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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE ZURICH CUSD 95·NCES 172190005713
Spencer Loomis Elementary School
1 Hubbard Ln, Hawthorn Woods, IL 60047 · (847) 719-3300 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% 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
16.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
44 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 10 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
45%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
88.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.7pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.2% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.5% | 74.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Spencer Loomis Elementary School
Spencer Loomis Elementary School's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Loomis Elementary School this school | 516 | 8.5% | 81.0% |
| Norton Creek Elementary School West Chicago | 479 | 9.6% | 76.2% |
| Northpoint Elementary School Bloomington | 472 | 11.9% | 55.3% |
| Maplebrook Elementary School Naperville | 512 | 9.2% | 78.9% |
| Ferson Creek School Saint Charles | 533 | 8.4% | 79.2% |
| Marion Jordan Elementary School Palatine | 503 | 9.7% | 67.3% |
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 Spencer Loomis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #23 of 1,925 | #1 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #101 of 2,077 ▼ 72 | #13 of 102 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.2% | #32 of 2,077 ▲ 15 | #2 of 102 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #486 of 2,419 | #23 of 121 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,742 of 2,035 | #109 of 114 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.3% | #1,025 of 2,042 | #69 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.5% | #2,100 of 2,132 | #82 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #833 of 1,461 | #34 of 71 |
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
516
-67 (-11%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 501
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 | 516 | 32.1 | 16.1:1 | 9% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 30.8 | 15.8:1 | 6% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 29.5 | 16.0:1 | 8% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 35.6 | 16.4:1 | 7% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 29 | 17.3:1 | 8% (42) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spencer Loomis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (585 to 516); teachers down 10% (35.6 to 32.1).
About Spencer Loomis Elementary School
Spencer Loomis Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Hawthorn Woods, Illinois. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 516 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Lake Zurich CUSD 95 serves 5,772 students across 8 schools.
More than half of the students at Spencer Loomis Elementary School are White (72%). The rest of enrollment is 17% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Lake County's population at about 61%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Spencer Loomis Elementary School scores 45%.
With 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.1:1. The school's 16.1:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. The school has 9% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 54% average among public schools in Lake County.
Spencer Loomis Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of Illinois public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Spencer Loomis Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools. It scores 81.0%; the prediction is 66.6%.
Census data for Lake County show median household income comes to about $110,416, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 214 public schools in the county, enrolling about 118,032, Spencer Loomis Elementary School among them.
Spencer Loomis Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Lake Zurich Middle - N Campus, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Spencer Loomis Elementary School is ahead of the 74.1% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
In the federal locale system, Spencer Loomis Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools 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 decreased from 583 to 516, an 11% decline.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Spencer Loomis Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
714,223
Census ACS
Median income
$110,416
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
118,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Zurich CUSD 95
- Lake Zurich High SchoolHigh · 1,839 students
- Lake Zurich Middle - N CampusMiddle · 697 students
- May Whitney Elementary SchoolElementary · 677 students
- Lake Zurich Middle - S CampusMiddle · 599 students
- Isaac Fox Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Seth Paine Elementary SchoolElementary · 495 students
Other schools in Hawthorn Woods
- Lake Zurich Middle - N CampusMiddle · 697 students
- Seth Paine Elementary SchoolElementary · 495 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Zurich Middle - N Campus0.0 mi · 697
- Seth Paine Elementary School1.0 mi · 495
- Lake Zurich High School1.5 mi · 1,839
- May Whitney Elementary School1.8 mi · 677
- North Barrington Elementary School2.4 mi · 432
- Sarah Adams Elementary School2.7 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About Spencer Loomis Elementary SchoolHow large is Spencer Loomis Elementary School?
Spencer Loomis Elementary School enrolls approximately 516 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Spencer Loomis Elementary School serve?
Spencer Loomis Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Spencer Loomis Elementary School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Spencer Loomis Elementary School.
How diverse is Spencer Loomis Elementary School?
Spencer Loomis Elementary School reports a student body of 72% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 17% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Spencer Loomis Elementary School?
Spencer Loomis Elementary School is overseen by Lake Zurich CUSD 95 in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.