Indian Grove Elem School, Mount Prospect IL

Original Research by School Decision on Indian Grove Elem School

Indian Grove Elementary School is a small elementary school serving grades one through five in Mount Prospect, with an enrollment of about mid-sized proportions. The school is part of River Trails School District 26, a four-school district that serves the Mount Prospect area north of Chicago.

In mathematics, Indian Grove's proficiency results show a modest performance profile. Third grade shows stronger results, with a majority of students meeting state proficiency standards. Fourth and fifth grade math proficiency drops below the majority mark, with roughly two in five students in each grade not yet proficient. Fifth grade science proficiency is near the median; notably, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among Cook County district schools, which suggests that while individual grade-level results vary, the school's cross-grade performance is relatively strong compared to peers in the county.

English language arts results show a similar uneven pattern. Third grade trails math by some distance. Fourth grade shows improvement. Fifth grade, where the school tested the largest cohort, reaches into the upper-middle range of performance. Participation rates are at or very near complete across grades.

The student body at Indian Grove is predominantly white, with substantial Asian enrollment and smaller shares of Hispanic, multiracial, and Black students. Data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility and on English learners was not available, so a parent may want to contact the school directly to understand the economic and language-support context for families. Special education enrollment figures are also not provided in the available data.

Mount Prospect itself is a stable suburban community with a mixed employment base anchored in health care, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and retail. The downtown core around the Metra station is walkable and civic-minded; outside that historic nucleus, development is typical postwar suburban. Recent growth has included redevelopment of the former mall into an open-air mixed-use center and downtown rental housing near transit. Housing values in the area are moderate relative to the broader Chicago region, and the community has a notable share of foreign-born residents.

Within District 26, a significant structural change occurred with the 2021 completion of the Prairie Trails Early Learning Center renovation. All prekindergarten and kindergarten students in the district now attend a single centralized building, which freed classroom space at Indian Grove and the other elementary schools. The district has also adopted new reading and math instructional materials in recent years and maintains a 1:1 Chromebook program across all students as a baseline technology platform.

State testing cut scores changed in 2024–25, so direct comparison to prior years is not straightforward. A parent considering Indian Grove may want to ask the school directly about its reading intervention supports in the early grades and its approach to math proficiency gaps in the upper elementary levels.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 371%

School 71% · District 63% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 462%

School 62% · District 52% · ▲ 10 pts above district

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

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 62% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 360%

School 60% · District 50% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 468%

School 68% · District 60% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 568%

School 68% · District 63% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Science

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 49% · ▲ 2 pts above district

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

This schoolRiver Trails SD 26, 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.