,042 | #9 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.9% | #1,463 of 2,132 | #47 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.1% | #118 of 615 | #10 of 32 |
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
424
+104 (+33%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 379
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 | 424 | 30.5 | 13.9:1 | 44% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 28.2 | 14.7:1 | 40% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 29.4 | 12.6:1 | 36% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 25.1 | 14.1:1 | 26% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 28% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 22 | 24.6:1 | 16% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 643 | 31 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 20 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sleepy Hollow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (353 to 424); teachers up 22% (25.1 to 30.5).
About Sleepy Hollow Elementary School
Among the schools in Sleepy Hollow, Illinois, is Sleepy Hollow Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 424 students in kindergarten through 5.
CUSD 300 has 20,705 students in 27 schools, and Sleepy Hollow Elementary School is one of those schools.
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 47%. Other students are 33% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Kane County residents are about 58% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
The count of teachers at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School is 30.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.9:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. Around 44% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Sleepy Hollow Elementary School is A-. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 84% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (59.5%) and its predicted rate (46.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Federal survey data for Kane County show that median household income is about $103,163, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. A total of 167 public schools operate in Kane County, serving about 87,252 students.
The nearest other public school, Dundee Highlands Elementary School, is about 1.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 37.1%; Sleepy Hollow Elementary School's is 59.5%, ranking 1st of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, Sleepy Hollow Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 320 to 424.
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Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 300
- Dundee-Crown High SchoolHigh · 2,573 students
- Harry D Jacobs High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Hampshire High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Westfield Community SchoolElementary · 1,287 students
- Dundee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,144 students
- Carpentersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
Other Sleepy Hollow Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Sleepy Hollow Elementary. Sleepy Hollow Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Sleepy Hollow Elementary SchoolAMARILLO, TX · 519 students
- Sleepy Hollow ElementaryFalls Church, VA · 475 students
- Sleepy Hollow ElementaryOrinda, CA · 399 students
Nearby schools
- Dundee Highlands Elementary School1.5 mi · 396
- Century Oaks Elementary School1.8 mi · 542
- Parkview Elementary School2.0 mi · 552
- Dundee Middle School2.0 mi · 1,144
- Delacey Family Educ Center2.1 mi · 210
- Carpentersville Middle School2.3 mi · 1,142
Frequently asked questions
About Sleepy Hollow Elementary SchoolHow large is Sleepy Hollow Elementary School?
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sleepy Hollow Elementary School serve?
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School is approximately 13.9:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sleepy Hollow Elementary School?
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School reports a student body of 47% White, 33% Hispanic, 7% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Sleepy Hollow Elementary School?
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School is overseen by CUSD 300 in Kane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.