Summary
Devonshire Elementary School serves 417 students in kindergarten through grade 5 in Skokie, Illinois, as part of Skokie School District 68. The biggest concern is that its 2025–26 results lag behind comparable nearby K–5 schools, especially in math: Devonshire’s all-grades proficiency was 51% in English language arts (ELA) and 38% in math, the lowest in both subjects among five comparable schools with scores.
Devonshire is below both the state and district in ELA and math: its ELA rate of 51% compares with 56% statewide and 55% in the district, while its math rate of 38% compares with 40% statewide and 48% in the district. The four nearby K–5 peers with scores averaged 63% in ELA and 54% in math, putting Devonshire 12 points and 15 points lower, respectively. Grade 3 ELA is a brighter spot: 51% were proficient, 3 points above the state rate. By contrast, fifth-grade science is weaker: Devonshire’s 45% compares with 48% statewide, 54% in the district and a 57% average among nearby schools with reported scores. Attendance is also a concern: chronic absenteeism was 25% in 2025–26, above the state’s 24%, the district’s 20%, and Madison Elementary School’s 24%, the next-highest nearby rate.
ELA has improved over three years, rising from 35% in 2023–24 to 51% in 2025–26, while math rose overall from 29% to 38% but fell 2 points in the latest year. Despite those gains, SchoolDigger’s statewide standing declined from the 59th percentile in 2023–24 to the 38th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–26; that percentile is tied with Thomas Edison for the lowest among nearby schools with a ranking reported. SchoolDigger’s ranking for Asian students was at the 14th percentile in 2025–26, compared with the school’s overall 38th percentile. Its ranking for Special Education Students also dropped sharply, from the 69th percentile in 2023–24 to the 22nd in 2024–25. For context, Devonshire had 13 students per teacher in 2024–25, the second-highest ratio among 11 nearby schools, and 66% free/reduced lunch eligible that school year, compared with a nearby-school average of 47%; these are observations, not explanations for its results.
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