Is Joyce Kilmer Elementary School a good school?

Joyce Kilmer Elementary School ranks 1037 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Joyce Kilmer Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 579 students attended Joyce Kilmer Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Joyce Kilmer Elementary School?

Students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School are 46% White, 38% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Joyce Kilmer Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Joyce Kilmer Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Cooper Middle School High : Buffalo Grove High School

Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Summary:

Joyce Kilmer Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, serving 530 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21, which is ranked 588 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite increased spending per student, Joyce Kilmer Elementary School consistently underperforms compared to the district and state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 25.4% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 28.7% for the district and 41.2% for the state. The school also struggles to support the academic achievement of certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic and White students, who perform in the bottom quartile of Illinois elementary schools. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.2% in 2019-2020 to 23.7% in 2023-2024, which is notably higher than the district and state averages.

When comparing Joyce Kilmer Elementary School to other nearby schools within the same district, it becomes evident that the school is underperforming. For instance, Edgar A. Poe Elementary School, also part of Wheeling CCSD 21, outperforms Joyce Kilmer in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. This disparity in performance suggests that the district and school may need to re-evaluate their resource allocation and instructional strategies to better support student learning and address the root causes of the school's challenges.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

655 Golfview Ter
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-3536

(847) 520-2760

District: Wheeling CCSD 21

SchoolDigger Rank:
1037^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,902

Students who attend Joyce Kilmer Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Cooper Middle School
High:	Buffalo Grove High School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.0

Number of students: 579

Racial breakdown:

White:

46.1%

Hispanic:

38.3%

Asian:

7.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 67.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Joyce Kilmer Elementary School ranks worse than 50.2% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 4^th among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Wheeling CCSD 21 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 45.39. (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 (46.1%), Hispanic (38.3%), Asian (7.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 67.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School is 16. 7 elementary schools in the Wheeling CCSD 21 School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Joyce Kilmer Elementary School employs 36 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School is $17,902. 8 elementary schools in the Wheeling CCSD 21 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Joyce Kilmer Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Joyce Kilmer Elementary School 1037^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Joyce Kilmer 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 Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	73.81	588^th	2020	70.9%
2004	71.49	649^th	2030	68.0%
2005	62.15	939^th	2022	53.6%
2006	66.12	842^nd	2086	59.6%
2007	63.96	916^th	2095	56.3%
2008	43.15	1392^nd	2092	33.5%
2009	49.63	1286^th	2120	39.3%
2010	37.44	1531^st	2139	28.4%
2011	34.02	1586^th	2147	26.1%
2012	42.32	1458^th	2166	32.7%
2013	44.99	1281^st	2167	40.9%
2014	44.05	1239^th	2093	40.8%
2015	37.32	1200^th	2052	41.5%
2016	34.95	1287^th	2046	37.1%
2017	33.56	1319^th	2044	35.5%
2018	39.98	1173^rd	2037	42.4%
2019	39.53	1206^th	2086	42.2%
2021	34.35	1199^th	1948	38.4%
2022	42.48	1124^th	2082	46.0%
2023	37.68	1216^th	2077	41.5%
2024	45.39	1037^th	2067	49.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	28.32	607^th	718	15.5%
2019	44.91	375^th	743	49.5%
2021	54.58	137^th	537	74.5%
2022	49.62	296^th	768	61.5%
2023	57.24	229^th	788	70.9%
2024	60.42	195^th	826	76.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	31.33	803^rd	1194	32.7%
2022	40.52	549^th	1113	50.7%
2023	36.58	667^th	1156	42.3%
2024	43.25	582^nd	1195	51.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	40.35	1054^th	1765	40.3%
2019	39.49	1123^rd	1816	38.2%
2021	55.41	518^th	1514	65.8%
2022	55.64	645^th	1763	63.4%
2023	43.19	976^th	1808	46.0%
2024	55.35	667^th	1793	62.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	32.83	1313^th	1964	33.1%
2019	35.16	1270^th	2019	37.1%
2021	30.46	1139^th	1680	32.2%
2022	43.03	1026^th	1970	47.9%
2023	36.72	1163^rd	1957	40.6%
2024	44.86	982^nd	1942	49.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	49.70	338^th	907	62.7%
2024	44.42	413^th	886	53.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	48.67	925^th	1972	53.1%
2019	44.66	1040^th	2019	48.5%
2021	34.54	1043^rd	1707	38.9%
2022	41.03	1068^th	1977	46.0%
2023	39.00	1126^th	1984	43.2%
2024	44.89	990^th	1959	49.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	31.59	195^th	243	19.8%
2023	36.88	162^nd	237	31.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	28.93	707^th	938	24.6%
2019	25.17	793^rd	955	17.0%
2021	30.54	530^th	742	28.6%
2022	34.37	617^th	954	35.3%
2023	24.63	814^th	970	16.1%
2024	24.48	777^th	959	19.0%

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Rank History for White students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.20	611^th	1463	58.2%
2019	44.46	837^th	1462	42.7%
2021	36.62	855^th	1308	34.6%
2022	37.84	918^th	1425	35.6%
2023	29.16	1064^th	1419	25.0%
2024	38.98	862^nd	1392	38.1%

