Abraham Lincoln Elem School, Glen Ellyn IL

Original Research by School Decision on Abraham Lincoln Elem School

Abraham Lincoln Elementary is a small K-5 school in Glen Ellyn, a suburban residential community about a midsize distance west of Chicago. The school serves a demographically diverse student body in a stable, affluent area where housing values are substantial and most families own homes rather than rent.

The school's recent test results show mixed performance. In math, third graders demonstrated strong proficiency, with nearly four-fifths meeting or exceeding standards. Performance softens in grades four and five, declining to around three-quarters and then further to roughly seven in ten students meeting the bar. In English language arts, third grade is solid at just over seven in ten, but fourth grade dips notably to about six in ten proficient—the school's weakest result in the data reported. Fifth grade rebounds to about three-quarters proficient. Science proficiency in fifth grade sits at roughly seven in ten. The school did not report results for grades six through eight, which is consistent with the fact that Abraham Lincoln serves only K-5; state testing data for those grades would not apply here.

These results place the school above the midpoint among its county's districts on overall proficiency, a meaningful strength in a county with many well-resourced schools. At the same time, the fourth-grade ELA result suggests a moment where some students lose ground in literacy. A parent might want to discuss with the school how fourth graders transition into more complex reading and writing demands, and what supports are in place for students who struggle with that transition.

The enrollment is modest, around mid-sized for an elementary school of this grade span. The student body is predominantly white, with an Asian population that is notably higher than the state or national average, and smaller shares of Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. The school draws students whose families have strong economic resources; free-and-reduced-price lunch data was not available, but the surrounding community includes some of the highest housing values in the county, and real estate listings in Glen Ellyn regularly cite proximity to schools as a selling point.

Glen Ellyn itself is a walkable downtown-anchored suburb with a Metra station and local businesses, rather than a car-dependent sprawl. The village has recently pursued downtown housing development—new mixed-use apartments, affordable housing projects, and a planned Metra station renovation—meaning the community is actively reshaping to accommodate more diversity of housing and household types, even as it remains affluent and owner-occupied. The district recently launched full-day kindergarten at a new center after a 2022 bond referendum failed, so families with kindergarteners now have free full-day options rather than the half-day model the district used for many years.

Abraham Lincoln is one of several elementary schools in Glen Ellyn SD 41, a district serving a community that values education and can fund schools robustly. The school's strengths—above-county proficiency, high participation rates on state tests, a stable demographic mix, and access to neighborhood resources—position it as a solid choice for families whose children are progressing on grade-level expectations. The dip in fourth-grade literacy warrants conversation with the school about individual student needs, particularly for any child showing early signs of reading difficulty.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 382%

School 82% · District 78% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 475%

School 75% · District 69% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 573%

School 73% · District 68% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 373%

School 73% · District 71% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 461%

School 61% · District 63% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 576%

School 76% · District 75% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Science

Grade 572%

School 72% · District 65% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

This schoolGlen Ellyn SD 41, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income31%Higher-income40%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income31%Higher-income57%26 pp gap