Enrollment
298
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993005486
Brighton Park Elementary School
3825 S Washtenaw Ave, Chicago, IL 60632 · (773) 535-7237 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL298 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
270 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 | 17 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 44% smaller than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
14%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
Brighton Park Elementary School→Thomas Kelly College Preparatory
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
35.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
16.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.1% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 11.2% |
% 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Brighton Park Elementary School
Brighton Park Elementary School's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Park Elementary School this school | 298 | 90.6% | 24.3% |
| Burroughs Elementary School Chicago | 303 | 92.4% | 44.9% |
| Talman Elementary School Chicago | 332 | 89.8% | 39.2% |
| Pickard Elementary School Chicago | 319 | 90.6% | 39.8% |
| Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elementary School Chicago | 326 | 90.2% | 17.8% |
| Acero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo Elementary School Chicago | 266 | 90.6% | 38.4% |
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 Brighton Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #1,465 of 1,925 | #485 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #1,703 of 2,077 ▼ 139 | #586 of 829 ▼ 63 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #1,508 of 2,077 ▼ 516 | #540 of 829 ▼ 218 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 298 | #1,548 of 2,419 | #641 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #387 of 2,035 | #208 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.0% | #1,791 of 2,042 | #675 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.6% | #260 of 2,132 | #189 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.8% | #103 of 1,461 | #66 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
298
-81 (-21%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 309
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 | 298 | 26 | 11.5:1 | 91% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 25 | 11.4:1 | 94% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 27 | 10.1:1 | 96% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 22.6 | 20.2:1 | 97% (445) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 23 | 22.4:1 | 97% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 736 | 37 | 19.9:1 | 97% (717) |
| 2000-01 | 581 | 26 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 309 | 14 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brighton Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (457 to 298); teachers up 15% (22.6 to 26).
About Brighton Park Elementary School
Brighton Park Elementary School is a small elementary school with an address in Chicago, Illinois. Federal data show 298 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 22% below average.
The 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enroll 324,396 students altogether, Brighton Park Elementary School among them.
Brighton Park Elementary School is 93% Hispanic by enrollment. Next come 4% White. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Cook County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brighton Park Elementary School is 11.5:1, based on 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Brighton Park Elementary School counts 91% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
In Illinois, Brighton Park Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 24.3% actual against a predicted 19.2%.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. 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's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elementary School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Brighton Park Elementary School places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, Brighton Park Elementary School is City: Large.
The school shrank from 379 students in 2020-21 to 298 in 2024-25.
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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 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
- Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elementary School0.1 mi · 326
- Burroughs Elementary School0.3 mi · 303
- Thomas Kelly College Preparatory0.4 mi · 1,762
- Davis N Elementary School0.5 mi · 540
- Horizon Science Academy-McKinley Pk0.5 mi · 873
- Shields Elementary School0.6 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Brighton Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Brighton Park Elementary School?
Brighton Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 298 students in grades PK-08.
Is Brighton Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brighton Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Brighton Park Elementary School have?
Brighton Park Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Brighton Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Brighton Park Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is Brighton Park Elementary School in?
Brighton Park Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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