Congress Park Elem School

Congress Park Elem School is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in Brookfield, Illinois, run under La Grange SD 102, with 419 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Congress Park Elem School is one of 6 schools operated by La Grange SD 102, a district that works with 2,875 students overall.

On demographics, Congress Park Elem School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 33% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Congress Park Elem School shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Congress Park Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at Congress Park Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Congress Park Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.8%; this one delivers 48.4%.

In the area at large, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Congress Park Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Lincoln Elem School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Congress Park Elem School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 53.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 442 students in 2018 compared to 419 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 53% across the same window.

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