Is Iroquois Community School a good school?

Iroquois Community School ranks 236 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Iroquois Community School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 423 students attended Iroquois Community School.

What is the racial makeup of Iroquois Community School?

Students at Iroquois Community School are 52% White, 22% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 3% African American.

What schools do graduates of Iroquois Community School attend?

Students who attend Iroquois Community School usually go on to attend: High : Maine West High School

Iroquois Community School

Summary:

Iroquois Community School is a public elementary school serving grades K-8 in Des Plaines, Illinois, with 432 students. It is part of the Community Consolidated School District 62, which is ranked 233 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. Iroquois Community School has consistently been ranked among the top 15% of elementary schools in Illinois over the past several years, with a current ranking of 236 out of 2,067 Illinois elementary schools.

Iroquois Community School significantly outperforms the district and state averages in academic proficiency, with 68.2% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts, 49.8% in math, and 79.2% in science, compared to lower district and state averages. The school also has strong performance across various student subgroups, such as ranking 193 out of 1,942 Illinois elementary schools for female students and 51 out of 959 for Hispanic students, both with 5-star ratings. Iroquois Community School maintains a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate and spends significantly more per student ($19,776 in 2022-2023) compared to the district average ($17,965 in 2021-2022).

While Iroquois Community School is a high-performing school within its district, it lags behind the nearby Park Ridge CCSD 64 district, which has several schools (such as George Washington Elementary, Franklin Elementary, and George B. Carpenter Elementary) that consistently rank among the top 10% of Illinois elementary schools. This suggests that Iroquois Community School may have opportunities to learn from these higher-performing schools and further improve its overall quality and outcomes.

Detail:

Public K-8

1836 E Touhy Ave
Des Plaines, IL 60018-3629

(847) 824-1308

District: Ccsd 62

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $23,287

Students who attend Iroquois Community School usually attend:

High:

Maine West High School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.0

Number of students: 423

Racial breakdown:

White:

51.5%

Hispanic:

22.2%

Asian:

17.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 29.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Iroquois Community School ranks better than 88.6% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 3^rd among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Ccsd 62 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 87.19. (See more...)

Compare Details Iroquois Community School ranks better than 91.4% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 89.71. (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 Student population at Iroquois Community School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (51.5%), Hispanic (22.2%), Asian (17%). (See more...)

Compare Details 29.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Ccsd 62 School District. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Iroquois Community School is 12. 7 elementary schools in the Ccsd 62 School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Iroquois Community School employs 35 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Iroquois Community School is $23,287, which is the lowest among 9 elementary schools in the Ccsd 62 School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Iroquois Community School:

SchoolDigger ranks Iroquois Community School 236^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Iroquois Community School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Iroquois Community School 117^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Iroquois Community School in the ranking list.)

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Ccsd 62:

SchoolDigger ranks Ccsd 62 233^rd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Iroquois Community School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	73.82	586^th	2020	71.0%
2004	71.45	650^th	2030	68.0%
2005	78.95	344^th	2022	83.0%
2006	67.37	802^nd	2086	61.6%
2007	66.50	832^nd	2095	60.3%
2008	72.55	640^th	2092	69.4%
2009	74.98	563^rd	2120	73.4%
2010	81.68	273^rd	2139	87.2%
2011	76.28	491^st	2147	77.1%
2012	77.44	465^th	2166	78.5%
2013	68.07	721^st	2167	66.7%
2014	68.20	673^rd	2093	67.8%
2015	64.85	622^nd	2052	69.7%
2016	82.76	312^th	2046	84.8%
2017	83.26	296^th	2044	85.5%
2018	90.41	154^th	2037	92.4%
2019	88.14	200^th	2086	90.4%
2021	85.96	217^th	1948	88.9%
2022	85.97	259^th	2082	87.6%
2023	89.06	200^th	2077	90.4%
2024	87.19	236^th	2067	88.6%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	70.24	110^th	718	84.7%
2023	69.53	124^th	788	84.3%
2024	70.76	111^th	826	86.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	91.69	49^th	1765	97.2%
2019	78.38	198^th	1816	89.1%
2021	85.44	84^th	1514	94.5%
2022	78.77	184^th	1763	89.6%
2023	89.84	87^th	1808	95.2%
2024	78.71	200^th	1793	88.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	87.90	173^rd	1964	91.2%
2019	85.02	222^nd	2019	89.0%
2021	78.06	292^nd	1680	82.6%
2022	82.95	291^st	1970	85.2%
2023	90.65	146^th	1957	92.5%
2024	88.26	193^rd	1942	90.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	88.05	171^st	1972	91.3%
2019	88.13	177^th	2019	91.2%
2021	85.18	181^st	1707	89.4%
2022	84.95	243^rd	1977	87.7%
2023	82.54	280^th	1984	85.9%
2024	81.35	313^th	1959	84.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Asian students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	78.98	39^th	242	83.9%
2019	65.21	83^rd	243	65.8%
2023	53.21	118^th	237	50.2%
2024	75.80	44^th	219	79.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	82.41	91^st	938	90.3%
2019	85.01	55^th	955	94.2%
2022	83.57	93^rd	954	90.3%
2023	71.40	174^th	970	82.1%
2024	89.12	51^st	959	94.7%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	85.72	141^st	1463	90.4%
2019	80.41	206^th	1462	85.9%
2021	72.33	281^st	1308	78.5%
2022	72.74	301^st	1425	78.9%
2023	74.08	288^th	1419	79.7%
2024	64.14	450^th	1392	67.7%

