Is Apollo Elementary School a good school?

Apollo Elementary School ranks 1282 nd of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Apollo Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 530 students attended Apollo Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Apollo Elementary School?

Students at Apollo Elementary School are 37% Asian, 25% Hispanic, 22% White, 8% Two or more races, 7% African American.

What schools do graduates of Apollo Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Apollo Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Gemini Middle School High : Maine East High School

Apollo Elementary School

Summary:

Apollo Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Des Plaines, Illinois, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 497 students. The school is part of the East Maine School District 63, which is ranked 453 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Apollo Elementary School consistently underperforms compared to the district and state in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 22.7%, compared to 40.8% for the district and 41.2% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students (1 star rating) and students with disabilities (1 star rating). Additionally, Apollo Elementary School has a significantly higher chronic absenteeism rate of 36.8% compared to the state's average of 9.9%.

When compared to other nearby schools, Apollo Elementary School generally underperforms. For example, Melzer School, which is also part of the East Maine School District 63, has significantly higher academic proficiency rates and a higher overall school ranking. Furthermore, schools in other districts, such as North Elementary School (Ccsd 62) and Henry Winkelman Elementary School (West Northfield School District 31), also outperform Apollo Elementary School across various metrics. These comparisons highlight the significant areas for improvement at Apollo Elementary School in terms of academic achievement, student engagement, and overall school quality.

Detail:

Public K-5

10100 Dee Rd
Des Plaines, IL 60016-1512

(847) 827-6231

District: East Maine School District 63

SchoolDigger Rank:
1282^nd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,451

Students who attend Apollo Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Gemini Middle School
High:	Maine East High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.3

Number of students: 530

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

37.0%

Hispanic:

24.5%

White:

22.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 71.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Apollo Elementary School ranks worse than 62% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 5 ranked elementary schools in the East Maine School District 63. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 34.29. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Apollo Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the East Maine School District 63. Student population at Apollo Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Asian (37%), Hispanic (24.5%), White (22.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 71.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the East Maine School District 63. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Apollo Elementary School is 11.3, which is the 2^nd best among 5 elementary schools in the East Maine School District 63. (See more...)

Compare Apollo Elementary School employs 46.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Apollo Elementary School is $18,451, which is the 2^nd highest among 5 elementary schools in the East Maine School District 63.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Apollo Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Apollo Elementary School 1282^nd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Apollo Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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East Maine School District 63:

SchoolDigger ranks East Maine School District 63 453^rd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Apollo Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Apollo Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	58.34	1032^nd	2020	48.9%
2004	57.01	1079^th	2030	46.8%
2005	56.99	1070^th	2022	47.1%
2006	64.23	917^th	2086	56.0%
2007	50.71	1310^th	2095	37.5%
2008	54.25	1180^th	2092	43.6%
2009	54.68	1163^rd	2120	45.1%
2010	51.78	1245^th	2139	41.8%
2011	54.16	1188^th	2147	44.7%
2012	60.78	1024^th	2166	52.7%
2013	51.14	1139^th	2167	47.4%
2014	48.77	1133^rd	2093	45.9%
2015	39.37	1144^th	2052	44.2%
2016	46.46	1021^st	2046	50.1%
2017	49.18	960^th	2044	53.0%
2018	44.64	1061^st	2037	47.9%
2019	46.33	1042^nd	2086	50.0%
2021	47.78	899^th	1948	53.9%
2022	44.93	1066^th	2082	48.8%
2023	42.16	1129^th	2077	45.6%
2024	34.29	1282^nd	2067	38.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Apollo Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	33.42	49^th	95	48.4%
2023	29.93	61^st	93	34.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Apollo Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.38	475^th	718	33.8%
2019	43.67	397^th	743	46.6%
2021	63.42	86^th	537	84.0%
2022	57.80	208^th	768	72.9%
2023	38.42	470^th	788	40.4%
2024	30.76	636^th	826	23.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Apollo Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	20.15	1131^st	1194	5.3%
2022	44.09	502^nd	1113	54.9%
2023	16.85	1133^rd	1156	2.0%
2024	23.36	992^nd	1195	17.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Apollo Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	49.75	804^th	1765	54.4%
2019	57.69	615^th	1816	66.1%
2021	63.83	354^th	1514	76.6%
2022	55.85	643^rd	1763	63.5%
2023	56.49	650^th	1808	64.0%
2024	46.57	875^th	1793	51.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Apollo Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	48.10	961^st	1964	51.1%
2019	46.63	1026^th	2019	49.2%
2021	50.52	747^th	1680	55.5%
2022	44.99	973^rd	1970	50.6%
2023	45.08	990^th	1957	49.4%
2024	36.48	1160^th	1942	40.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Apollo Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	19.48	869^th	907	4.2%
2024	29.88	642^nd	886	27.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Apollo Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.62	1072^nd	1972	45.6%
2019	46.22	1006^th	2019	50.2%
2021	39.35	953^rd	1707	44.2%
2022	44.39	1001^st	1977	49.4%
2023	38.72	1130^th	1984	43.0%
2024	32.75	1245^th	1959	36.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at Apollo Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.56	211^th	242	12.8%
2019	21.80	211^th	243	13.2%
2021	18.68	117^th	134	12.7%
2022	16.12	200^th	226	11.5%
2023	24.29	192^nd	237	19.0%
2024	20.30	185^th	219	15.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Apollo Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	82.65	57^th	692	91.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Apollo Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	14.52	905^th	938	3.5%
2019	33.04	671^st	955	29.7%
2021	26.86	597^th	742	19.5%
2022	22.86	823^rd	954	13.7%
2023	20.18	885^th	970	8.8%
2024	21.81	829^th	959	13.6%

