Enrollment
232
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000603
Beidler Elementary School
3151 W Walnut St, Chicago, IL 60612 · (773) 534-6811 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
195 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 15 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 13% larger than its 8th grade class (23).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Beidler Elementary School→Marshall Metropolitan High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
24.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.1pp since 2023
Math
7.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.5% | 7.3% |
| 2023-24 | 11.4% | 7.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 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 Beidler Elementary School
Beidler Elementary School's state test result (14.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beidler Elementary School this school | 232 | 84.1% | 14.7% |
| Penn Elementary School Chicago | 218 | 85.3% | 9.3% |
| King Academy of Social Justice Chicago | 213 | 87.8% | 9.7% |
| Tilton Elementary School Chicago | 244 | 83.2% | 11.3% |
| Avalon Park Elementary School Chicago | 225 | 85.8% | 18.8% |
| Mollison Elementary School Chicago | 237 | 85.7% | 9.0% |
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 Beidler Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #1,762 of 1,925 | #664 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.3% | #1,980 of 2,077 ▼ 226 | #762 of 829 ▼ 136 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #1,819 of 2,077 ▲ 68 | #702 of 829 ▲ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #1,914 of 2,419 | #775 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #625 of 2,035 | #296 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.9% | #1,523 of 2,042 | #569 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.1% | #426 of 2,132 | #298 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.7% | #22 of 1,461 | #14 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
232
-108 (-32%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 485
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 | 232 | 19 | 12.2:1 | 84% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 253 | 20 | 12.7:1 | 96% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 22 | 11.9:1 | 97% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 26.8 | 16.6:1 | 94% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 27 | 19.1:1 | 96% (494) |
| 2010-11 | 408 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 99% (405) |
| 2000-01 | 424 | 25 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 485 | 30 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beidler Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (444 to 232); teachers down 29% (26.8 to 19).
About Beidler Elementary School
Beidler Elementary School is a small elementary school in Illinois, with an address in Chicago. Federal data show 232 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 is the local district for Beidler Elementary School. It runs 622 schools with 324,396 students.
The share of students at Beidler Elementary School who are Black is 86%. Smaller groups are 13% Hispanic. County-wide, 22% of Cook County residents are Black. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at Beidler Elementary School are from different groups.
Beidler Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. The school's 12.2:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. The school has 84% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, lower than here.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 23.0% at Beidler Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 14.7%.
In Cook County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Beidler Elementary School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Beidler Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is LEARN Chtr - Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Beidler Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Beidler Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 14.7% versus a 23.6% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Beidler Elementary School enrolled 340 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 232.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- LEARN Chtr - Middle School0.2 mi · 176
- LEARN Chtr - 7th Campus0.2 mi · 144
- LEARN Charter Excel Campus0.2 mi · 379
- Morton Elementary Career Academy0.3 mi · 268
- Westinghouse High School0.3 mi · 1,230
- Cather Elementary School0.3 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About Beidler Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Beidler Elementary School?
Beidler Elementary School enrolls approximately 232 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Beidler Elementary School serve?
Beidler Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Beidler Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Beidler Elementary School is approximately 12.2:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Beidler Elementary School?
Student demographics at Beidler Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 13% Hispanic, 86% Black.
Who oversees Beidler Elementary School?
Beidler Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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