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Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, Buffalo Grove, IL

CEP schoolJoyce Kilmer Elementary School is a public elementary school in Buffalo Grove, part of Wheeling CCSD 21 School District. It enrolled 590 students in 2024-25, with 13.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Joyce Kilmer Elem School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
590
Teachers (FTE)
43.0
Students per teacher
13.7
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.6 higher than 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 school13.7
District12.1
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
655 Golfview Ter, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
Phone
(847)520-2760
District
Wheeling CCSD 21 School District
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
174221004242
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
42071.2% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Wheeling CCSD 21 School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Buffalo Grove

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.