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What's one thing Burbank Elem School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
691
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000627
Burbank Elementary School
2035 N Mobile Ave, Chicago, IL 60639 · (773) 534-3000 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL691 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
608 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 | 54 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 3 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 23% smaller than its 8th grade class (71).
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
Burbank Elementary School→Steinmetz College Prep 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
24.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.3pp since 2023
Math
15.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.5pp 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 16 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.6% | 15.7% |
| 2023-24 | 15.3% | 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
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Burbank Elementary School
Burbank Elementary School's state test result (19.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burbank Elementary School this school | 691 | 88.0% | 19.2% |
| Prieto Math-Science Elementary School Chicago | 733 | 88.1% | 25.7% |
| Gunsaulus Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 658 | 86.0% | 35.4% |
| Columbia Explorers Elementary Academy Chicago | 718 | 86.2% | 46.0% |
| Garcia Lorca Elementary School Chicago | 637 | 87.0% | 33.1% |
| Logan Square Elementary Chicago | 630 | 89.5% | 20.2% |
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 Burbank Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #1,633 of 1,925 | #585 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #1,718 of 2,077 ▲ 36 | #599 of 829 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #1,816 of 2,077 ▼ 74 | #699 of 829 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #135 of 2,419 | #88 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #902 of 2,035 | #420 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.0% | #1,790 of 2,042 | #674 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.0% | #334 of 2,132 | #240 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #325 of 1,461 | #202 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
691
-79 (-10%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 856
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 | 691 | 53 | 13.0:1 | 88% (608) |
| 2023-24 | 698 | 49 | 14.2:1 | 88% (614) |
| 2022-23 | 708 | 49.5 | 14.3:1 | 86% (612) |
| 2020-21 | 770 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 907 | 43.4 | 20.9:1 | 96% (875) |
| 2015-16 | 961 | 47 | 20.4:1 | 96% (925) |
| 2010-11 | 1,191 | 56 | 21.3:1 | 97% (1,156) |
| 2000-01 | 1,196 | 54 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 856 | 39 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burbank Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (907 to 691); teachers up 22% (43.4 to 53).
About Burbank Elementary School
Burbank Elementary School is a public elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. Its 691 students are spread across pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 81% larger than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Burbank Elementary School is a school in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The district has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Burbank Elementary School, with 93% of enrollment. Other groups make up 4% Black and 2% White. County-wide, 27% of Cook County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Burbank Elementary School comes in at 14%.
Staffing totals 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. That ratio is under the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Burbank Elementary School is 88%. That is 22 points above the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Burbank Elementary School is 1.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 19.2% actual, 20.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Burbank Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in Cook County, which together enroll about 697,934 students.
The closest public school to Burbank Elementary School is Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 31.3%, higher than Burbank Elementary School's 19.2%.
Under the NCES locale system, Burbank Elementary School is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 770 to 691.
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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
Other Burbank Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 4 states are named Burbank Elementary. Burbank Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Burbank ElementaryHayward, CA · 800 students
- Burbank Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 736 students
- Burbank ElementaryModesto, CA · 572 students
- Burbank ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 552 students
- Burbank ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School0.3 mi · 461
- Lovett Elementary School0.4 mi · 342
- CICS - West Belden Campus0.4 mi · 520
- Belmont-Cragin Elementary School0.5 mi · 518
- Horizon Science Academy-Belmont0.8 mi · 785
- William Hatch Elementary School0.9 mi · 358
Frequently asked questions
About Burbank Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Burbank Elementary School?
Burbank Elementary School enrolls approximately 691 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Burbank Elementary School serve?
Burbank Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Burbank Elementary School have?
Burbank Elementary School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Burbank Elementary School?
Student demographics at Burbank Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 93% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Burbank Elementary School in?
Burbank Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.