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Enrollment
414
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLOW SPRINGS SD 108·NCES 174257004273
Willow Springs Elementary School
8345 Archer Ave, Willow Springs, IL 60480 · (708) 839-6828 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
11.8:1
35 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
272 students
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 | 32 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (40).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
53.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.6pp since 2023
Math
37.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 25.7% |
% 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Willow Springs Elementary School
Willow Springs Elementary School's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Springs Elementary School this school | 414 | 65.7% | 42.8% |
| Bent Elementary School Bloomington | 389 | 66.8% | 27.3% |
| Chaney-Monge School Crest Hill | 479 | 68.5% | 24.9% |
| Salt Creek Elementary School Elk Grove Village | 410 | 63.4% | 38.7% |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School Bloomington | 418 | 69.9% | 19.8% |
| Littlejohn Elementary School DeKalb | 362 | 70.7% | 25.8% |
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 Willow Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #826 of 1,925 | #217 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #1,052 of 2,077 ▼ 89 | #309 of 829 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #905 of 2,077 ▼ 116 | #287 of 829 ▼ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #939 of 2,419 | #403 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #494 of 2,035 | #259 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #553 of 2,042 | #209 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.7% | #853 of 2,132 | #499 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.3% | #423 of 615 | #128 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
414
+31 (+8%) vs 2020
+9% 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 | 414 | 35 | 11.8:1 | 66% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 71% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 399 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 73% (291) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 35.1 | 11.2:1 | 68% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 31 | 12.2:1 | 61% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 53% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 26 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 22 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willow Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (393 to 414); teachers unchanged (35.1 to 35).
About Willow Springs Elementary School
The public elementary school Willow Springs Elementary School is located in Willow Springs, Illinois. It offers pre-K through 8 and has 414 students enrolled.
Willow Springs Elementary School is run by Willow Springs SD 108.
No group is above 50% at Willow Springs Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 50%. The school is also 36% White and 11% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 27%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Willow Springs Elementary School scores 61%.
With 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Willow Springs Elementary School, 66% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cook County average a similar 66%.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Willow Springs Elementary School outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Willow Springs Elementary School's results are 9.3 points above predicted: 42.8% against 33.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that the median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Pleasantdale Elementary School, is about 1.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Willow Springs Elementary School ranks 7th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 8% from 2020-21 to 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 Willow Springs Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Willow Springs Elementary. Willow Springs Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Willow Springs ElementaryWillow Spring, NC · 826 students
- Willow Springs ElementaryFairfax, VA · 818 students
- Willow Springs Elementary SchoolKILLEEN, TX · 670 students
- WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM.WILLOW SPRINGS, MO · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasantdale Elementary School1.5 mi · 466
- Glen Oaks Elementary School1.7 mi · 649
- Frank A Brodnicki Elementary School1.8 mi · 618
- Pleasantdale Middle School2.0 mi · 352
- Geo T Wilkins Jr High School2.2 mi · 508
- George T Wilkins Elementary School2.2 mi · 416
Frequently asked questions
About Willow Springs Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Willow Springs Elementary School?
Willow Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 414 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Willow Springs Elementary School serve?
Willow Springs Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Willow Springs Elementary School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Willow Springs Elementary School.
How diverse is Willow Springs Elementary School?
Willow Springs Elementary School reports a student body of 36% White, 50% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Willow Springs Elementary School public or private?
Willow Springs Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Willow Springs SD 108.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.