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

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Rank History for all middle school students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	38.45	785^th	1185	33.8%
2004	58.93	577^th	1204	52.1%
2005	76.68	280^th	1209	76.8%
2006	72.36	354^th	1272	72.2%
2007	74.17	311^th	1287	75.8%
2008	69.99	413^th	1293	68.1%
2009	76.13	287^th	1318	78.2%
2010	78.63	232^nd	1327	82.5%
2011	79.67	205^th	1344	84.7%
2012	83.24	144^th	1365	89.5%
2013	81.59	209^th	1367	84.7%
2014	79.98	227^th	1322	82.8%
2015	86.01	158^th	1302	87.9%
2016	90.93	81^st	1294	93.7%
2017	89.83	103^rd	1293	92.0%
2018	92.53	70^th	1293	94.6%
2019	93.30	63^rd	1356	95.4%
2021	92.17	72^nd	1241	94.2%
2022	86.48	137^th	1369	90.0%
2023	87.70	135^th	1367	90.1%
2024	89.71	117^th	1363	91.4%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	90.18	51^st	805	93.7%
2024	97.69	21^st	802	97.4%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	94.64	24^th	1161	97.9%
2019	96.70	9^th	1217	99.3%
2022	75.83	162^nd	1221	86.7%
2023	85.65	80^th	1234	93.5%
2024	91.76	43^rd	1219	96.5%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	87.75	115^th	1226	90.6%
2019	91.07	83^rd	1276	93.5%
2021	86.40	94^th	1017	90.8%
2022	82.83	169^th	1286	86.9%
2023	83.00	168^th	1275	86.8%
2024	92.68	71^st	1251	94.3%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	93.76	54^th	1223	95.6%
2019	93.14	61^st	1296	95.3%
2021	91.36	63^rd	1048	94.0%
2022	81.76	173^rd	1286	86.5%
2023	85.85	139^th	1292	89.2%
2024	81.02	198^th	1264	84.3%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	89.74	23^rd	590	96.1%
2019	88.74	34^th	639	94.7%
2022	80.19	78^th	662	88.2%
2023	74.18	113^th	661	82.9%
2024	78.13	87^th	643	86.5%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Iroquois Community School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	84.81	91^st	889	89.8%
2019	85.78	77^th	905	91.5%
2021	86.56	75^th	813	90.8%
2022	74.20	169^th	898	81.2%
2023	73.43	186^th	895	79.2%
2024	74.00	176^th	875	79.9%

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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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by a parent
Monday, August 3, 2015

The kind of school where every child is expected and guided to succeed. Dedicated and enthusiastic teachers, renovated building, plenty of technology in classrooms. All that with a strongly diversified group of kids and families (economic, social and ethnic mix). No sense of entitlement here, which plagues more affluent school districts in neighboring towns. The balanced calendar is great for knowledge retention and for cheep vacations (lol). There is no gifted program, but if your child needs to be brought up to standards, plenty of resources are available (social worker, speech therapy, etc). Close Quote

