Is Henry W Longfellow Elementary School a good school?

Henry W Longfellow Elementary School ranks 657 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Henry W Longfellow Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 493 students attended Henry W Longfellow Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Henry W Longfellow Elementary School?

Students at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School are 67% White, 14% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Henry W Longfellow Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Henry W Longfellow Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Cooper Middle School High : Buffalo Grove High School

Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

Summary:

Henry W Longfellow Elementary School is a public elementary school in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, serving 489 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Wheeling CCSD 21 district, which is ranked 588 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Henry W Longfellow Elementary School has consistently ranked in the top 20-25% of Illinois elementary schools over the past decade, with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's performance on standardized tests is generally higher than the district and state averages, with 49.3% of students proficient or better in IAR/Mathematics compared to 24.6% for the district and 28.4% for the state. The school also performs well across various student subgroups, with rankings in the top 20-30% for female students, English Language Learners, and Special Education students. However, the school's performance for white students is relatively lower, with a ranking in the bottom 50% of Illinois elementary schools.

While Henry W Longfellow Elementary School outperforms other Wheeling CCSD 21 schools in the area, it lags behind high-performing schools in neighboring districts, such as Ivy Hall Elementary School and Greenbrier Elementary School, which consistently rank in the top 10-20% of Illinois elementary schools. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate, while fluctuating, has been higher than the state's target of 10% in recent years, indicating a potential area for improvement.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

501 S Arlington Heights Rd
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-3245

(847) 520-2755

District: Wheeling CCSD 21

SchoolDigger Rank:
657^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,640

Students who attend Henry W Longfellow Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Cooper Middle School
High:	Buffalo Grove High School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.3

Number of students: 493

Racial breakdown:

White:

67.1%

Asian:

14.4%

Hispanic:

11.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 22.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Henry W Longfellow Elementary School ranks better than 68.2% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks first among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Wheeling CCSD 21 School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 64.43. (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 Racial makeup is: White (67.1%), Asian (14.4%), Hispanic (11.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 22.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School is 16.3. 8 elementary schools in the Wheeling CCSD 21 School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Henry W Longfellow Elementary School employs 30.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School is $18,640. 7 elementary schools in the Wheeling CCSD 21 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Henry W Longfellow Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Henry W Longfellow Elementary School 657^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Henry W Longfellow Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Wheeling CCSD 21:

SchoolDigger ranks Wheeling CCSD 21 588^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	85.40	162^nd	2020	92.0%
2004	86.05	143^rd	2030	93.0%
2005	82.52	224^th	2022	88.9%
2006	81.91	217^th	2086	89.6%
2007	83.51	153^rd	2095	92.7%
2008	80.57	316^th	2092	84.9%
2009	83.23	213^th	2120	90.0%
2010	84.85	149^th	2139	93.0%
2011	80.85	319^th	2147	85.1%
2012	78.90	400^th	2166	81.5%
2013	87.38	207^th	2167	90.4%
2014	89.24	149^th	2093	92.9%
2015	86.58	257^th	2052	87.5%
2016	81.99	329^th	2046	83.9%
2017	86.00	237^th	2044	88.4%
2018	90.01	161^st	2037	92.1%
2019	89.10	178^th	2086	91.5%
2021	75.77	407^th	1948	79.1%
2022	78.24	415^th	2082	80.1%
2023	70.60	549^th	2077	73.6%
2024	64.43	657^th	2067	68.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2021	64.65	83^rd	537	84.5%
2022	74.53	74^th	768	90.4%
2023	63.00	173^rd	788	78.0%
2024	65.59	142^nd	826	82.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	95.37	27^th	1194	97.7%
2021	56.73	209^th	640	67.3%
2022	56.42	330^th	1113	70.4%
2023	59.42	349^th	1156	69.8%
2024	66.51	287^th	1195	76.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	77.72	210^th	1765	88.1%
2019	97.97	11^th	1816	99.4%
2022	64.43	442^nd	1763	74.9%
2023	62.54	503^rd	1808	72.2%
2024	56.19	652^nd	1793	63.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	89.80	137^th	1964	93.0%
2019	89.57	154^th	2019	92.4%
2021	76.35	323^rd	1680	80.8%
2022	75.71	418^th	1970	78.8%
2023	74.66	426^th	1957	78.2%
2024	65.90	570^th	1942	70.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	59.31	261^st	907	71.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	88.26	170^th	1972	91.4%
2019	85.60	226^th	2019	88.8%
2021	70.03	426^th	1707	75.0%
2022	79.06	355^th	1977	82.0%
2023	65.82	573^rd	1984	71.1%
2024	61.09	658^th	1959	66.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	61.11	102^nd	242	57.9%
2022	65.57	83^rd	226	63.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	58.15	298^th	954	68.8%

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Rank History for White students at Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	83.48	179^th	1463	87.8%
2019	77.50	246^th	1462	83.2%
2021	59.18	488^th	1308	62.7%
2022	64.13	450^th	1425	68.4%
2023	52.08	667^th	1419	53.0%
2024	45.14	757^th	1392	45.6%

