Columbus East Elem School

Set in Cicero, Illinois, Columbus East Elem School is a medium-sized 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Cicero SD 99. It hosts 411 students across grades 4 through 6.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Columbus East Elem School shows that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Columbus East Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.8%, the actual is 25.8%, a residual of -2.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) records that median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Columbus East Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Columbus West Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Columbus East Elem School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 27.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Columbus East Elem School's enrollment has increased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 344 (now 411). Hispanic enrollment moved from 90% to 98% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Columbus East Elem School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.