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Enrollment
717
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CICERO SD 99·NCES 171020001235
Abe Lincoln Elementary School
3545 S 61st Ave, Cicero, IL 60804 · (708) 652-8889 · Cook County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL717 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
661 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (91).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Abe Lincoln Elementary School→Unity Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Cicero SD 99. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
45.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.9pp since 2023
Math
30.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.6% | 30.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.7% | 18.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 18% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Abe Lincoln Elementary School
Abe Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Lincoln Elementary School this school | 717 | 92.2% | 36.3% |
| Sandoval Elementary School Chicago | 736 | 91.7% | 29.5% |
| Peck Elementary School Chicago | 777 | 91.4% | 28.8% |
| Hurley Elementary School Chicago | 748 | 89.7% | 37.0% |
| Monarcas Academy Chicago | 797 | 91.5% | 40.3% |
| Warren Park School Cicero | 695 | 94.8% | 29.0% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Abe Lincoln Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #1,052 of 1,925 | #298 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #1,274 of 2,077 ▼ 24 | #391 of 829 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #1,168 of 2,077 ▲ 107 | #381 of 829 ▲ 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 717 | #112 of 2,419 | #75 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #708 of 2,035 | #336 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.7% | #1,979 of 2,042 | #778 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #228 of 2,132 | #165 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #398 of 1,461 | #242 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
717
-68 (-9%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 551
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 717 | 57.6 | 12.5:1 | 92% (661) |
| 2023-24 | 715 | 57.5 | 12.4:1 | 78% (556) |
| 2022-23 | 732 | 54.2 | 13.5:1 | 89% (650) |
| 2020-21 | 785 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 911 | 57.8 | 15.8:1 | 65% (590) |
| 2015-16 | 917 | 56 | 16.4:1 | 86% (786) |
| 2010-11 | 961 | 51 | 18.8:1 | 74% (707) |
| 2000-01 | 763 | 34 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 28 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Abe Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (911 to 717); teachers unchanged (57.8 to 57.6).
About Abe Lincoln Elementary School
Abe Lincoln Elementary School runs as a large elementary school in Cicero, Illinois. It reports enrollment of 717 students in pre-K through 6. The school is 88% larger than the average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Cicero SD 99 is the local district for Abe Lincoln Elementary School. It runs 15 schools with 8,664 students.
By race and ethnicity, Abe Lincoln Elementary School is 97% Hispanic. Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 6, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 57.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Abe Lincoln Elementary School, giving a ratio of 12.5:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 1.5 more students per teacher than here. A total of 661 students, or 92%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
Abe Lincoln Elementary School is a top-10% school in Illinois on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 18.3% with an actual 36.3%.
For Cook County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Abe Lincoln Elementary School's nearest public school is Pershing Elementary School (about 0.7 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Abe Lincoln Elementary School. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Abe Lincoln Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Abe Lincoln Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 785 to 717, a 9% decrease.
This page is set up for the Abe Lincoln Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cicero SD 99
- Unity Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,919 students
- Warren Park SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Sherlock Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Cicero West Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Columbus West Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
Other schools in Cicero
- J Sterling Morton East High SchoolHigh · 3,394 students
- Unity Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,919 students
- J Sterling Morton Freshman CntrHigh · 941 students
- Warren Park SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Sherlock Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
Nearby schools
- Pershing Elementary School0.7 mi · 418
- Freedom Middle School0.8 mi · 504
- Drexel Elementary School0.8 mi · 396
- District 99 Early Childhood Center0.9 mi · 232
- Columbus West Elementary School0.9 mi · 534
- Edison Elementary School1.0 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Abe Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Abe Lincoln Elementary School?
Abe Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 717 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Abe Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Abe Lincoln Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Abe Lincoln Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Abe Lincoln Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (58 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Abe Lincoln Elementary School?
Abe Lincoln Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Abe Lincoln Elementary School in?
Abe Lincoln Elementary School is part of Cicero SD 99.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.