Longfellow Elementary School

Summary:

Longfellow Elementary School is a public elementary school in Rock Island, Illinois, serving grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 246 students. The school is part of the Rock Island School District 41, which is ranked 708 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Longfellow Elementary School consistently performs significantly below the state and district averages in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 8.6% of 3rd graders, 7.7% of 4th graders, and 2.6% of 5th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 30.6%, 37.8%, and 39.1%, respectively. The school's math proficiency rates are also very low, ranging from 3.6% to 7.7% across the grades, compared to the state averages of 24.8% to 33.8%. Additionally, Longfellow Elementary School has had extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 31.9% to 46.4% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state and district averages. The school also has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 73.58% to 84.26% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch over the past few years.

When comparing Longfellow Elementary School to other nearby schools within the same district, as well as schools in the neighboring Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 district, it is clear that Longfellow is an outlier in terms of academic performance and other key metrics. For instance, the nearby Frances Willard Elementary School and Rock Island Academy have significantly higher proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, as well as lower chronic absenteeism rates. Despite the school's low performance, Longfellow Elementary School spends a relatively high amount per student, ranging from $12,792 to $15,817 per year over the past few years, suggesting that the issue may not be solely a lack of funding, but rather how the resources are being utilized and allocated.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-6

 4198 7th Ave
       Rock Island, IL  61201-2250


(309) 793-5975

District: Rock Island School District 41

SchoolDigger Rank:
1955th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,242 Help


Students who attend Longfellow Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Washington Junior High School
High:    Rock Island High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.8 Help
Number of students:  246

Racial breakdown:

African American:
38.2%
White:
25.2%
Hispanic:
22.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  73.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Longfellow Elementary School ranks worse than 94.6% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Rock Island School District 41. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.55. (See more...)
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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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Compare Details Longfellow Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Rock Island School District 41.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Longfellow Elementary School is $15,242, which is the 4th highest among 9 elementary schools in the Rock Island School District 41.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Longfellow Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Longfellow Elementary School 1955th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Longfellow Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Rock Island School District 41:

SchoolDigger ranks Rock Island School District 41 708th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Longfellow Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Longfellow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 66.93 817th 2020 59.6%
2004 34.04 1513th 2030 25.5%
2005 39.80 1420th 2022 29.8%
2006 40.12 1502nd 2086 28.0%
2007 31.36 1663rd 2095 20.6%
2008 45.47 1357th 2092 35.1%
2009 26.23 1695th 2120 20.0%
2010 15.85 1881st 2139 12.1%
2011 10.18 1992nd 2147 7.2%
2012 26.10 1740th 2166 19.7%
2013 9.57 2031st 2167 6.3%
2014 14.65 1861st 2093 11.1%
2015 16.19 1811th 2052 11.7%
2016 15.14 1825th 2046 10.8%
2017 10.87 1935th 2044 5.3%
2018 15.00 1822nd 2037 10.6%
2019 19.24 1752nd 2086 16.0%
2021 14.32 1793rd 1948 8.0%
2022 16.51 1798th 2082 13.6%
2023 15.06 1866th 2077 10.2%
2024 12.55 1955th 2067 5.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Longfellow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 34.42 564th 826 31.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Longfellow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 19.62 1080th 1195 9.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Longfellow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.09 1551st 1765 12.1%
2019 24.15 1543rd 1816 15.0%
2021 23.44 1289th 1514 14.9%
2022 23.81 1453rd 1763 17.6%
2023 20.67 1610th 1808 11.0%
2024 17.66 1666th 1793 7.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Longfellow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.98 1855th 1964 5.5%
2019 11.19 1917th 2019 5.1%
2021 13.10 1577th 1680 6.1%
2022 13.65 1825th 1970 7.4%
2023 16.91 1709th 1957 12.7%
2024 13.06 1830th 1942 5.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Longfellow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 28.17 668th 886 24.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Longfellow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.16 1592nd 1972 19.3%
2019 34.37 1289th 2019 36.2%
2021 15.08 1567th 1707 8.2%
2022 22.51 1512th 1977 23.5%
2023 19.58 1617th 1984 18.5%
2024 13.75 1813th 1959 7.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Longfellow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.60 538th 698 22.9%
2019 25.13 609th 711 14.3%
2022 20.00 681st 684 0.4%
2023 37.83 400th 692 42.2%
2024 25.23 561st 655 14.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Longfellow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.28 932nd 938 0.6%
2019 19.09 883rd 955 7.5%
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Rank History for White students at Longfellow Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.86 1281st 1463 12.4%
2019 20.02 1249th 1462 14.6%
2023 14.57 1294th 1419 8.8%
2024 5.58 1371st 1392 1.5%
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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.

