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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000632
Burley Elementary School
1630 W Barry Ave, Chicago, IL 60657 · (773) 534-5475 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
41 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 26% larger than its 8th grade class (42).
Student demographics
53%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
Burley Elementary School→Lake View 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
86.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.2pp since 2023
Math
71.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.7% | 71.8% |
| 2023-24 | 73.5% | 63.3% |
% 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
78.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Burley Elementary School
Burley Elementary School's state test result (78.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Elementary School this school | 494 | 8.3% | 78.1% |
| Prairie Elementary School Naperville | 515 | 8.3% | 84.0% |
| Maplebrook Elementary School Naperville | 512 | 9.2% | 78.9% |
| Thomas Metcalf School Normal | 459 | 7.0% | 71.5% |
| Jackson Elementary School Elmhurst | 422 | 5.9% | 75.2% |
| River Woods Elementary School Naperville | 481 | 8.7% | 78.1% |
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 Burley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #40 of 1,925 | #17 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #187 of 2,077 ▼ 68 | #71 of 829 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.7% | #45 of 2,077 ▲ 19 | #20 of 829 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #578 of 2,419 | #280 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,788 of 2,035 | #741 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #842 of 2,042 | #305 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.3% | #2,103 of 2,132 | #797 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #1,061 of 1,461 | #515 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
494
-82 (-14%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 400
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 | 494 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 8% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 30 | 16.6:1 | 11% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 30.5 | 16.3:1 | 13% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 576 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 30.6 | 17.4:1 | 18% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 16% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 30 | 18.9:1 | 24% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 353 | 21 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 26 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (533 to 494); teachers down 2% (30.6 to 30).
About Burley Elementary School
Chicago, Illinois, is home to Burley Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 494 students, covering kindergarten through 8. That puts enrollment 30% bigger than the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
District-wide, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
The share of White students at Burley Elementary School is 66%, a majority. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Cook County is about 44% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. The school has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 2.5 students per teacher. In all, 8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
Burley Elementary School scores 78.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 66.7%.
Census data for Cook County show median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Counting Burley Elementary School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Jahn Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Burley Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 78.1% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Burley Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
From 576 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 494 by 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
- Jahn Elementary School0.3 mi · 360
- Hamilton Elementary School0.5 mi · 486
- Alcott College Prep0.6 mi · 373
- Prescott Elementary School0.6 mi · 463
- Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy0.7 mi · 642
- Harriet Tubman Elementary School0.8 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About Burley Elementary SchoolHow large is Burley Elementary School?
Burley Elementary School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Burley Elementary School serve?
Burley Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Burley Elementary School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Burley Elementary School.
How diverse is Burley Elementary School?
Burley Elementary School reports a student body of 66% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Burley Elementary School in?
Burley 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.