Spring Ave Elem School, La Grange IL

Original Research by School Decision on Spring Ave Elem School

Spring Ave Elementary is a small suburban elementary school in La Grange, serving kindergarten through sixth grade. The enrollment is modest, around a few hundred students, with a student body that is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic, multiracial, and Asian students. The school serves a stable, affluent residential community in Cook County's western suburbs.

On state assessments, Spring Ave shows solid proficiency in English language arts across the grades it tests. Third graders demonstrate strong proficiency in both ELA and math. Fourth and fifth graders perform well in ELA, with fifth grade particularly strong. Sixth grade remains solid in ELA. Math proficiency shows a pattern of decline at higher grade levels. Third grade math proficiency is strong, fourth grade remains above the school average, but by fifth grade proficiency dips noticeably, and sixth grade dips further still. Science testing is available only for fifth grade, where proficiency is considerably lower than in ELA and math for that cohort. The school participates in full testing; no data on chronic absenteeism, graduation rates, or free-and-reduced-price lunch were available, as these measures either do not apply to an elementary school or were not reported.

Compared to the district's other schools and relative to districts across Cook County, Spring Ave's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile of county schools. This is a meaningful strength, reflecting above-average academic performance across tested grades and subjects.

The school sits in a well-maintained historic residential village with a walkable downtown and established civic infrastructure. La Grange has two Metra stations within easy reach of the school and the community, tree-lined streets with homes ranging from Victorian to Craftsman styles, and a compact commercial core with shops and restaurants. The local housing market is strong; median home values are in the mid-range for Cook County, with year-over-year appreciation steady. The village is pursuing measured, transit-oriented growth, having recently adopted a comprehensive plan that calls for increased residential density near the train stations and along key corridors.

A parent-relevant development: in 2025, La Grange School District 105 South mistakenly overcharged property taxpayers due to a filing error on a planned bond abatement. The district has committed to lowering its levy the following year to offset the overcharge, plus providing additional compensation for interest or market-value impacts. This is a one-time event with a planned remedy, but it affects the property tax bills of homeowners in the district's service area, which includes parts of La Grange, Countryside, and Hodgkins.

The school is a traditional public elementary with strong proficiency in literacy and solid performance overall, serving an affluent, stable, and historically rooted suburban community with good access to commuter rail and local civic amenities.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 386%

School 86% · District 66% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

Grade 481%

School 81% · District 66% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 45 pts above state median · ▲ 53 pts above county median

Grade 574%

School 74% · District 62% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 52 pts above county median

Grade 668%

School 68% · District 54% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 51 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 389%

School 89% · District 68% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 45 pts above state median · ▲ 51 pts above county median

Grade 481%

School 81% · District 71% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 41 pts above county median

Grade 591%

School 91% · District 75% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 45 pts above county median

Grade 685%

School 85% · District 76% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 43 pts above county median

Science

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 49% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

This schoolLa Grange SD 105 South, 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.