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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000640
Byrne Elementary School
5329 S Oak Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60638 · (773) 535-2170 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
292 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 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 14% larger than its 8th grade class (57).
Student demographics
42%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
Byrne Elementary School→Kennedy 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
47.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
26.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.5% | 26.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.4% | 15.9% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Byrne Elementary School
Byrne Elementary School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byrne Elementary School this school | 619 | 47.2% | 36.5% |
| Linne Elementary School Chicago | 687 | 52.5% | 39.2% |
| Dore Elementary School Chicago | 745 | 47.7% | 35.7% |
| Goethe Elementary School Chicago | 711 | 42.9% | 43.5% |
| W A Johnson School Bensenville | 619 | 55.9% | 36.4% |
| International Prep Academy Champaign | 681 | 55.8% | 34.6% |
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 Byrne Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,047 of 1,925 | #296 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #1,415 of 2,077 ▼ 54 | #444 of 829 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #1,086 of 2,077 ▼ 170 | #359 of 829 ▼ 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #237 of 2,419 | #134 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,362 of 2,035 | #609 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #1,096 of 2,042 | #411 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #1,378 of 2,132 | #628 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #1,016 of 1,461 | #498 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
619
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 442
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 | 619 | 43 | 14.4:1 | 47% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 43.5 | 13.6:1 | 51% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 51% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 631 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 35.2 | 19.2:1 | 59% (397) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 57% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 692 | 31 | 22.3:1 | 54% (371) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 28 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 442 | 25 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Byrne Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (674 to 619); teachers up 22% (35.2 to 43).
About Byrne Elementary School
Byrne Elementary School sits in Chicago, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. A total of 619 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 8. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 62% above average.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs Byrne Elementary School along with 621 other schools, enrolling 324,396 students in total.
At Byrne Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 72% of the student body. After that, the student body is 24% White and 4% Black. Census figures show Cook County is about 27% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 42% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Byrne Elementary School is 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.4:1. That is close to the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 47%. That is 19 points below the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 44.3%. Byrne Elementary School scores 36.5%.
Federal survey data for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 1,406 public schools in Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Kennedy High School, is about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 36.3%; Byrne Elementary School's is 36.5%, ranking 4th of 8.
Byrne Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 631 in 2020-21 and 619 in 2024-25.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Kennedy High School0.6 mi · 1,647
- Kinzie Elementary School0.7 mi · 637
- Walsh Elementary School1.0 mi · 182
- Otis P Graves Elementary School1.1 mi · 562
- Heritage Middle School1.1 mi · 447
- Home Elementary School1.2 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Byrne Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Byrne Elementary School?
Byrne Elementary School enrolls approximately 619 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Byrne Elementary School serve?
Byrne Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Byrne Elementary School have?
Byrne Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Byrne Elementary School?
Student demographics at Byrne Elementary School are roughly 24% White, 72% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Byrne Elementary School?
Byrne Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.