Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies

Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies is a primary school of intimate scale in Skokie, Illinois, run under Evanston CCSD 65, enrolling 254 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 33% below typical.

Evanston CCSD 65 comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 6,136 students; Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies is among them.

On demographics, Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Black, 10% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 70% of students at Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.1%, the actual is 25.5%, a residual of -5.5 points.

Around the school, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Walker Elem School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 53.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 26%: 341 students in 2018 compared to 254 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 16% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.