Is Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School a good school?

Yes. Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School ranks in the top 6.8% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 313 students attended Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School.

What is the racial makeup of Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School?

Students at Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School are 67% White, 23% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School attend?

Students who attend Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School usually go on to attend: Middle : F E Peacock Middle School High : Lake Park High School

Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School

Summary:

Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School is a public elementary school located in Itasca, Illinois, serving grades 3-5 with a total enrollment of 313 students. The school is part of the Itasca School District 10, which is ranked 54 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School consistently ranks among the top Illinois elementary schools, with a statewide ranking between 136 and 344 over the past 10 years. The school's performance on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) and Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) is impressive, with a significantly higher percentage of students proficient or better compared to the state averages across all grades and subjects. In the 2023-2024 school year, 68.9% of all students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 41.2%, and 56.7% of students were proficient or better in math, compared to the state average of 28.4%. The school's performance on the ISA is also noteworthy, with 82.1% of students proficient or better in science, compared to the state average of 53.2%. The school has a diverse student population, with significant representation of Asian (22.0% in 2022-2023), Hispanic (13.4% in 2023-2024), and White (55.9% in 2023-2024) students, and a relatively low percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with only 5.94% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2021-2022.

Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School significantly outperforms the nearby Medinah Intermediate School and schools in the Community Consolidated School District 59 on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates in both ELA and math. The school's student-teacher ratio of 14.2 in 2022-2023 is lower than the nearby Medinah Intermediate School (13.9) and Adolph Link Elementary School (13.6), which may contribute to its strong academic performance. The school's performance for English Language Learners and students with disabilities is also noteworthy, with the school ranking in the top 53 and 212 out of 826 and 1,195 Illinois elementary schools, respectively, in 2023-2024.

Detail:

Public 3-5

730 Catalpa Ave
Itasca, IL 60143-1465

(630) 773-0100

District: Itasca School District 10

SchoolDigger Rank:
141^st of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,042

Students who attend Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School usually attend:

Middle:	F E Peacock Middle School
High:	Lake Park High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.2

Number of students: 313

Racial breakdown:

White:

66.8%

Hispanic:

23.0%

Asian:

7.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 5.9%

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Performance Trends

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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 93.37. (See more...)

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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School is $16,042.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School:

SchoolDigger ranks Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School 141^st of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School in the ranking list.)

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White students:

Itasca School District 10:

SchoolDigger ranks Itasca School District 10 54^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	78.83	388^th	2020	80.8%
2004	77.76	416^th	2030	79.5%
2005	81.03	276^th	2022	86.4%
2006	79.15	342^nd	2086	83.6%
2007	83.37	160^th	2095	92.4%
2008	82.19	248^th	2092	88.1%
2009	80.94	306^th	2120	85.6%
2010	82.13	253^rd	2139	88.2%
2011	82.76	234^th	2147	89.1%
2012	84.23	176^th	2166	91.9%
2013	87.41	206^th	2167	90.5%
2014	89.31	145^th	2093	93.1%
2015	89.44	209^th	2052	89.8%
2016	81.70	334^th	2046	83.7%
2017	68.20	609^th	2044	70.2%
2018	80.77	344^th	2037	83.1%
2019	81.52	336^th	2086	83.9%
2021	91.44	136^th	1948	93.0%
2022	87.99	219^th	2082	89.5%
2023	83.79	296^th	2077	85.7%
2024	93.37	141^st	2067	93.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	85.34	47^th	718	93.5%
2019	92.58	16^th	743	97.8%
2021	78.16	40^th	537	92.6%
2022	79.50	58^th	768	92.4%
2023	76.15	77^th	788	90.2%
2024	82.85	53^rd	826	93.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	84.08	48^th	763	93.7%
2019	77.64	147^th	1194	87.7%
2022	82.50	101^st	1113	90.9%
2023	53.75	408^th	1156	64.7%
2024	72.97	212^th	1195	82.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	80.36	167^th	1816	90.8%
2023	54.78	696^th	1808	61.5%
2024	76.45	230^th	1793	87.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	77.87	374^th	1964	81.0%
2019	74.05	456^th	2019	77.4%
2021	85.01	185^th	1680	89.0%
2022	88.00	197^th	1970	90.0%
2023	84.69	251^st	1957	87.2%
2024	94.27	87^th	1942	95.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	63.32	221^st	907	75.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	81.51	315^th	1972	84.0%
2019	85.86	219^th	2019	89.2%
2021	92.86	95^th	1707	94.4%
2022	85.13	239^th	1977	87.9%
2023	79.28	339^th	1984	82.9%
2024	90.02	165^th	1959	91.6%

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Rank History for Asian students at Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	86.49	14^th	243	94.2%
2022	54.43	113^th	226	50.0%
2023	83.74	22^nd	237	90.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	66.28	218^th	938	76.8%
2019	76.56	114^th	955	88.1%
2021	77.53	73^rd	742	90.2%
2022	93.81	27^th	954	97.2%
2023	75.12	133^rd	970	86.3%
2024	88.21	57^th	959	94.1%

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Rank History for White students at Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	73.67	320^th	1463	78.1%
2019	67.45	417^th	1462	71.5%
2021	82.21	156^th	1308	88.1%
2022	74.16	288^th	1425	79.8%
2023	72.65	306^th	1419	78.4%
2024	90.14	82^nd	1392	94.1%

