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If you could change one rule at Congress Park Elem School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA GRANGE SD 102·NCES 172160002420
Congress Park Elementary School
9311 Shields Ave, Brookfield, IL 60513 · (708) 215-6007 · Cook County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
172 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 11% larger than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Congress Park Elementary School→Park Junior High School
Based on grade levels within La Grange SD 102. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
53.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.7pp since 2023
Math
44.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.2% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 34.5% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Congress Park Elementary School
Congress Park Elementary School's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congress Park Elementary School this school | 419 | 41.1% | 48.4% |
| Sward Elementary School Oak Lawn | 457 | 44.2% | 51.1% |
| Mechanics Grove Elementary School Mundelein | 486 | 41.8% | 43.2% |
| Kimball Hill Elementary School Rolling Meadows | 524 | 38.9% | 40.5% |
| Oak Terrace Elementary School Highwood | 494 | 46.4% | 50.2% |
| Arcola Elementary School Arcola | 410 | 45.9% | 34.0% |
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 Congress Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #638 of 1,925 | #168 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #830 of 2,077 ▼ 161 | #245 of 829 ▼ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #896 of 2,077 ▼ 240 | #282 of 829 ▼ 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #912 of 2,419 | #393 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #407 of 2,035 | #219 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #549 of 2,042 | #207 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #1,529 of 2,132 | #652 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #1,183 of 1,461 | #560 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
419
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 362
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 | 419 | 36.3 | 11.6:1 | 41% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 36.3 | 11.3:1 | 18% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 34.3 | 11.7:1 | 23% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 36.1 | 12.3:1 | 41% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 38 | 10.9:1 | 45% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 38% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 32 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 362 | 23 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Congress Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (442 to 419); teachers up 1% (36.1 to 36.3).
About Congress Park Elementary School
Federal records list Congress Park Elementary School as an elementary school in Brookfield, Illinois. In all, 419 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6.
La Grange SD 102 is made up of 6 schools with 2,875 students in all.
More than half of enrollment at Congress Park Elementary School is Hispanic: 53%. Next come 33% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. The diversity index for Congress Park Elementary School is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 41% of the student body. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Congress Park Elementary School, the prediction is 47.8% and the result is 48.4%.
In the surrounding county, Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Cook County has 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students, including Congress Park Elementary School.
Lincoln Elementary School sits about 0.7 miles from Congress Park Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Congress Park Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 405 students in 2020-21 to 419 in 2024-25.
Congress Park Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 La Grange SD 102
- Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Ogden Ave Elementary SchoolElementary · 563 students
- Cossitt Ave Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Forest Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Barnsdale Road SchoolElementary · 308 students
Other schools in Brookfield
- S E Gross Middle SchoolMiddle · 498 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Hollywood Elementary SchoolElementary · 114 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School0.7 mi · 366
- Cossitt Ave Elementary School0.9 mi · 472
- Seventh Ave Elementary School1.0 mi · 194
- S E Gross Middle School1.0 mi · 498
- Ogden Ave Elementary School1.2 mi · 563
- Lyons Twp High School1.3 mi · 3,706
Frequently asked questions
About Congress Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Congress Park Elementary School?
Congress Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Congress Park Elementary School serve?
Congress Park Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Congress Park Elementary School have?
Congress Park Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is Congress Park Elementary School?
Congress Park Elementary School reports a student body of 33% White, 53% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Congress Park Elementary School?
Congress Park Elementary School is overseen by La Grange SD 102 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.