Elizabeth Blackwell Elem School, Schaumburg IL

Original Research by School Decision on Elizabeth Blackwell Elem School

Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary serves kindergarten through sixth grade in Schaumburg, a mixed-use Chicago suburb anchored by major commercial employment (Zurich North America, Motorola, IBM, Allstate) alongside extensive residential neighborhoods. The school sits within Schaumburg CCSD 54, a district of about 27 schools that recently adopted new K-8 math curriculum (Origo Stepping Stones for K-7, Imagine IM for grades 7-8) and rolled out a restructured literacy plan for K-2 centered on foundational reading skills and early dyslexia screening using the PEARL assessment tool.

The school serves a diverse enrollment across all grade bands, with white, Hispanic, and Asian students each representing meaningful portions of the population, and smaller numbers of Black students and students of other races. Free-or-reduced-price-lunch data was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about its student economic profile if that context matters to your household.

State testing results from the most recent available year show proficiency rates in the middle to lower-middle range across tested grades and subjects. In English language arts, the pattern is uneven: third and fourth grade show proficiency near half, but fifth grade jumps noticeably higher, and sixth grade performs at a higher level still. In math, proficiency hovers around half across third through sixth grade, with fourth and sixth grades at roughly half and third and fifth at slightly lower levels. Science proficiency data is reported only for fifth grade at this school and sits below the ELA and math range. Testing participation is consistently high across grades, generally near universal. Because Illinois changed cut scores for state assessments, year-to-year trend comparisons are not yet reliable, so these results reflect current standing rather than progress.

Positioned against all districts in Cook County, the school's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint, meaning its combined performance across subjects and grades ranks higher than the median of its county comparison group. This is a meaningful position but not the highest tier. A parent may want to look into current math progress more directly with the school, since both the new curriculum rollout and the current proficiency rates suggest a domain where instruction is in motion and results are still settling.

The six grades served by the school do not include seventh or eighth grade, so state graduation rate data do not apply to this school. High school outcomes would come from other buildings in the district.

Schaumburg itself is auto-oriented, centered on expressways and large parking zones around Woodfield Mall and office campuses, though the village is building new walkable mixed-use areas, including the redeveloping 90 North District (Veridian) on the former Motorola campus with apartments, retail, parks, and a new "Main Street"-style downtown core. Housing in the Schaumburg zip code is moderately priced for the Chicago region, and rental options are available, with the rental market showing steady growth in new supply.

The school does not publish detailed program information on its own website, so specifics about special education, English learner services, gifted programming, or specialized instruction are not available in this summary. A parent should contact the school directly to understand the full range of supports and enrichment available.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 57% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 59% · ▼ 8 pts below district

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

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 51% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 57% · ▼ 7 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 54% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 67% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 67%

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

Grade 675%

School 75% · District 76% · ▼ 1 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 48% · ▼ 4 pts below district

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

This schoolSchaumburg CCSD 54, 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.