Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5
John Laidlaw Elementary School, Western Springs, IL
John Laidlaw Elementary School is a public elementary school in Western Springs, part of Western Springs SD 101. It enrolled 380 students in 2024-25, with 12.3 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "John Laidlaw Elem School".
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 380
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.0
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- Grades
- K to 5
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 12.1. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
This school12.3
District12.1
Illinois13.7
United States15.3
School details
- Address
- 4072 Forest Ave, Western Springs, IL 60558
- Phone
- (708)246-7673
- District
- Western Springs SD 101
- County
- Cook County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 174182004189
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Western Springs SD 101
- Forest Hills Elementary School 289 students
- Field Park Elementary School 278 students
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.