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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 Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	359	6	15	8	1	n/a	n/a	0	389
1989	354	5	17	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	383
1990	362	4	20	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	395
1991	401	4	42	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	459
1992	403	4	33	15	2	n/a	n/a	0	457
1993	410	7	31	21	0	n/a	n/a	0	469
1994	429	7	35	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	488
1995	423	4	26	57	0	n/a	n/a	0	510
1996	423	4	26	57	0	n/a	n/a	0	510
1997	427	6	24	68	0	n/a	n/a	0	525
1998	446	4	25	78	0	n/a	n/a	0	553
1999	449	5	25	76	0	n/a	n/a	0	555
2000	430	9	24	86	0	n/a	n/a	0	549
2001	397	7	28	96	0	n/a	n/a	0	528
2002	345	3	22	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	393
2003	345	3	22	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	393
2004	341	7	19	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	401
2005	227	19	22	184	0	n/a	n/a	8	460
2006	190	21	20	189	0	n/a	n/a	8	428
2007	155	22	23	231	0	n/a	n/a	12	443
2008	143	13	22	251	0	n/a	n/a	14	443
2009	160	15	37	307	0	n/a	n/a	26	545
2010	134	5	40	280	0	n/a	n/a	32	491
2011	146	3	33	302	1	1	8	0	494
2012	153	4	38	307	6	1	9	0	518
2013	177	7	35	285	6	1	7	0	518
2014	165	8	38	272	7	1	11	0	502
2015	148	9	42	273	5	1	6	0	484
2016	145	6	36	289	5	1	5	0	487
2017	139	5	46	311	3	0	12	0	516
2018	140	8	49	301	4	0	14	0	516
2019	169	9	42	255	4	0	27	0	506
2020	178	8	43	241	3	0	21	0	494
2021	181	9	50	241	3	0	22	0	506
2022	192	9	41	228	3	0	27	0	500
2023	227	8	44	220	2	0	29	0	530
2024	267	12	42	222	0	0	36	0	579

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 Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	389	22.0	17.6	n/a
1989	383	21.0	18.2	n/a
1990	395	22.2	17.7	n/a
1991	459	26.0	17.6	n/a
1992	457	27.1	16.8	n/a
1993	469	25.7	18.2	n/a
1994	488	24.0	20.3	n/a
1995	510	28.5	17.9	n/a
1996	510	28.5	17.9	n/a
1997	525	30.0	17.5	n/a
1998	553	34.1	16.2	n/a
1999	555	33.5	16.6	n/a
2000	549	33.0	16.6	n/a
2001	528	32.7	16.1	n/a
2002	393	23.6	16.7	12.2
2003	393	23.6	16.7	12.2
2004	401	24.0	16.7	10.2
2005	460	26.8	17.2	32.1
2006	428	24.9	17.2	36.9
2007	443	23.0	19.3	46.6
2008	443	24.0	18.5	50.3
2009	545	26.5	20.6	38.7
2010	491	28.5	17.1	52.7
2011	494	29.0	17.0	48
2012	518	30.0	17.2	52.7
2013	518	49.1	10.5	58.3
2014	502	30.0	16.7	60
2015	484	29.0	16.6	66.1
2016	487	27.0	18.0	58.9
2017	516	27.0	19.1	66.1
2018	516	27.4	18.8	52.9
2019	506	29.5	17.1	51
2020	494	27.8	17.7	51.2
2021	506	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	500	35.0	14.2	58
2023	530	35.5	14.9	51.7
2024	579	36.0	16.0	67.2

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 Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	389	22.0	17.6	n/a
1989	383	21.0	18.2	n/a
1990	395	22.2	17.7	n/a
1991	459	26.0	17.6	n/a
1992	457	27.1	16.8	n/a
1993	469	25.7	18.2	n/a
1994	488	24.0	20.3	n/a
1995	510	28.5	17.9	n/a
1996	510	28.5	17.9	n/a
1997	525	30.0	17.5	n/a
1998	553	34.1	16.2	n/a
1999	555	33.5	16.6	n/a
2000	549	33.0	16.6	n/a
2001	528	32.7	16.1	n/a
2002	393	23.6	16.7	12.2
2003	393	23.6	16.7	12.2
2004	401	24.0	16.7	10.2
2005	460	26.8	17.2	32.1
2006	428	24.9	17.2	36.9
2007	443	23.0	19.3	46.6
2008	443	24.0	18.5	50.3
2009	545	26.5	20.6	38.7
2010	491	28.5	17.1	52.7
2011	494	29.0	17.0	48
2012	518	30.0	17.2	52.7
2013	518	49.1	10.5	58.3
2014	502	30.0	16.7	60
2015	484	29.0	16.6	66.1
2016	487	27.0	18.0	58.9
2017	516	27.0	19.1	66.1
2018	516	27.4	18.8	52.9
2019	506	29.5	17.1	51
2020	494	27.8	17.7	51.2
2021	506	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	500	35.0	14.2	58
2023	530	35.5	14.9	51.7
2024	579	36.0	16.0	67.2

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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