Enrollment information for Iroquois Community School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	167	4	34	42	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	247
1989	148	5	35	60	1	n/a	n/a	0	249
1990	140	4	18	71	1	n/a	n/a	0	234
1991	156	1	23	56	0	n/a	n/a	0	236
1992	174	3	26	71	4	n/a	n/a	0	278
1993	170	3	20	91	0	n/a	n/a	0	284
1994	154	1	38	71	4	n/a	n/a	0	268
1995	157	3	28	95	0	n/a	n/a	0	283
1996	157	3	28	95	0	n/a	n/a	0	283
1997	162	6	38	98	0	n/a	n/a	0	304
1998	262	9	24	106	0	n/a	n/a	0	401
1999	276	10	24	105	0	n/a	n/a	0	415
2000	283	11	19	92	0	n/a	n/a	0	405
2001	300	9	28	94	0	n/a	n/a	0	431
2002	317	9	27	86	0	n/a	n/a	0	439
2003	317	9	27	86	0	n/a	n/a	0	439
2004	324	7	29	95	0	n/a	n/a	0	455
2005	295	6	34	105	0	n/a	n/a	9	449
2006	270	3	43	108	0	n/a	n/a	21	445
2007	270	2	44	103	0	n/a	n/a	23	442
2008	256	9	55	102	0	n/a	n/a	33	455
2009	244	13	55	91	1	n/a	n/a	32	436
2010	259	10	60	101	0	n/a	n/a	36	466
2011	248	10	66	132	1	0	5	0	462
2012	262	12	52	123	3	0	7	0	459
2013	274	16	67	114	3	0	1	0	475
2014	271	14	67	116	3	0	4	0	475
2015	270	13	71	118	1	0	7	0	480
2016	272	15	78	108	1	0	8	0	482
2017	277	14	78	107	1	0	11	0	488
2018	277	14	77	98	1	1	17	0	485
2019	266	15	83	91	1	0	18	0	474
2020	272	12	85	89	3	0	18	0	479
2021	260	13	83	93	0	0	24	0	473
2022	238	11	75	87	0	0	22	0	433
2023	234	9	73	92	0	0	24	0	432
2024	218	12	72	94	0	0	27	0	423

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

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Iroquois Community School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	247	26.5	9.3	n/a
1989	249	26.5	9.3	n/a
1990	234	26.7	8.7	n/a
1991	236	27.2	8.6	n/a
1992	278	25.8	10.7	n/a
1993	284	25.0	11.4	n/a
1994	268	23.5	11.4	n/a
1995	283	24.5	11.6	n/a
1996	283	24.5	11.6	n/a
1997	304	27.1	11.2	n/a
1998	401	24.6	16.3	n/a
1999	415	31.3	13.3	n/a
2000	405	31.3	12.9	n/a
2001	431	30.3	14.2	n/a
2002	439	30.8	14.3	21.4
2003	439	30.8	14.3	21.4
2004	455	27.0	16.9	24
2005	449	26.8	16.8	24.8
2006	445	27.0	16.5	22.9
2007	442	30.0	14.7	17.4
2008	455	28.0	16.3	26.5
2009	436	29.3	14.9	20.3
2010	466	27.3	17.0	23.7
2011	462	28.0	16.5	22.5
2012	459	26.0	17.6	22.2
2013	475	34.0	13.9	30.7
2014	475	28.0	16.9	30.9
2015	480	29.0	16.5	31.3
2016	482	29.0	16.6	21.6
2017	488	29.0	16.8	26.6
2018	485	29.0	16.7	17.7
2019	474	29.0	16.3	22.8
2020	479	30.0	15.9	21.5
2021	473	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	433	33.0	13.1	26.1
2023	432	33.0	13.0	30.1
2024	423	35.0	12.0	29.6

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 Iroquois Community School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	247	26.5	9.3	n/a
1989	249	26.5	9.3	n/a
1990	234	26.7	8.7	n/a
1991	236	27.2	8.6	n/a
1992	278	25.8	10.7	n/a
1993	284	25.0	11.4	n/a
1994	268	23.5	11.4	n/a
1995	283	24.5	11.6	n/a
1996	283	24.5	11.6	n/a
1997	304	27.1	11.2	n/a
1998	401	24.6	16.3	n/a
1999	415	31.3	13.3	n/a
2000	405	31.3	12.9	n/a
2001	431	30.3	14.2	n/a
2002	439	30.8	14.3	21.4
2003	439	30.8	14.3	21.4
2004	455	27.0	16.9	24
2005	449	26.8	16.8	24.8
2006	445	27.0	16.5	22.9
2007	442	30.0	14.7	17.4
2008	455	28.0	16.3	26.5
2009	436	29.3	14.9	20.3
2010	466	27.3	17.0	23.7
2011	462	28.0	16.5	22.5
2012	459	26.0	17.6	22.2
2013	475	34.0	13.9	30.7
2014	475	28.0	16.9	30.9
2015	480	29.0	16.5	31.3
2016	482	29.0	16.6	21.6
2017	488	29.0	16.8	26.6
2018	485	29.0	16.7	17.7
2019	474	29.0	16.3	22.8
2020	479	30.0	15.9	21.5
2021	473	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	433	33.0	13.1	26.1
2023	432	33.0	13.0	30.1
2024	423	35.0	12.0	29.6

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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