Elementary · Illinois
John Laidlaw Elem School
John Laidlaw Elem School, a public elementary school in Western Springs, Illinois: grades k–5, 380 students, 12.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Western Springs SD 101.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 380
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.0
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 75% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 53% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared
Smaller than 57% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Western Springs SD 101
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Western Springs SD 101.
Location
- Address
- 4072 Forest Ave, Western Springs, IL 60558
- Phone
- (708)246-7673
- City or town
- Western Springs
- County
- Cook County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K–5 | 278 | 11.8 | |
| K–5 | 345 | 12.3 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 289 | 12.3 | |
| K–6 | 563 | 14.5 | |
| K–5 | 325 | 11.3 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 446 | 13.8 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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