Enrollment
323
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000629
Burke Elementary School
5356 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60615 · (773) 535-1325 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
310 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 | 34 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
32%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
12.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 12 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.3% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 5.2% | 1.3% |
% 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
10.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Burke Elementary School
Burke Elementary School's state test result (10.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burke Elementary School this school | 323 | 96.0% | 10.0% |
| Thorp J N Elementary School Chicago | 296 | 96.6% | 15.0% |
| Leland Elementary School Chicago | 344 | 95.6% | 10.4% |
| Curtis Elementary School Chicago | 356 | 97.5% | 9.4% |
| Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 354 | 95.5% | 14.2% |
| Joplin Elementary School Chicago | 283 | 96.1% | 28.0% |
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 Burke Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #1,879 of 1,925 | #735 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #1,902 of 2,077 ▲ 145 | #710 of 829 ▲ 103 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #2,047 of 2,077 ▼ 1 | #821 of 829 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #1,404 of 2,419 | #580 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #867 of 2,035 | #406 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.5% | #1,341 of 2,042 | #498 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.0% | #119 of 2,132 | #91 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #287 of 1,461 | #185 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
323
+30 (+10%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 536
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 | 323 | 25 | 12.9:1 | 96% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 265 | 25 | 10.6:1 | 97% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 26.5 | 10.6:1 | 97% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 31.4 | 13.7:1 | 98% (422) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 97% (423) |
| 2010-11 | 258 | 15 | 17.2:1 | 99% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 24 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 536 | 31 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burke Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (430 to 323); teachers down 20% (31.4 to 25).
About Burke Elementary School
Burke Elementary School is a small elementary school with an address in Chicago, Illinois. The school reports 323 students in pre-K through 8.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs Burke Elementary School along with 621 other schools, enrolling 324,396 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Burke Elementary School is 81% Black. It is also 16% Hispanic. Cook County's residents are about 22% Black, 58 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. That is lower than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 96%. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Burke Elementary School is 6.1 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 10.0% actual, 16.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
Within Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Burke Elementary School, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
Nearby, Walter Henri Dyett HS for Arts is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Burke Elementary School's average proficiency of 10.0% compares with 16.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Federal data show a 10% enrollment rise, from 293 in 2020-21 to 323 in 2024-25.
The Burke Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Burke Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Burke Elementary. Burke Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Burke Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 542 students
- Burke Elementary - 02Burke, SD · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Walter Henri Dyett HS for Arts0.4 mi · 538
- Beasley Elementary Magnet Academic Center0.5 mi · 1,119
- Carter Elementary School0.6 mi · 279
- Bronzeville Scholastic High School0.7 mi · 119
- Williams Medical Prep High School0.7 mi · 74
- Kozminski Elementary Community Academy0.7 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Burke Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Burke Elementary School?
Burke Elementary School enrolls approximately 323 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Burke Elementary School serve?
Burke Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Burke Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Burke Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Burke Elementary School?
Student demographics at Burke Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 16% Hispanic, 81% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Burke Elementary School in?
Burke 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.