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If you could change one rule at Cicero West Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CICERO SD 99·NCES 171020002479
Cicero West Elementary School
4937 W 23rd St, Cicero, IL 60804 · (708) 780-4487 · Cook County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
318 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 119 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 150 | 27% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 23% |
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
27.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 17.1% | 25.4% |
% 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
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Cicero West Elementary School
Cicero West Elementary School's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cicero West Elementary School this school | 557 | 57.1% | 26.8% |
| Melrose Park Elementary School Melrose Park | 602 | 54.5% | 31.9% |
| Academy for Global Citizenship Chicago | 486 | 57.6% | 23.1% |
| Roy Elementary School Northlake | 545 | 59.4% | 35.1% |
| John Gates Elementary School Aurora | 427 | 60.4% | 16.0% |
| G N Dieterich Elementary School Aurora | 507 | 63.3% | 11.9% |
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 Cicero West Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #1,389 of 1,925 | #452 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,217 of 2,077 ▼ 240 | #371 of 829 ▼ 82 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,745 of 2,077 ▼ 73 | #653 of 829 ▼ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #361 of 2,419 | #191 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,322 of 2,035 | #592 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.9% | #2,003 of 2,042 | #797 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.1% | #1,097 of 2,132 | #562 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.6% | #39 of 1,461 | #26 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
557
-156 (-22%) vs 2020
-58% since 2000-01, when it was 1,321
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 | 557 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 57% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 33 | 14.5:1 | 70% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 39.5 | 12.9:1 | 85% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 713 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 971 | 57.6 | 16.9:1 | 73% (707) |
| 2015-16 | 982 | 54 | 18.2:1 | 92% (907) |
| 2010-11 | 1,028 | 52 | 19.8:1 | 83% (858) |
| 2000-01 | 1,321 | 54 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cicero West Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (971 to 557); teachers down 32% (57.6 to 39).
About Cicero West Elementary School
Located in Cicero, Illinois, Cicero West Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 3 and enrolls 557 students. It has 46% more students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
The district, Cicero SD 99, has 8,664 students enrolled across 15 schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Cicero West Elementary School is Hispanic, at 97%. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 27%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cicero West Elementary School scores 5%.
Based on 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, Cicero West Elementary School has a ratio of 14.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is similar, at 13.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 57%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Cicero West Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 13% of Illinois public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Cicero West Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 26.8% actual against 38.5% predicted.
For Cook County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Cicero East Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Cicero West Elementary School is 4th among 8 schools close by.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's enrollment fell 22% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Cicero West Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Cicero SD 99
- Unity Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,919 students
- Abe Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Warren Park SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Sherlock Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Columbus West Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
Other schools in Cicero
- J Sterling Morton East High SchoolHigh · 3,394 students
- Unity Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,919 students
- J Sterling Morton Freshman CntrHigh · 941 students
- Abe Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Warren Park SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
Nearby schools
- Cicero East Elementary School0.1 mi · 408
- Unity Jr High School0.5 mi · 1,919
- Sherlock Elementary School0.5 mi · 583
- T Roosevelt Elementary School0.8 mi · 450
- J Sterling Morton Freshman Cntr0.8 mi · 941
- Zapata Elementary Academy0.8 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Cicero West Elementary SchoolHow large is Cicero West Elementary School?
Cicero West Elementary School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades PK-03.
Is Cicero West Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cicero West Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cicero West Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cicero West Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cicero West Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cicero West Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 97% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Cicero West Elementary School?
Cicero West Elementary School is overseen by Cicero SD 99 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.