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Enrollment
733
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000698
Dever Elementary School
3436 N Osceola Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 · (773) 534-3090 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL733 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
404 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 82 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 18% smaller than its 8th grade class (74).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Dever Elementary School→Steinmetz College Prep High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
32.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
25.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.5% | 25.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.2% | 17.0% |
% 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Dever Elementary School
Dever Elementary School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dever Elementary School this school | 733 | 55.1% | 28.8% |
| John Mills Elementary School Elmwood Park | 711 | 58.5% | 46.8% |
| Meehan Elementary School Belvidere | 688 | 55.2% | 27.0% |
| W A Johnson School Bensenville | 619 | 55.9% | 36.4% |
| River Grove Elementary School River Grove | 722 | 51.0% | 47.2% |
| Canty Elementary School Chicago | 791 | 52.2% | 55.7% |
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 Dever Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #1,310 of 1,925 | #416 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #1,447 of 2,077 ▼ 133 | #457 of 829 ▼ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #1,597 of 2,077 ▼ 465 | #576 of 829 ▼ 204 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 733 | #99 of 2,419 | #67 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,279 of 2,035 | #570 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #818 of 2,042 | #291 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #1,160 of 2,132 | #577 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #1,140 of 1,461 | #544 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
733
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 576
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 | 733 | 52 | 14.1:1 | 55% (404) |
| 2023-24 | 747 | 56.3 | 13.3:1 | 60% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 751 | 55.5 | 13.5:1 | 55% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 737 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 780 | 42.6 | 18.3:1 | 65% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 812 | 45 | 18.0:1 | 64% (517) |
| 2010-11 | 838 | 36 | 23.3:1 | 52% (437) |
| 2000-01 | 713 | 34 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 576 | 28 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dever Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (780 to 733); teachers up 22% (42.6 to 52).
About Dever Elementary School
Dever Elementary School is a large elementary school for students in Chicago, Illinois. It had 733 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 8. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
The 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enroll 324,396 students altogether, Dever Elementary School among them.
More than half of the students at Dever Elementary School are Hispanic (60%). The next largest groups are 32% White, 3% Black, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. In Cook County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.
Teacher count: 52 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is similar, at 13.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 55%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is lower.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Dever Elementary School's results are 10.9 points below predicted: 28.8% against 39.7%.
In Cook County, home to about 5,182,090 people, median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Dever Elementary School among them.
John Mills Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Dever Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Dever Elementary School places 7th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (737) to 2024-25 (733).
Dever Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other Dever Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Dever Elementary. Dever Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Dever Elementary SchoolDorchester, MA · 445 students
Nearby schools
- John Mills Elementary School0.8 mi · 711
- Bridge Elementary School0.9 mi · 1,100
- Canty Elementary School0.9 mi · 791
- J Giles Elementary School1.0 mi · 499
- Locke J Elementary School1.1 mi · 1,089
- Ridgewood Comm High School1.3 mi · 988
Frequently asked questions
About Dever Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dever Elementary School?
Dever Elementary School enrolls approximately 733 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Dever Elementary School serve?
Dever Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Dever Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Dever Elementary School.
How diverse is Dever Elementary School?
Dever Elementary School reports a student body of 32% White, 60% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Dever Elementary School public or private?
Dever Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.