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Rank History for White students at Apollo Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	46.73	776^th	1463	47.0%
2019	44.13	845^th	1462	42.2%
2022	37.26	935^th	1425	34.4%
2023	27.01	1098^th	1419	22.6%
2024	6.59	1365^th	1392	1.9%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Apollo Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1993	262	46	168	81	0	n/a	n/a	0	557
1994	307	63	169	91	1	n/a	n/a	0	631
1995	284	58	211	95	1	n/a	n/a	0	649
1996	284	58	211	95	1	n/a	n/a	0	649
1997	297	66	231	106	1	n/a	n/a	0	701
1998	310	53	236	11	100	n/a	n/a	0	710
1999	281	45	222	95	1	n/a	n/a	0	644
2000	285	54	261	111	0	n/a	n/a	0	711
2001	189	35	257	142	0	n/a	n/a	0	623
2002	171	28	318	160	0	n/a	n/a	0	677
2003	171	28	318	160	0	n/a	n/a	0	677
2004	162	41	292	117	0	n/a	n/a	0	612
2005	141	28	291	138	1	n/a	n/a	0	599
2006	133	37	282	153	1	n/a	n/a	11	617
2007	121	38	273	150	1	n/a	n/a	17	600
2008	110	32	283	138	1	n/a	n/a	21	585
2009	105	35	263	136	0	n/a	n/a	17	556
2010	116	35	222	135	0	n/a	n/a	15	523
2011	124	37	257	141	1	0	9	0	569
2012	122	37	267	148	1	0	11	0	586
2013	142	43	234	141	1	0	10	0	571
2014	152	40	229	148	0	4	10	0	583
2015	162	42	228	114	21	2	34	0	603
2016	144	38	203	183	0	1	44	0	613
2017	130	30	198	191	0	1	69	0	619
2018	128	26	172	177	0	1	88	0	592
2019	118	24	186	177	0	1	86	0	592
2020	103	32	206	176	0	0	91	0	608
2021	94	36	185	123	2	0	77	0	517
2022	95	43	183	127	1	0	61	0	510
2023	103	40	190	105	1	0	58	0	497
2024	119	39	196	130	1	0	45	0	530

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Apollo Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1993	557	31.0	18.0	n/a
1994	631	33.8	18.7	n/a
1995	649	37.0	17.5	n/a
1996	649	37.0	17.5	n/a
1997	701	38.3	18.3	n/a
1998	710	38.5	18.4	n/a
1999	644	42.0	15.3	n/a
2000	711	45.5	15.6	n/a
2001	623	40.5	15.4	n/a
2002	677	40.9	16.6	33.4
2003	677	40.9	16.6	33.4
2004	612	36.9	16.6	34
2005	599	32.7	18.3	31.4
2006	617	35.4	17.4	32.3
2007	600	36.0	16.7	41.5
2008	585	33.0	17.7	44.7
2009	556	40.6	13.7	50.1
2010	523	43.1	12.1	50.4
2011	569	42.6	13.3	52.5
2012	586	34.0	17.2	53.2
2013	571	51.4	11.0	67.4
2014	583	39.5	14.7	70.3
2015	603	42.0	14.3	67.7
2016	613	44.0	13.9	56.3
2017	619	43.9	14.0	60.9
2018	592	41.5	14.2	60.3
2019	592	45.1	13.1	58.8
2020	608	43.0	14.1	56.9
2021	517	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	510	45.2	11.2	58.8
2023	497	44.4	11.1	71
2024	530	46.7	11.3	71.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Apollo Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1993	557	31.0	18.0	n/a
1994	631	33.8	18.7	n/a
1995	649	37.0	17.5	n/a
1996	649	37.0	17.5	n/a
1997	701	38.3	18.3	n/a
1998	710	38.5	18.4	n/a
1999	644	42.0	15.3	n/a
2000	711	45.5	15.6	n/a
2001	623	40.5	15.4	n/a
2002	677	40.9	16.6	33.4
2003	677	40.9	16.6	33.4
2004	612	36.9	16.6	34
2005	599	32.7	18.3	31.4
2006	617	35.4	17.4	32.3
2007	600	36.0	16.7	41.5
2008	585	33.0	17.7	44.7
2009	556	40.6	13.7	50.1
2010	523	43.1	12.1	50.4
2011	569	42.6	13.3	52.5
2012	586	34.0	17.2	53.2
2013	571	51.4	11.0	67.4
2014	583	39.5	14.7	70.3
2015	603	42.0	14.3	67.7
2016	613	44.0	13.9	56.3
2017	619	43.9	14.0	60.9
2018	592	41.5	14.2	60.3
2019	592	45.1	13.1	58.8
2020	608	43.0	14.1	56.9
2021	517	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	510	45.2	11.2	58.8
2023	497	44.4	11.1	71
2024	530	46.7	11.3	71.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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