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Longfellow Elementary School Test Scores
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Enrollment information for Longfellow Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 219 10 6 21 n/a n/a n/a 0 256
1989 215 15 5 20 2 n/a n/a 0 257
1990 193 25 7 16 1 n/a n/a 0 242
1991 201 31 7 17 1 n/a n/a 0 257
1992 181 21 6 11 1 n/a n/a 0 220
1993 180 21 1 22 1 n/a n/a 0 225
1994 158 34 3 20 0 n/a n/a 0 215
1995 156 44 4 39 0 n/a n/a 0 243
1996 156 44 4 39 0 n/a n/a 0 243
1997 145 47 5 34 0 n/a n/a 0 231
1998 152 49 5 43 0 n/a n/a 0 249
1999 139 57 1 42 0 n/a n/a 0 239
2000 113 63 0 48 0 n/a n/a 0 224
2001 98 57 2 40 0 n/a n/a 0 197
2002 90 42 0 50 0 n/a n/a 0 182
2003 90 42 0 50 0 n/a n/a 0 182
2004 78 68 2 58 0 n/a n/a 0 206
2005 81 42 13 51 0 n/a n/a 19 206
2006 90 29 1 40 0 n/a n/a 31 191
2007 78 34 1 58 0 n/a n/a 28 199
2008 82 29 1 59 1 n/a n/a 28 200
2009 64 33 1 79 1 n/a n/a 35 213
2010 94 41 2 105 0 n/a n/a 43 285
2011 114 52 4 169 0 2 26 0 367
2012 102 45 7 158 0 0 22 0 334
2013 107 44 5 163 1 0 22 0 342
2014 106 56 10 154 1 0 25 0 352
2015 87 83 7 125 0 3 15 0 320
2016 98 83 7 119 0 2 21 0 330
2017 82 85 3 95 0 2 29 0 296
2018 79 90 6 78 0 2 18 0 273
2019 81 83 1 82 3 2 36 0 288
2020 78 77 0 75 0 1 28 0 259
2021 62 71 1 58 0 1 25 0 218
2022 58 76 1 55 0 0 26 0 216
2023 62 94 8 56 1 0 25 0 246

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Longfellow Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 256 14.8 17.2 n/a
1989 257 15.0 17.1 n/a
1990 242 13.0 18.6 n/a
1991 257 13.0 19.7 n/a
1992 220 11.0 20.0 n/a
1993 225 13.0 17.3 n/a
1994 215 13.0 16.5 n/a
1995 243 14.0 17.4 n/a
1996 243 14.0 17.4 n/a
1997 231 15.0 15.4 n/a
1998 249 14.9 16.7 n/a
1999 239 16.5 14.5 n/a
2000 224 16.5 13.6 n/a
2001 197 15.0 13.1 n/a
2002 182 10.3 17.7 80.8
2003 182 10.3 17.7 80.8
2004 206 10.0 20.6 89.3
2005 206 12.5 16.5 87.7
2006 191 17.0 11.2 98.8
2007 199 15.0 13.3 94.2
2008 200 15.0 13.3 98.8
2009 213 16.0 13.3 92.7
2010 285 19.0 15.0 101.7
2011 367 20.5 17.8 85
2012 334 21.0 15.9 80.5
2013 342 26.1 13.0 78.1
2014 352 18.8 18.6 75.9
2015 320 18.0 17.7 83.8
2016 330 16.0 20.6 66.7
2017 296 16.1 18.3 86.8
2018 273 17.2 15.8 67.4
2019 288 17.5 16.4 70.5
2020 259 17.7 14.5 70.7
2021 218 n/a n/a n/a
2022 216 17.8 12.1 84.3
2023 246 17.7 13.8 73.6