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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 Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	551	7	36	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	598
1989	540	6	26	2	4	n/a	n/a	0	578
1990	555	3	45	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	606
1991	568	5	36	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	617
1992	572	1	39	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	619
1993	527	3	29	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	564
1994	542	2	18	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	569
1995	396	0	21	74	0	n/a	n/a	0	491
1996	396	0	21	74	0	n/a	n/a	0	491
1997	390	1	19	73	1	n/a	n/a	0	484
1998	354	1	19	92	1	n/a	n/a	0	467
1999	361	1	21	131	1	n/a	n/a	0	515
2000	327	1	23	129	1	n/a	n/a	0	481
2001	315	0	20	163	1	n/a	n/a	0	499
2002	320	1	8	71	0	n/a	n/a	0	400
2003	320	1	8	71	0	n/a	n/a	0	400
2004	303	4	9	58	0	n/a	n/a	0	374
2005	434	6	10	14	0	n/a	n/a	4	468
2006	414	5	9	16	0	n/a	n/a	15	459
2007	402	4	8	22	0	n/a	n/a	14	450
2008	378	5	7	25	0	n/a	n/a	14	429
2009	392	5	9	12	0	n/a	n/a	12	430
2010	400	5	23	28	0	n/a	n/a	20	476
2011	359	4	27	56	2	1	17	0	466
2012	347	3	36	57	3	1	13	0	460
2013	328	2	42	63	2	1	12	0	450
2014	332	5	53	62	3	1	17	0	473
2015	323	3	50	55	3	1	17	0	452
2016	296	4	61	53	2	1	15	0	432
2017	287	7	47	37	3	0	11	0	392
2018	294	5	47	25	1	0	12	0	384
2019	293	4	53	30	2	0	27	0	409
2020	293	3	53	36	2	0	18	0	405
2021	302	3	55	45	1	1	20	0	427
2022	303	2	66	59	1	2	19	0	452
2023	323	5	72	60	0	2	27	0	489
2024	331	4	71	57	0	2	28	0	493

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 Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	598	26.5	22.5	n/a
1989	578	25.0	23.1	n/a
1990	606	27.6	21.9	n/a
1991	617	24.6	25.0	n/a
1992	619	27.0	22.9	n/a
1993	564	27.0	20.9	n/a
1994	569	28.0	20.3	n/a
1995	491	26.5	18.5	n/a
1996	491	26.5	18.5	n/a
1997	484	25.5	19.0	n/a
1998	467	24.0	19.5	n/a
1999	515	21.0	24.5	n/a
2000	481	22.9	21.0	n/a
2001	499	23.7	21.1	n/a
2002	400	20.8	19.2	0.5
2003	400	20.8	19.2	0.5
2004	374	19.8	18.9	0.5
2005	468	28.6	16.4	2.4
2006	459	24.3	18.9	3.8
2007	450	21.0	21.4	7.3
2008	429	23.0	18.7	9.2
2009	430	25.0	17.2	6
2010	476	25.0	19.0	7.2
2011	466	25.0	18.6	9.9
2012	460	24.0	19.1	12.8
2013	450	38.0	11.8	20.4
2014	473	27.0	17.5	20.7
2015	452	25.0	18.0	22.6
2016	432	24.0	18.0	14.8
2017	392	23.2	16.8	17.1
2018	384	24.6	15.5	13.5
2019	409	25.0	16.3	13.4
2020	405	24.0	16.8	12.1
2021	427	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	452	31.2	14.4	14.4
2023	489	32.4	15.0	17.2
2024	493	30.1	16.3	22.3

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 Henry W Longfellow Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	598	26.5	22.5	n/a
1989	578	25.0	23.1	n/a
1990	606	27.6	21.9	n/a
1991	617	24.6	25.0	n/a
1992	619	27.0	22.9	n/a
1993	564	27.0	20.9	n/a
1994	569	28.0	20.3	n/a
1995	491	26.5	18.5	n/a
1996	491	26.5	18.5	n/a
1997	484	25.5	19.0	n/a
1998	467	24.0	19.5	n/a
1999	515	21.0	24.5	n/a
2000	481	22.9	21.0	n/a
2001	499	23.7	21.1	n/a
2002	400	20.8	19.2	0.5
2003	400	20.8	19.2	0.5
2004	374	19.8	18.9	0.5
2005	468	28.6	16.4	2.4
2006	459	24.3	18.9	3.8
2007	450	21.0	21.4	7.3
2008	429	23.0	18.7	9.2
2009	430	25.0	17.2	6
2010	476	25.0	19.0	7.2
2011	466	25.0	18.6	9.9
2012	460	24.0	19.1	12.8
2013	450	38.0	11.8	20.4
2014	473	27.0	17.5	20.7
2015	452	25.0	18.0	22.6
2016	432	24.0	18.0	14.8
2017	392	23.2	16.8	17.1
2018	384	24.6	15.5	13.5
2019	409	25.0	16.3	13.4
2020	405	24.0	16.8	12.1
2021	427	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	452	31.2	14.4	14.4
2023	489	32.4	15.0	17.2
2024	493	30.1	16.3	22.3

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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