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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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by a parent
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Extremely disappointed with School District 10 for allowing the poor leadership of Principal Witt continue to drive the overall experience with the school down. Poor organization of events, poor communication, and the overall atmosphere of the school is deteriorating. Unless appropriate academic programs and leadership are implemented, the school will continue to pass on a poor experience to the children of the community. Maybe with a change at the principal level, staffing changes could improve the school overall. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	163	2	11	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	185
1989	161	3	12	5	2	n/a	n/a	0	183
1990	165	4	13	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	189
1991	161	2	10	7	3	n/a	n/a	0	183
1992	156	2	11	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	178
1993	160	1	10	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	176
1994	171	4	7	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	188
1995	217	2	11	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	240
1996	217	2	11	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	240
1997	220	3	12	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	242
1998	249	2	13	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	278
1999	247	3	8	12	1	n/a	n/a	0	271
2000	248	4	9	15	2	n/a	n/a	0	278
2001	229	2	11	16	1	n/a	n/a	0	259
2002	203	1	12	32	0	n/a	n/a	0	248
2003	203	1	12	32	0	n/a	n/a	0	248
2004	196	3	12	40	1	n/a	n/a	0	252
2005	212	4	13	30	1	n/a	n/a	2	262
2006	211	3	11	34	1	n/a	n/a	5	265
2007	215	2	13	24	0	n/a	n/a	7	261
2008	222	3	16	21	1	n/a	n/a	9	272
2009	241	3	26	31	2	n/a	n/a	13	316
2010	237	5	29	34	3	n/a	n/a	12	320
2011	225	5	28	35	5	0	7	0	305
2012	217	3	28	38	4	0	5	0	295
2013	229	2	27	38	1	0	5	0	302
2014	228	2	29	40	1	0	5	0	305
2015	248	4	36	49	0	0	3	0	340
2016	232	1	36	53	0	0	2	0	324
2017	246	0	38	66	0	0	5	0	355
2018	237	2	29	67	0	0	6	0	341
2019	256	1	30	56	1	0	10	0	354
2020	229	3	25	45	1	0	11	0	314
2021	239	4	28	41	1	0	8	0	321
2022	216	2	26	53	0	0	6	0	303
2023	209	1	22	72	0	0	9	0	313

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 Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	185	12.0	15.4	n/a
1989	183	12.1	15.1	n/a
1990	189	14.5	13.0	n/a
1991	183	13.5	13.5	n/a
1992	178	11.5	15.4	n/a
1993	176	10.5	16.8	n/a
1994	188	10.5	17.9	n/a
1995	240	12.5	19.2	n/a
1996	240	12.5	19.2	n/a
1997	242	14.0	17.3	n/a
1998	278	15.0	18.5	n/a
1999	271	15.0	18.1	n/a
2000	278	15.0	18.5	n/a
2001	259	14.0	18.5	n/a
2002	248	14.5	17.1	0
2003	248	14.5	17.1	0
2004	252	15.5	16.3	0
2005	262	14.5	18.1	0
2006	265	15.5	17.1	0
2007	261	15.0	17.4	0
2008	272	14.0	19.4	0
2009	316	17.9	17.7	0
2010	320	16.8	19.0	0
2011	305	16.8	18.1	0
2012	295	15.8	18.6	6.1
2013	302	17.0	17.7	9.9
2014	305	15.3	19.8	8.9
2015	340	20.0	17.0	20.3
2016	324	19.0	17.0	6.8
2017	355	22.3	15.8	10.1
2018	341	22.6	15.0	9.7
2019	354	22.7	15.5	7.9
2020	314	28.5	11.0	5.1
2021	321	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	303	26.0	11.6	5.9
2023	313	21.9	14.2	n/a

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 Elmer H Franzen Intermediate School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	185	12.0	15.4	n/a
1989	183	12.1	15.1	n/a
1990	189	14.5	13.0	n/a
1991	183	13.5	13.5	n/a
1992	178	11.5	15.4	n/a
1993	176	10.5	16.8	n/a
1994	188	10.5	17.9	n/a
1995	240	12.5	19.2	n/a
1996	240	12.5	19.2	n/a
1997	242	14.0	17.3	n/a
1998	278	15.0	18.5	n/a
1999	271	15.0	18.1	n/a
2000	278	15.0	18.5	n/a
2001	259	14.0	18.5	n/a
2002	248	14.5	17.1	0
2003	248	14.5	17.1	0
2004	252	15.5	16.3	0
2005	262	14.5	18.1	0
2006	265	15.5	17.1	0
2007	261	15.0	17.4	0
2008	272	14.0	19.4	0
2009	316	17.9	17.7	0
2010	320	16.8	19.0	0
2011	305	16.8	18.1	0
2012	295	15.8	18.6	6.1
2013	302	17.0	17.7	9.9
2014	305	15.3	19.8	8.9
2015	340	20.0	17.0	20.3
2016	324	19.0	17.0	6.8
2017	355	22.3	15.8	10.1
2018	341	22.6	15.0	9.7
2019	354	22.7	15.5	7.9
2020	314	28.5	11.0	5.1
2021	321	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	303	26.0	11.6	5.9
2023	313	21.9	14.2	n/a

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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