Is Willard Elementary School a good school?

Willard Elementary School ranks 389 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Willard Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 367 students attended Willard Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Willard Elementary School?

Students at Willard Elementary School are 56% White, 22% Hispanic, 11% African American, 8% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Willard Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Willard Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Haven Middle School High : Evanston Township High School

Willard Elementary School

Summary:

Willard Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Evanston, Illinois, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 367 students. The school is part of the Evanston CCSD 65 district, which is ranked 217 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Willard Elementary School's academic performance is generally higher than the state averages, but lower than the district averages. In 2023-2024, Willard's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rate for all grades was 48.4%, compared to the district's 53.5% and the state's 41.2%. In Mathematics, Willard's proficiency rate was 46.4%, compared to the district's 42.8% and the state's 28.4%. However, Willard's performance in Science is stronger, with a 61.8% proficiency rate in 2023-2024, compared to the district's 63.2% and the state's 53.2%. The school's White students consistently perform better than other subgroups, ranking in the top 15% of Illinois elementary schools, while the Hispanic and African American students, as well as the English Language Learner (ELL) and Special Education students, perform below the state averages for their respective subgroups.

Willard Elementary School's performance is generally lower than the nearby Wilmette School District 39 schools, which are among the top-performing schools in the state. For example, in 2023-2024, Romona Elementary School in Wilmette had an ELA proficiency rate of 73.8% and a Mathematics proficiency rate of 70.1%, significantly higher than Willard's. The nearby Wilmette schools also have much lower chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 3.7% to 7.0%, compared to Willard's 15.7%. These comparisons highlight the need for Willard to implement targeted strategies and interventions to improve student outcomes and ensure equitable educational opportunities for all its students.

Detail:

Public K-5

2700 Hurd Ave
Evanston, IL 60201-1268

(847) 905-3601

District: Evanston CCSD 65

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $25,445

Students who attend Willard Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Haven Middle School
High:	Evanston Township High School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.8

Number of students: 367

Racial breakdown:

White:

55.6%

Hispanic:

22.1%

African American:

11.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 25.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Willard Elementary School ranks better than 81.2% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 7^th among 12 ranked elementary schools in the Evanston CCSD 65 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 79.02. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high 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

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Willard Elementary School is $25,445. 9 elementary schools in the Evanston CCSD 65 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Willard Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Willard Elementary School 389^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Willard Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Evanston CCSD 65:

SchoolDigger ranks Evanston CCSD 65 217^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Willard Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	70.52	681^st	2020	66.3%
2004	78.02	406^th	2030	80.0%
2005	81.06	275^th	2022	86.4%
2006	79.33	330^th	2086	84.2%
2007	85.17	87^th	2095	95.8%
2008	86.27	100^th	2092	95.2%
2009	85.38	130^th	2120	93.9%
2010	87.34	64^th	2139	97.0%
2011	79.71	372^nd	2147	82.7%
2012	78.02	435^th	2166	79.9%
2013	86.70	228^th	2167	89.5%
2014	82.66	329^th	2093	84.3%
2015	87.89	235^th	2052	88.5%
2016	87.98	213^th	2046	89.6%
2017	85.98	238^th	2044	88.4%
2018	84.51	268^th	2037	86.8%
2019	83.81	288^th	2086	86.2%
2021	67.58	539^th	1948	72.3%
2022	85.29	279^th	2082	86.6%
2023	82.11	333^rd	2077	84.0%
2024	79.02	389^th	2067	81.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Willard Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	87.45	12^th	95	87.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Willard Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	58.86	194^th	718	73.0%
2019	31.68	586^th	743	21.1%
2022	51.16	280^th	768	63.5%
2023	43.04	392^nd	788	50.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Willard Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	63.45	164^th	763	78.5%
2019	70.26	221^st	1194	81.5%
2022	31.69	731^st	1113	34.3%
2023	53.52	414^th	1156	64.2%
2024	79.93	165^th	1195	86.2%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	37.24	1140^th	1765	35.4%
2019	49.69	833^rd	1816	54.1%
2021	37.51	920^th	1514	39.2%
2022	66.96	385^th	1763	78.2%
2023	44.20	951^st	1808	47.4%
2024	44.44	942^nd	1793	47.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Willard Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	86.50	200^th	1964	89.8%
2019	81.01	306^th	2019	84.8%
2021	65.98	483^rd	1680	71.3%
2022	86.67	219^th	1970	88.9%
2023	84.42	253^rd	1957	87.1%
2024	75.18	411^th	1942	78.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Willard Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	38.64	477^th	907	47.4%
2024	56.87	263^rd	886	70.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Willard Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	79.04	350^th	1972	82.3%
2019	84.36	251^st	2019	87.6%
2021	61.98	530^th	1707	69.0%
2022	80.43	329^th	1977	83.4%
2023	75.01	423^rd	1984	78.7%
2024	78.43	363^rd	1959	81.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Willard Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	48.27	278^th	698	60.2%
2024	47.13	288^th	655	56.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Willard Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	66.13	220^th	938	76.5%
2019	67.76	210^th	955	78.0%
2022	70.08	183^rd	954	80.8%
2023	57.47	313^th	970	67.7%
2024	53.79	342^nd	959	64.3%

