Is Black Hawk Elementary School a good school?

Black Hawk Elementary School ranks 1370 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Black Hawk Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 486 students attended Black Hawk Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Black Hawk Elementary School?

Students at Black Hawk Elementary School are 50% Hispanic, 21% African American, 17% Asian, 10% White, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Black Hawk Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Black Hawk Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Marquardt Middle School High : Glenbard East High School

Black Hawk Elementary School

Summary:

Black Hawk Elementary School is a public elementary school in Glendale Heights, Illinois, serving 486 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Marquardt School District 15, which is ranked 608 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Black Hawk Elementary School consistently underperforms compared to state and district averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 18.6% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 41.2% statewide and 31.4% in the Marquardt School District. Similarly, only 19.5% of students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 28.4% statewide and 19.7% in the district. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with African American students performing relatively well, but Asian, White, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities struggling. Additionally, Black Hawk Elementary has experienced a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 9.9% in 2019-2020 to 37.7% in 2021-2022.

When comparing Black Hawk Elementary to nearby schools within the same district, such as Reskin Elementary, the performance gap is evident. Reskin Elementary outperforms Black Hawk in both ELA and Mathematics. Neighboring school districts, such as Bloomingdale School District 13 and Roselle School District 12, also significantly outperform Black Hawk Elementary and the Marquardt School District 15. For example, Erickson Elementary School in Bloomingdale School District 13 has a 4-star rating and 59.8% of students proficient or better in ELA, compared to Black Hawk's 2-star rating and 18.6% proficiency.

Detail:

Public K-5

2101 Gladstone Dr
Glendale Heights, IL 60139-1809

(630) 893-5750

District: Marquardt School District 15

SchoolDigger Rank:
1370^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $31,712

Students who attend Black Hawk Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Marquardt Middle School
High:	Glenbard East High School

Student/teacher ratio: 17.0

Number of students: 486

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

50.4%

African American:

21.0%

Asian:

16.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 66.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Black Hawk Elementary School ranks worse than 66.3% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 3^rd among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Marquardt School District 15. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31. (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 Black Hawk Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Marquardt School District 15. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Black Hawk Elementary School is $31,712, which is the highest among 4 elementary schools in the Marquardt School District 15!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Black Hawk Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Black Hawk Elementary School 1370^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Black Hawk Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Marquardt School District 15:

SchoolDigger ranks Marquardt School District 15 608^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Black Hawk Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Black Hawk Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	67.41	801^st	2020	60.3%
2004	56.44	1088^th	2030	46.4%
2005	63.49	892^nd	2022	55.9%
2006	50.86	1284^th	2086	38.4%
2007	59.52	1047^th	2095	50.0%
2008	45.15	1363^rd	2092	34.8%
2009	45.37	1367^th	2120	35.5%
2010	40.46	1474^th	2139	31.1%
2011	44.04	1409^th	2147	34.4%
2012	30.15	1677^th	2166	22.6%
2013	22.35	1751^st	2167	19.2%
2014	36.46	1391^st	2093	33.5%
2015	38.18	1176^th	2052	42.7%
2016	39.72	1179^th	2046	42.4%
2017	39.15	1191^st	2044	41.7%
2018	37.78	1233^rd	2037	39.5%
2019	29.30	1467^th	2086	29.7%
2021	40.10	1050^th	1948	46.1%
2022	35.28	1268^th	2082	39.1%
2023	32.02	1344^th	2077	35.3%
2024	31.00	1370^th	2067	33.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Black Hawk Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.01	410^th	718	42.9%
2019	30.19	610^th	743	17.9%
2021	37.62	332^nd	537	38.2%
2022	32.91	573^rd	768	25.4%
2023	40.58	437^th	788	44.5%
2024	37.36	512^th	826	38.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Black Hawk Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	19.25	1076^th	1156	6.9%
2024	15.70	1161^st	1195	2.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Black Hawk Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.08	951^st	1765	46.1%
2019	49.98	819^th	1816	54.9%
2021	56.64	487^th	1514	67.8%
2022	48.69	805^th	1763	54.3%
2023	41.70	1013^th	1808	44.0%
2024	45.99	894^th	1793	50.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Black Hawk Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.88	1243^rd	1964	36.7%
2019	30.86	1387^th	2019	31.3%
2021	37.85	971^st	1680	42.2%
2022	43.94	996^th	1970	49.4%
2023	39.96	1104^th	1957	43.6%
2024	36.94	1150^th	1942	40.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Black Hawk Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	23.95	759^th	907	16.3%
2024	19.69	852^nd	886	3.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Black Hawk Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	40.66	1093^rd	1972	44.6%
2019	29.47	1417^th	2019	29.8%
2021	37.43	988^th	1707	42.1%
2022	26.36	1403^rd	1977	29.0%
2023	23.08	1508^th	1984	24.0%
2024	24.95	1453^rd	1959	25.8%

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Rank History for Asian students at Black Hawk Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	19.05	216^th	242	10.7%
2019	6.88	233^rd	243	4.1%
2022	30.25	174^th	226	23.0%
2024	23.57	182^nd	219	16.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Black Hawk Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	43.05	337^th	698	51.7%
2019	35.20	460^th	711	35.3%
2022	52.99	226^th	684	67.0%
2023	41.70	352^nd	692	49.1%
2024	44.89	320^th	655	51.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Black Hawk Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	42.22	525^th	938	44.0%
2019	30.53	705^th	955	26.2%
2021	39.50	416^th	742	43.9%
2022	40.79	536^th	954	43.8%
2023	42.15	526^th	970	45.8%
2024	36.94	590^th	959	38.5%

