Clarence E Culver School

Clarence E Culver School is one of the high-enrollment elementary-level communitys in Niles, Illinois, one of the schools within Niles ESD 71, with 666 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 75% above typical.

Clarence E Culver School sits inside Niles ESD 71, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Clarence E Culver School logs that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Clarence E Culver School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that median household earnings sit near $83,498, 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 Clarence E Culver School is one.

Stock Early Childhood Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clarence E Culver School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 57.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Clarence E Culver School's enrollment has increased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 587 (now 666). White enrollment moved from 59% to 50% across the same window.

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