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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Burr Elem School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000636
Burr Elementary School
1621 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 · (773) 534-4090 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
112 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 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 16% larger than its 8th grade class (43).
Student demographics
70%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
Burr Elementary School→Wells Community Academy 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
76.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
51.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.5% | 51.3% |
| 2023-24 | 69.1% | 40.5% |
% 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
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Burr Elementary School
Burr Elementary School's state test result (62.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burr Elementary School this school | 465 | 24.1% | 62.8% |
| Forest Road Elementary School La Grange Park | 452 | 27.9% | 63.9% |
| Disney II Elementary School Chicago | 422 | 29.1% | 61.2% |
| William L Thompson School Lake Villa | 488 | 31.8% | 48.8% |
| Prescott Elementary School Chicago | 463 | 27.6% | 73.5% |
| Mitchell Elementary School Chicago | 446 | 30.3% | 58.7% |
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 Burr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #257 of 1,925 | #85 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #635 of 2,077 ▼ 105 | #191 of 829 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #197 of 2,077 ▼ 79 | #81 of 829 ▼ 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #686 of 2,419 | #321 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,330 of 2,035 | #598 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #147 of 2,042 | #70 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.1% | #1,884 of 2,132 | #733 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #347 of 615 | #101 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
465
-33 (-7%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 618
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 | 465 | 32.5 | 14.3:1 | 24% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 32.5 | 14.0:1 | 28% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 30.5 | 15.7:1 | 26% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 23.6 | 18.3:1 | 36% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 42% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 348 | 19 | 18.3:1 | 58% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 446 | 27 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 29 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (432 to 465); teachers up 38% (23.6 to 32.5).
About Burr Elementary School
Burr Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Chicago, Illinois. The school offers kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 465 students. The school is 22% above the average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Burr Elementary School sits within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
The biggest share of students at Burr Elementary School, 40%, is White. The remaining shares are 34% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 8% Black, and 5% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Burr Elementary School scores 70%.
Based on 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Burr Elementary School has a ratio of 14.3:1. That is in line with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 24%. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
On BeatsExpectations, Burr Elementary School is 5.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
In Cook County, home to about 5,182,090 people, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Burr Elementary School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Burr Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Lozano Elementary Bilingual & Intl Center, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Burr Elementary School is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 7% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The discussion board for Burr Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Burr Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Burr Elementary. Burr Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Burr Elementary SchoolSTERLING HEIGHTS, MI · 490 students
- Burr Elementary SchoolFairfield, CT · 347 students
Nearby schools
- Lozano Elementary Bilingual & Intl Center0.3 mi · 256
- Rowe Elementary0.4 mi · 617
- Drummond Elementary School0.4 mi · 339
- Pritzker Elementary School0.6 mi · 674
- LaSalle II Lang Academy Elementary School0.7 mi · 589
- Sabin Elementary Magnet School0.8 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Burr Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Burr Elementary School?
Burr Elementary School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Burr Elementary School serve?
Burr Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Burr Elementary School have?
Burr Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Burr Elementary School?
Student demographics at Burr Elementary School are roughly 40% White, 34% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Burr Elementary School in?
Burr 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.