The top reported proficiency rate is 65% in English language arts. The lowest is 54% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Adolph Link Elem School
Adolph Link Elementary serves kindergarten through sixth grade in Elk Grove Village, a post-war Chicago suburb with a distinctive dual identity: residential neighborhoods to the west and the massive Elk Grove Village Business Park to the east. The school sits within Schaumburg CCSD 54, a district of about twenty-seven schools that recently adopted major instructional changes, notably a new K-8 math curriculum (Origo Stepping Stones for K-7, Imagine IM for grades 7-8) and a restructured K-2 literacy program grounded in foundational reading skills, phonological awareness, and early dyslexia screening using the PEARL tool. Parents choosing this school will encounter those curricular shifts directly in their children's daily work.
The enrollment is stable and moderately sized for an elementary school. The student body is notably diverse: roughly equal shares of white and Asian students, with smaller shares of Hispanic and Black students, plus a small number identifying as two or more races. The school did not report the count of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, nor data on students with Individualized Education Programs or English learners, so a parent may want to reach out directly to the school about the size and composition of those populations if they are relevant to their family.
Academic performance on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness shows uneven results across grades. In English language arts, proficiency rises sharply from third to sixth grade, moving from around forty-five percent proficient in third grade to nearly seventy-eight percent by sixth grade, a trajectory that suggests students improve substantially in reading and writing as they progress. Math proficiency sits in the mid-to-upper range across grades three through six, clustering in the low sixties. Science proficiency at fifth grade stands at around fifty-four percent. These numbers tell a picture of students making solid ground in reading and language skills but facing more difficulty in math and science; a parent focused on STEM should inquire how the school supports students below proficiency in those areas. The school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among districts in Cook County.
The school participates fully in state testing, with participation rates near or at one hundred percent. Data from grades seven and eight are not available because the school serves only through sixth grade.
Elk Grove Village itself is a built-out suburb with minimal new residential expansion, though redevelopment is underway, including a new mixed-use gateway development called The Vue expected to open by 2028 and the first significant single-family subdivision in decades. Housing values and rental rates in the village's zip code are moderate for the region. The village centers on a civic cluster around Village Hall, the library, and the Village Green, with schools situated on separate neighborhood campuses. Transit includes Pace bus service to the Rosemont CTA Blue Line and a Park-and-Ride, though the village lacks rail-based transit of its own. The area is dominated economically by the Elk Grove Village Business Park, which employs thousands across manufacturing, logistics, technology, and professional services; Ascension Alexian Brothers Medical Center is also a major employer. The neighborhood character is family-oriented and suburban, with parks and recreational facilities run by the Elk Grove Park District.
This is a school in a stable, suburban, diverse community with a peer group that spans a working and professional demographic. Its reading outcomes strengthen markedly by upper elementary grades, while math performance sits at a level that invites closer attention to intervention and support. Parents looking for a neighborhood elementary school in a planned, accessible suburb with strong community institutions will find a fit here, though those prioritizing above-average math or science performance should ask the school directly about how it addresses students who fall below proficiency.
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