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Cortland Elementary School

PublicElementaryGrades K–5

370 E Lexington Ave, Cortland, IL 60112 · (815) 754-2360 · Part of DeKalb Community Unit School District 428

Cortland Township’s School Grade B− better than 45% of Illinois school districts

Directions
Students
523
Students per teacher
13:1
Free or reduced lunch
62%
Setting
Rural
Grades
K–5
The gist

What stands out about Cortland Elementary School

  • Its own letter, C−: better results than 15% of Illinois’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 18 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 23 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Cortland Township kids: 5 middle schools

On the path

Where Cortland Township kids come from and go next. The whole path →

K–5Cortland Elementary SchoolYou are here
6–85 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency8%
State average 25.9%
Reading / language arts8%
State average 30.7%

Its own letter, C−, places these results among Illinois’s 3,406 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

370 E Lexington Ave, Cortland

Students

Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten87
Grade 185
Grade 297
Grade 384
Grade 490
Grade 580
Enrollment over time
518’20
504’21
519’22
505’23
523’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 42%White 37%Black 12%Two or more races 9%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Cortland Elementary School from Cortland Township families.

Other schools in DeKalb Community Unit School District 428

The district →
DeKalb Early Lrng and Dev Ctr
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Dekalb
281 students20:1
Founders Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Dekalb
C−
565 students15:1
Littlejohn Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · DeKalb
D
362 students15:1
Gwendolyn Brooks Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Dekalb
D−
328 students14:1
Jefferson Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Dekalb
C
308 students11:1
Malta Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Malta
C+
293 students15:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Illinois’s other public schools; Cortland Township’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.