IllinoisSchoolsEdgar A Poe Elem School

Edgar A Poe Elem School

PublicRegular
Arlington Heights, Illinois · Wheeling CCSD 21
Teachers30.0FTE
Ratio10.8:1students per teacher
Students323enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students323
Grade Span
Student:Teacher10.8:1
Free/Reduced Lunch45%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
13.9%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
34
13%vs prior yr
Enrollment
317
1.9%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

8.6:110.1:111.5:113.0:114.4:115.9:1202020212022202320249.1:110.7:110.8:19.3:1Edgar A Poe Elem SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

2792882983073173262930313233342020202120222023202428228230932331731293034EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment282282309323317
Teacher FTE31293034
Pupil : Teacher ratio9.1:110.7:110.8:19.3:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.