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Enrollment
776
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000625
Budlong Elementary School
2701 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60625 · (773) 534-2591 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL776 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
425 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 97 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (74).
Student demographics
71%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
Budlong Elementary School→Amundsen 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
58.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.5pp since 2023
Math
39.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.9% | 39.9% |
| 2023-24 | 43.4% | 27.9% |
% 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
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Budlong Elementary School
Budlong Elementary School's state test result (48.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budlong Elementary School this school | 776 | 54.8% | 48.2% |
| Forest Elementary School Des Plaines | 658 | 50.3% | 59.6% |
| Palmer Elementary School Chicago | 746 | 64.9% | 36.6% |
| Rogers Elementary School Chicago | 790 | 60.4% | 51.1% |
| Woodland Primary School Gages Lake | 657 | 45.4% | N/A |
| Willow Bend Elementary School Rolling Meadows | 519 | 49.9% | 39.4% |
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 Budlong Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #641 of 1,925 | #169 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #969 of 2,077 ▼ 77 | #289 of 829 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #711 of 2,077 ▼ 24 | #232 of 829 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 776 | #72 of 2,419 | #52 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,403 of 2,035 | #623 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #119 of 2,042 | #55 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.8% | #1,168 of 2,132 | #578 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #599 of 615 | #179 of 186 |
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
776
+95 (+14%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 767
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 | 776 | 53.5 | 14.5:1 | 55% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 743 | 57.5 | 12.9:1 | 66% (490) |
| 2022-23 | 682 | 50.5 | 13.5:1 | 61% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 681 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 772 | 37.9 | 20.4:1 | 79% (610) |
| 2015-16 | 823 | 42 | 19.6:1 | 81% (667) |
| 2010-11 | 818 | 39 | 21.0:1 | 86% (702) |
| 2000-01 | 1,011 | 52 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 767 | 42 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Budlong Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (772 to 776); teachers up 41% (37.9 to 53.5).
About Budlong Elementary School
Families in Chicago, Illinois, are served by Budlong Elementary School, a large elementary school. The latest federal count shows 776 students in pre-K through 8. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 104% higher.
Budlong Elementary School is one of the 622 schools that make up Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students in total).
At Budlong Elementary School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 37%. The next largest groups are 35% White, 16% Asian, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 10 points above the 27% share among Cook County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.5:1, with 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Budlong Elementary School is 55%. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
In Illinois, Budlong Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 48.2% actual against a predicted 39.9%.
Federal survey data for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
Nearby, Jamieson Elementary School is about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Budlong Elementary School at 5th of 9.
Budlong Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment has grown by 95 students since 2020-21, to 776.
Community posts for Budlong Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Jamieson Elementary School0.7 mi · 825
- Chappell Elementary School0.7 mi · 598
- Northside College Preparatory High School0.7 mi · 1,061
- Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Cntr0.7 mi · 265
- Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School0.7 mi · 243
- Hibbard Elementary School0.8 mi · 924
Frequently asked questions
About Budlong Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Budlong Elementary School?
Budlong Elementary School enrolls approximately 776 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Budlong Elementary School serve?
Budlong Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Budlong Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Budlong Elementary School is approximately 14.5:1 (54 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Budlong Elementary School?
Budlong Elementary School reports a student body of 35% White, 37% Hispanic, 6% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Budlong Elementary School public or private?
Budlong Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.