Cicero West Elementary School

Cicero West Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in Cicero, Illinois, run under Cicero SD 99, with 557 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 46% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Within Cicero SD 99, which oversees 15 schools and 8,664 students, Cicero West Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Cicero West Elementary School records that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cicero West Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Cook County shows 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%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Cicero West Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cicero East Elem School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cicero West Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cicero West Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 24.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 43%: 971 students in 2018 compared to 557 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.