Is Everett Dirksen Elementary School a good school?

Everett Dirksen Elementary School ranks 436 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Everett Dirksen Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 529 students attended Everett Dirksen Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Everett Dirksen Elementary School?

Students at Everett Dirksen Elementary School are 48% White, 31% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 3% African American, 3% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Everett Dirksen Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Everett Dirksen Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Robert Frost Junior High School High : Schaumburg High School

Everett Dirksen Elementary School

Summary:

Everett Dirksen Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 529 students in grades K-6 in Schaumburg, Illinois, which is part of the Schaumburg CCSD 54 district.

Everett Dirksen Elementary School is a strong-performing school, consistently outperforming the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) exams. In the 2023-2024 school year, 48% of all students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 41.2% statewide, and 47.4% were proficient or better in Math, compared to 28.4% statewide. The school also performs well across different student subgroups, ranking in the top 25% of Illinois elementary schools for English Language Learners and in the top 50% for Hispanic students, White students, and students with disabilities. However, the school has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism rates, rising from 3.9% in 2020-2021 to 19.8% in 2023-2024, which is an area of concern.

Compared to other nearby schools in the Schaumburg CCSD 54 district, Everett Dirksen Elementary School is a solid performer, with higher ELA proficiency rates than Nathan Hale Elementary (55.8%) and Enders-Salk Elementary (53.1%), but lower than Campanelli Elementary (64.8%) and Thomas Dooley Elementary (72.1%). The school's relatively high per-student spending of $15,235 in the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the district average, may contribute to its academic performance.

Detail:

Public K-6

116 W Beech Dr
Schaumburg, IL 60193-1547

(847) 357-5600

District: Schaumburg CCSD 54

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,075

Students who attend Everett Dirksen Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Robert Frost Junior High School
High:	Schaumburg High School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.9

Number of students: 529

Racial breakdown:

White:

48.2%

Asian:

31.4%

Hispanic:

13.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 9.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Everett Dirksen Elementary School ranks better than 78.9% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 13^th among 22 ranked elementary schools in the Schaumburg CCSD 54 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 77.21. (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

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Everett Dirksen Elementary School is $16,075. 13 elementary schools in the Schaumburg CCSD 54 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Everett Dirksen Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Everett Dirksen Elementary School 436^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Everett Dirksen Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Schaumburg CCSD 54:

SchoolDigger ranks Schaumburg CCSD 54 168^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Everett Dirksen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	76.58	476^th	2020	76.4%
2004	80.52	320^th	2030	84.2%
2005	76.70	417^th	2022	79.4%
2006	80.92	259^th	2086	87.6%
2007	85.00	96^th	2095	95.4%
2008	80.69	305^th	2092	85.4%
2009	78.46	418^th	2120	80.3%
2010	79.57	368^th	2139	82.8%
2011	77.94	436^th	2147	79.7%
2012	83.86	194^th	2166	91.0%
2013	88.72	168^th	2167	92.2%
2014	90.46	119^th	2093	94.3%
2015	97.39	51^st	2052	97.5%
2016	92.15	130^th	2046	93.6%
2017	93.07	105^th	2044	94.9%
2018	91.35	129^th	2037	93.7%
2019	83.76	290^th	2086	86.1%
2021	80.67	318^th	1948	83.7%
2022	85.93	263^rd	2082	87.4%
2023	83.19	314^th	2077	84.9%
2024	77.21	436^th	2067	78.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Everett Dirksen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	94.86	16^th	718	97.8%
2019	84.74	34^th	743	95.4%
2022	80.30	54^th	768	93.0%
2023	74.07	93^rd	788	88.2%
2024	68.38	126^th	826	84.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Everett Dirksen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	64.69	243^rd	1113	78.2%
2023	72.76	211^th	1156	81.7%
2024	53.62	434^th	1195	63.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Everett Dirksen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	88.87	74^th	1765	95.8%
2023	69.02	362^nd	1808	80.0%
2024	67.57	396^th	1793	77.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Everett Dirksen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	90.77	125^th	1964	93.6%
2019	84.41	235^th	2019	88.4%
2021	77.04	315^th	1680	81.3%
2022	80.64	328^th	1970	83.4%
2023	83.87	263^rd	1957	86.6%
2024	75.71	398^th	1942	79.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Everett Dirksen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	85.35	65^th	907	92.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Everett Dirksen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	88.55	163^rd	1972	91.7%
2019	78.26	361^st	2019	82.1%
2021	72.95	386^th	1707	77.4%
2022	85.92	229^th	1977	88.4%
2023	80.22	320^th	1984	83.9%
2024	75.78	408^th	1959	79.2%

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Rank History for Asian students at Everett Dirksen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	58.53	108^th	242	55.4%
2019	56.91	117^th	243	51.9%
2021	38.94	90^th	134	32.8%
2022	54.04	114^th	226	49.6%
2023	49.42	129^th	237	45.6%
2024	45.52	143^rd	219	34.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Everett Dirksen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	73.35	147^th	955	84.6%
2022	87.85	57^th	954	94.0%
2023	62.86	255^th	970	73.7%
2024	47.70	427^th	959	55.5%

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Rank History for White students at Everett Dirksen Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	81.20	211^th	1463	85.6%
2019	65.50	456^th	1462	68.8%
2021	61.99	446^th	1308	65.9%
2022	65.91	422^nd	1425	70.4%
2023	70.22	343^rd	1419	75.8%
2024	55.51	601^st	1392	56.8%

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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

Review counts

All ratings (Avg rating: 4.4)

