Burley Elem School

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Chicago, Illinois, Burley Elem School hosts 494 students from grades K through 8, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. That puts it 30% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Burley Elem School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Burley Elem School records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest looks like 15% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Burley Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Burley Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.7%; this one delivers 78.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Burley Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Jahn Elem School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Burley Elem School. On composite proficiency, Burley Elem School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 62.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Burley Elem School's enrollment has shrank 7% since 2018, when it stood at 533 (now 494). The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 21% to 15% over that span.

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