Crow Island Elem School

As a reasonably sized elementary school in Winnetka, Illinois, Crow Island Elem School instructs 360 students from grades K through 4, one of the schools within Winnetka SD 36.

Winnetka SD 36 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,803 students; Crow Island Elem School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Crow Island Elem School records that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder comes out to 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Crow Island Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: The Skokie School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Crow Island Elem School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Crow Island Elem School has grew 17%, going from 309 students in 2018 to 360 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 0% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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