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Rank History for White students at Black Hawk Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.16	882^nd	1463	39.7%
2019	41.40	893^rd	1462	38.9%
2022	19.07	1243^rd	1425	12.8%

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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 Black Hawk Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	376	28	65	20	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	489
1989	355	34	58	37	1	n/a	n/a	0	485
1990	338	43	67	49	19	n/a	n/a	0	516
1991	380	60	70	47	1	n/a	n/a	0	558
1992	425	52	24	43	0	n/a	n/a	0	544
1993	354	60	68	56	1	n/a	n/a	0	539
1994	374	60	73	58	4	n/a	n/a	0	569
1995	356	61	90	83	0	n/a	n/a	0	590
1996	356	61	90	83	0	n/a	n/a	0	590
1997	340	58	99	71	0	n/a	n/a	0	568
1998	240	50	82	80	1	n/a	n/a	0	453
1999	214	63	106	71	0	n/a	n/a	0	454
2000	192	49	115	106	1	n/a	n/a	0	463
2001	174	61	86	135	2	n/a	n/a	0	458
2002	146	53	112	144	0	n/a	n/a	0	455
2003	146	53	112	144	0	n/a	n/a	0	455
2004	180	60	105	158	0	n/a	n/a	0	503
2005	173	65	90	146	2	n/a	n/a	0	476
2006	172	68	85	168	0	n/a	n/a	6	499
2007	147	70	84	158	3	n/a	n/a	14	476
2008	124	80	74	180	2	n/a	n/a	24	484
2009	118	80	81	201	2	n/a	n/a	23	505
2010	114	63	82	231	2	n/a	n/a	19	511
2011	109	53	71	298	0	0	11	0	542
2012	97	47	74	279	2	0	8	0	507
2013	94	53	80	297	2	0	8	0	534
2014	90	55	76	322	1	0	6	0	550
2015	92	69	76	293	3	0	5	0	538
2016	85	71	70	285	2	0	9	0	522
2017	78	64	70	283	0	0	7	0	502
2018	70	73	73	269	0	1	12	0	498
2019	63	85	73	250	0	3	14	0	488
2020	62	85	67	239	1	3	16	0	473
2021	68	120	94	252	1	1	12	0	548
2022	63	121	86	216	2	1	5	0	494
2023	50	102	81	245	0	0	8	0	486

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 Black Hawk Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	489	24.0	20.3	n/a
1989	485	23.9	20.2	n/a
1990	516	28.9	17.8	n/a
1991	558	28.0	19.9	n/a
1992	544	25.0	21.7	n/a
1993	539	25.3	21.3	n/a
1994	569	26.3	21.6	n/a
1995	590	27.5	21.5	n/a
1996	590	27.5	21.5	n/a
1997	568	26.0	21.8	n/a
1998	453	25.5	17.8	n/a
1999	454	25.0	18.2	n/a
2000	463	26.9	17.2	n/a
2001	458	26.9	17.0	n/a
2002	455	24.5	18.6	16.5
2003	455	24.5	18.6	16.5
2004	503	27.5	18.3	20.3
2005	476	27.0	17.6	25.4
2006	499	28.0	17.8	29
2007	476	26.0	18.3	31.4
2008	484	30.0	16.1	41.7
2009	505	31.0	16.3	47.3
2010	511	31.0	16.4	60.4
2011	542	30.0	18.0	67.7
2012	507	30.0	16.9	69
2013	534	n/a	n/a	69.7
2014	550	34.0	16.1	69.1
2015	538	33.0	16.3	77.1
2016	522	29.0	18.0	71.1
2017	502	29.9	16.7	76.7
2018	498	32.6	15.2	63.5
2019	488	36.0	13.5	91.8
2020	473	29.6	15.9	60.9
2021	548	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	494	28.7	17.1	62.3
2023	486	28.5	17.0	66.3

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 Black Hawk Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	489	24.0	20.3	n/a
1989	485	23.9	20.2	n/a
1990	516	28.9	17.8	n/a
1991	558	28.0	19.9	n/a
1992	544	25.0	21.7	n/a
1993	539	25.3	21.3	n/a
1994	569	26.3	21.6	n/a
1995	590	27.5	21.5	n/a
1996	590	27.5	21.5	n/a
1997	568	26.0	21.8	n/a
1998	453	25.5	17.8	n/a
1999	454	25.0	18.2	n/a
2000	463	26.9	17.2	n/a
2001	458	26.9	17.0	n/a
2002	455	24.5	18.6	16.5
2003	455	24.5	18.6	16.5
2004	503	27.5	18.3	20.3
2005	476	27.0	17.6	25.4
2006	499	28.0	17.8	29
2007	476	26.0	18.3	31.4
2008	484	30.0	16.1	41.7
2009	505	31.0	16.3	47.3
2010	511	31.0	16.4	60.4
2011	542	30.0	18.0	67.7
2012	507	30.0	16.9	69
2013	534	n/a	n/a	69.7
2014	550	34.0	16.1	69.1
2015	538	33.0	16.3	77.1
2016	522	29.0	18.0	71.1
2017	502	29.9	16.7	76.7
2018	498	32.6	15.2	63.5
2019	488	36.0	13.5	91.8
2020	473	29.6	15.9	60.9
2021	548	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	494	28.7	17.1	62.3
2023	486	28.5	17.0	66.3

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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