Elementary · Illinois
Wayne Thomas Elem School
Wayne Thomas Elem School, a public elementary school in Highland Park, Illinois: grades k–5, 449 students, 13.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of North Shore SD 112.
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
- 449
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.1
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 58% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 67% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared
Larger 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
- North Shore SD 112
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with North Shore SD 112.
Location
- Address
- 2939 Summit Ave, Highland Park, IL 60035
- Phone
- (224)765-3900
- City or town
- Highland Park
- County
- Lake 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–5 | 494 | 12.1 | |
| K–4 | 343 | 10.3 | |
| K–5 | 285 | 11.8 | |
| K–5 | 472 | 12.5 | |
| K–5 | 445 | 11.9 | |
| K–8 | 165 | 9.1 |
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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