Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOLTON SD 149·NCES 171242001493
Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School
14833 Avalon Ave, Dolton, IL 60419 · (708) 841-3606 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
265 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 7 | 3% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School→Creative Communications Academy→School of Fine Arts→S T E M Academy
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
26.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
9.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.7% | 9.6% |
| 2023-24 | 6.7% | 2.9% |
% 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
15.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School
Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School's state test result (15.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School this school | 266 | 99.6% | 15.1% |
| Carol Moseley Braun School Calumet City | 264 | 100.0% | 23.6% |
| Washington Elementary School Riverdale | 282 | 99.6% | 12.7% |
| Chateaux School Hazel Crest | 249 | 96.4% | 17.9% |
| Washington H Elementary School Chicago | 273 | 96.0% | 18.3% |
| Tanner Elementary School Chicago | 272 | 96.7% | 11.1% |
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 Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #1,750 of 1,925 | #655 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.6% | #1,924 of 2,077 ▲ 54 | #723 of 829 ▲ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #1,751 of 2,077 ▲ 267 | #658 of 829 ▲ 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #1,735 of 2,419 | #714 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,964 of 2,035 | #794 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.5% | #1,674 of 2,042 | #630 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #22 of 2,132 | #13 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #612 of 1,461 | #336 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
266
-66 (-20%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 430
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 | 266 | 14 | 19.0:1 | 100% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 17.3 | 20.1:1 | 99% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 17 | 19.8:1 | 100% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 17 | 18.6:1 | 100% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 20 | 18.6:1 | 99% (368) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 17 | 21.2:1 | 94% (340) |
| 2000-01 | 421 | 23 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 23 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (317 to 266); teachers down 18% (17 to 14).
About Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School
The public elementary school Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School is located in Dolton, Illinois. The school counted 266 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. That is 30% below the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Besides Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School, Dolton SD 149 runs 7 other schools. The district enrolls 2,192 students.
Roughly 90% of students at Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School are Black. Other groups make up 9% Hispanic. County-wide, 22% of Cook County residents are Black. The diversity index for Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 14 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 19.0:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School is 14.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.1%.
For the population of Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Diekman Elementary School, is about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School had a net loss of 66 students, or 20%.
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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 Dolton SD 149
- Caroline Sibley Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- New Beginnings Learning AcademyElementary · 288 students
- Carol Moseley Braun SchoolElementary · 264 students
- Creative Communications AcademyMiddle · 246 students
- S T E M AcademyMiddle · 243 students
- Diekman Elementary SchoolElementary · 227 students
Other schools in Dolton
- Thornridge High SchoolHigh · 969 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- Diekman Elementary SchoolElementary · 227 students
- Early Childhood CntrElementary · 196 students
Nearby schools
- Diekman Elementary School0.3 mi · 227
- Thornridge High School0.7 mi · 969
- Franklin Elementary School1.1 mi · 259
- S T E M Academy1.2 mi · 243
- Creative Communications Academy1.2 mi · 246
- School of Fine Arts1.2 mi · 224
Frequently asked questions
About Berger-Vandenberg Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School?
Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School enrolls approximately 266 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School serve?
Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School have?
Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School?
Student demographics at Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School are roughly 9% Hispanic, 90% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School in?
Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School is part of Dolton SD 149.
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