Daniel Burnham Elem School

Set in Cicero, Illinois, Daniel Burnham Elem School is a compact K-5 school, run under Cicero SD 99. It caters to 185 students across grades K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 51% leaner than typical.

Cicero SD 99 runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 8,664 students. Daniel Burnham Elem School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Daniel Burnham Elem School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%); the rest reads as 2% Black. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 84% of students at Daniel Burnham Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Daniel Burnham Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Warren Park School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Daniel Burnham Elem School's enrollment has decreased 81% since 2018, when it stood at 950 (now 185). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 92% to 97% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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