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 Longfellow Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 256 14.8 17.2 n/a
1989 257 15.0 17.1 n/a
1990 242 13.0 18.6 n/a
1991 257 13.0 19.7 n/a
1992 220 11.0 20.0 n/a
1993 225 13.0 17.3 n/a
1994 215 13.0 16.5 n/a
1995 243 14.0 17.4 n/a
1996 243 14.0 17.4 n/a
1997 231 15.0 15.4 n/a
1998 249 14.9 16.7 n/a
1999 239 16.5 14.5 n/a
2000 224 16.5 13.6 n/a
2001 197 15.0 13.1 n/a
2002 182 10.3 17.7 80.8
2003 182 10.3 17.7 80.8
2004 206 10.0 20.6 89.3
2005 206 12.5 16.5 87.7
2006 191 17.0 11.2 98.8
2007 199 15.0 13.3 94.2
2008 200 15.0 13.3 98.8
2009 213 16.0 13.3 92.7
2010 285 19.0 15.0 101.7
2011 367 20.5 17.8 85
2012 334 21.0 15.9 80.5
2013 342 26.1 13.0 78.1
2014 352 18.8 18.6 75.9
2015 320 18.0 17.7 83.8
2016 330 16.0 20.6 66.7
2017 296 16.1 18.3 86.8
2018 273 17.2 15.8 67.4
2019 288 17.5 16.4 70.5
2020 259 17.7 14.5 70.7
2021 218 n/a n/a n/a
2022 216 17.8 12.1 84.3
2023 246 17.7 13.8 73.6

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.

Immunization Rates

Longfellow Elementary School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPPneumococcal Meningococcal
201599.7%99.7%99.7%99.7%16.6%99.7%99.7%5.2%
2016100.0%99.4%99.4%99.4%18.5%98.5%86.2%5.6%12.6%
201794.4%94.1%94.1%94.1%16.4%93.8%93.4%6.2%10.2%
201898.6%97.5%97.5%97.5%17.9%97.5%97.9%7.0%11.2%
201999.7%99.0%99.0%99.0%23.8%98.7%98.7%5.7%17.5%
202194.4%93.1%93.1%93.1%98.2%93.1%94.0%10.2%
202295.4%95.9%95.9%95.9%96.3%95.4%95.9%6.5%12.4%
202389.5%97.1%97.1%97.1%96.6%96.2%91.6%6.7%12.6%
202494.7%97.6%97.6%97.1%97.1%95.9%95.9%6.5%9.0%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Longfellow Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,086 (19.0%) $8,891 (81.0%) $10,977
2020 $2,276 (17.8%) $10,516 (82.2%) $12,792
2021 $3,600 (22.8%) $12,216 (77.2%) $15,817
2022 $3,600 (22.8%) $12,216 (77.2%) $15,817
2023 $1,924 (13.2%) $12,660 (86.8%) $14,584
2024 $2,251 (14.8%) $12,991 (85.2%) $15,242

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Longfellow Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1752nd of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1866th of 2077 Elementary schools
 5.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Longfellow Elementary School)9.14.8
 4.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Rock Island School District 41)15.913.3
 2.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.428.8
 7.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Longfellow Elementary School)21.29.5
 11.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Rock Island School District 41)24.320.6
 3.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Illinois)40.633
 7.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Longfellow Elementary School)17.112.1
 5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Rock Island School District 41)22.218
 4.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Longfellow Elementary School)229.1
 12.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Rock Island School District 41)27.417
 10.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Longfellow Elementary School)14.24.3
 9.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Rock Island School District 41)20.520.9
 0.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Longfellow Elementary School)14.30
 14.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Rock Island School District 41)22.817.8
 5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (Longfellow Elementary School)28.620
 8.6%
   5th Grade Science (Rock Island School District 41)3438.6
 4.6%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Longfellow Elementary School)11.38.4
 2.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Rock Island School District 41)23.119.9
 3.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)3534.2
 0.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Longfellow Elementary School)9.48.4
 1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Rock Island School District 41)18.313.4
 4.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)25.323.4
 1.9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students288246
 14.6%
African American8394
 13.3%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian18
 700%
Hispanic8256
 31.7%
Pacific Islander20
 100%
White8162
 23.5%
Two or More Races3625
 30.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients70.5%73.6%
 3.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Longfellow Elementary School

In the 2022-23 school year, 246 students attended Longfellow Elementary School.

Students at Longfellow Elementary School are 38% African American, 25% White, 23% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

Students who attend Longfellow Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Washington Junior High School
High : Rock Island High School

Longfellow Elementary School ranks in the bottom 5.4% of Illinois elementary schools.


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