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Rank History for White students at Willard Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	88.10	95^th	1463	93.5%
2019	85.64	134^th	1462	90.8%
2021	58.18	504^th	1308	61.5%
2022	87.11	108^th	1425	92.4%
2023	86.02	141^st	1419	90.1%
2024	85.18	149^th	1392	89.3%

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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 Willard Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	177	92	50	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	321
1989	208	102	48	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	363
1990	241	105	53	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	403
1991	255	127	57	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	444
1992	204	105	60	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	373
1993	229	115	64	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	408
1994	213	108	58	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	380
1995	203	132	43	2	1	n/a	n/a	0	381
1996	203	132	43	2	1	n/a	n/a	0	381
1997	216	125	46	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	394
1998	208	138	53	5	1	n/a	n/a	0	405
1999	209	163	41	10	1	n/a	n/a	0	424
2000	214	148	40	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	411
2001	214	144	38	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	409
2002	218	100	33	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	373
2003	218	100	33	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	373
2004	209	86	7	18	1	n/a	n/a	0	321
2005	209	82	5	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	311
2006	217	75	7	16	3	n/a	n/a	0	318
2007	227	59	8	18	2	n/a	n/a	0	314
2008	248	49	10	28	2	n/a	n/a	10	347
2009	252	54	8	43	1	n/a	n/a	17	375
2010	253	54	11	48	1	n/a	n/a	26	393
2011	265	44	14	77	0	0	38	0	438
2012	278	60	17	97	0	0	34	0	486
2013	297	62	19	104	1	0	34	0	517
2014	312	56	11	105	1	0	39	0	524
2015	310	41	12	116	1	0	35	0	515
2016	326	36	11	124	0	0	28	0	525
2017	328	40	10	127	0	0	31	0	536
2018	310	38	7	118	0	0	36	0	509
2019	289	41	8	114	2	0	47	0	501
2020	282	53	9	106	0	0	44	0	494
2021	250	56	7	104	0	0	41	0	458
2022	217	48	12	90	0	0	45	0	412
2023	204	42	8	81	0	0	31	1	367

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 Willard Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	321	26.0	12.3	n/a
1989	363	26.9	13.4	n/a
1990	403	28.0	14.3	n/a
1991	444	31.0	14.3	n/a
1992	373	27.0	13.8	n/a
1993	408	31.0	13.2	n/a
1994	380	31.0	12.3	n/a
1995	381	26.8	14.2	n/a
1996	381	26.8	14.2	n/a
1997	394	27.8	14.2	n/a
1998	405	29.8	13.6	n/a
1999	424	30.8	13.8	n/a
2000	411	32.2	12.8	n/a
2001	409	33.8	12.1	n/a
2002	373	30.8	12.1	22.3
2003	373	30.8	12.1	22.3
2004	321	30.3	10.6	20.9
2005	311	27.3	11.4	22.5
2006	318	20.3	15.7	22.6
2007	314	22.0	14.3	19.4
2008	347	20.0	17.4	24.9
2009	375	22.0	17.0	26.3
2010	393	24.0	16.3	31.3
2011	438	26.0	16.8	29.7
2012	486	28.9	16.8	28.8
2013	517	30.8	16.7	28.2
2014	524	33.6	15.5	24.8
2015	515	35.0	14.7	25.4
2016	525	33.0	15.9	21.1
2017	536	36.4	14.7	22
2018	509	36.0	14.1	23.4
2019	501	36.5	13.7	25
2020	494	35.5	13.8	26.5
2021	458	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	412	38.0	10.8	24.5
2023	367	33.7	10.8	25.6

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 Willard Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	321	26.0	12.3	n/a
1989	363	26.9	13.4	n/a
1990	403	28.0	14.3	n/a
1991	444	31.0	14.3	n/a
1992	373	27.0	13.8	n/a
1993	408	31.0	13.2	n/a
1994	380	31.0	12.3	n/a
1995	381	26.8	14.2	n/a
1996	381	26.8	14.2	n/a
1997	394	27.8	14.2	n/a
1998	405	29.8	13.6	n/a
1999	424	30.8	13.8	n/a
2000	411	32.2	12.8	n/a
2001	409	33.8	12.1	n/a
2002	373	30.8	12.1	22.3
2003	373	30.8	12.1	22.3
2004	321	30.3	10.6	20.9
2005	311	27.3	11.4	22.5
2006	318	20.3	15.7	22.6
2007	314	22.0	14.3	19.4
2008	347	20.0	17.4	24.9
2009	375	22.0	17.0	26.3
2010	393	24.0	16.3	31.3
2011	438	26.0	16.8	29.7
2012	486	28.9	16.8	28.8
2013	517	30.8	16.7	28.2
2014	524	33.6	15.5	24.8
2015	515	35.0	14.7	25.4
2016	525	33.0	15.9	21.1
2017	536	36.4	14.7	22
2018	509	36.0	14.1	23.4
2019	501	36.5	13.7	25
2020	494	35.5	13.8	26.5
2021	458	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	412	38.0	10.8	24.5
2023	367	33.7	10.8	25.6

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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