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Windsor Elementary School
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Windsor Elementary School
Windsor Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school in Arlington Heights, Illinois, run under Arlington Heights SD 25. The school educates 490 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 29% larger than typical.
Arlington Heights SD 25 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,423 students. Windsor Elementary School is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Windsor Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder consists of 12% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Windsor Elementary School lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Windsor Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.9%; this one delivers 69.5%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cook County) records that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Windsor Elementary School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).
The closest other public school is Dryden Elem School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Windsor Elementary School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.6%.
Windsor Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Windsor Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 523 (now 490). Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.
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