Beidler Elem School

Beidler Elem School is a modestly sized primary school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school caters to 232 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Beidler Elem School is among them.

On demographics, Beidler Elem School shows that nearly all students (86%) are Black. Other groups include 13% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Beidler Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Beidler Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.7%.

In the surrounding community, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Beidler Elem School is one campus in the mix.

LEARN Charter Excel Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Beidler Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Beidler Elem School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 23.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 48%: 444 students in 2018 compared to 232 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 97% to 86% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.