Elementary · Illinois

Mark Twain Elem School

Free meals for all

Mark Twain Elem School, a public elementary school in Wheeling, Illinois: grades pre-k–5, 524 students, 12.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Wheeling CCSD 21.

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: 524
Teachers (FTE): 41.0
Students per teacher: 12.8
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 54% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 80% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared

Larger than 70% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Wheeling CCSD 21

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Wheeling CCSD 21.

Location

Address: 515 E Merle Ln, Wheeling, IL 60090
Phone: (847)520-2785
City or town: Wheeling
County: Cook County

Website Quality of life in Wheeling Schools in Wheeling

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Eugene Field Elem SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	613	15.9	1.0 mi
Booth Tarkington Elem SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	540	14.2	1.0 mi
Walt Whitman Elem SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	378	11.5	1.2 mi
Anne Sullivan Elem School	4–5	329	13.2	1.7 mi
Betsy Ross Elem School	2–3	338	15.7	1.7 mi
J W Riley Elem School	K–5	319	9.8	1.9 mi

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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