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Reviews:

by a parent
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

My kids are both students there currently, The Teachers and Entire Faculty are unbelievably Kind and Generous with their time and Patience. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, November 1, 2016

We could not be happier with this school. The staff and administration are incredible - kind, giving, patient, fun, organized, and intelligent. The community is supportive and positive, too. It's a gem. Close Quote

by a parent
Sunday, January 29, 2012

I would have posted this review earlier, but it was in my notes to do for 2012. We were part of the Dirksen community in the past and looked forward to moving beyond Dirksen. Part of my New Year resolution is to give credit where credit is due and to get some complaints off my chest. Unfortunately, this is one of the complaints. SD54 represents Dirksen as one of its better schools and I would say it's in the bottom 25%. I hope Dirksen turns around in the future. Hopefully it is not representative of the district as a whole. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Everett Dirksen Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1990	393	3	30	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	430
1991	376	3	39	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	424
1992	385	0	44	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	449
1993	375	3	38	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	438
1994	374	5	40	30	0	n/a	n/a	0	449
1995	355	12	56	32	2	n/a	n/a	0	457
1996	355	12	56	32	2	n/a	n/a	0	457
1997	333	18	53	31	2	n/a	n/a	0	437
1998	329	22	48	35	2	n/a	n/a	0	436
1999	293	22	50	46	2	n/a	n/a	0	413
2000	271	24	59	49	1	n/a	n/a	0	404
2001	284	22	65	50	0	n/a	n/a	0	421
2002	276	17	73	58	2	n/a	n/a	0	426
2003	276	17	73	58	2	n/a	n/a	0	426
2004	285	22	76	68	1	n/a	n/a	0	452
2005	280	33	97	67	1	n/a	n/a	0	478
2006	288	26	93	59	1	n/a	n/a	10	477
2007	268	26	89	55	1	n/a	n/a	12	451
2008	243	28	89	51	1	n/a	n/a	17	429
2009	255	27	112	63	1	n/a	n/a	19	477
2010	245	20	103	63	1	n/a	n/a	27	459
2011	235	21	120	37	5	1	19	0	438
2012	235	16	102	40	6	1	18	0	418
2013	228	19	109	47	6	1	18	0	428
2014	208	14	119	41	3	1	17	0	403
2015	218	10	123	36	4	1	16	0	408
2016	234	11	133	37	3	1	14	0	433
2017	251	14	130	44	0	1	16	0	456
2018	263	11	126	48	0	1	17	0	466
2019	282	14	149	60	0	1	17	0	523
2020	295	15	177	59	0	1	15	0	562
2021	284	15	178	52	4	1	13	0	547
2022	276	15	170	53	1	0	12	0	527
2023	255	18	166	73	0	0	17	0	529

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 Everett Dirksen Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	430	23.0	18.6	n/a
1991	424	21.0	20.1	n/a
1992	449	25.0	17.9	n/a
1993	438	23.3	18.8	n/a
1994	449	23.9	18.8	n/a
1995	457	25.0	18.3	n/a
1996	457	25.0	18.3	n/a
1997	437	24.0	18.2	n/a
1998	436	29.4	14.8	n/a
1999	413	27.0	15.3	n/a
2000	404	28.0	14.4	n/a
2001	421	24.0	17.5	n/a
2002	426	25.8	16.5	0
2003	426	25.8	16.5	0
2004	452	26.8	16.9	0
2005	478	26.0	18.4	0
2006	477	26.0	18.3	0
2007	451	28.0	16.1	0
2008	429	24.0	17.9	0
2009	477	28.5	16.7	0
2010	459	28.0	16.3	0
2011	438	28.0	15.6	0
2012	418	24.6	16.9	10.3
2013	428	40.7	10.5	13.1
2014	403	27.0	14.9	14.6
2015	408	28.0	14.5	20.1
2016	433	25.0	17.3	13.2
2017	456	30.0	15.2	12.1
2018	466	32.0	14.5	10.5
2019	523	37.0	14.1	9.9
2020	562	40.1	13.9	9.3
2021	547	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	527	37.5	14.0	9.3
2023	529	37.8	13.9	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 Everett Dirksen Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	430	23.0	18.6	n/a
1991	424	21.0	20.1	n/a
1992	449	25.0	17.9	n/a
1993	438	23.3	18.8	n/a
1994	449	23.9	18.8	n/a
1995	457	25.0	18.3	n/a
1996	457	25.0	18.3	n/a
1997	437	24.0	18.2	n/a
1998	436	29.4	14.8	n/a
1999	413	27.0	15.3	n/a
2000	404	28.0	14.4	n/a
2001	421	24.0	17.5	n/a
2002	426	25.8	16.5	0
2003	426	25.8	16.5	0
2004	452	26.8	16.9	0
2005	478	26.0	18.4	0
2006	477	26.0	18.3	0
2007	451	28.0	16.1	0
2008	429	24.0	17.9	0
2009	477	28.5	16.7	0
2010	459	28.0	16.3	0
2011	438	28.0	15.6	0
2012	418	24.6	16.9	10.3
2013	428	40.7	10.5	13.1
2014	403	27.0	14.9	14.6
2015	408	28.0	14.5	20.1
2016	433	25.0	17.3	13.2
2017	456	30.0	15.2	12.1
2018	466	32.0	14.5	10.5
2019	523	37.0	14.1	9.9
2020	562	40.1	13.9	9.3
2021	547	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	527	37.5	14.0	9.3
2023	529	37.8	13.9	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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