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Enrollment
421
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANSTON CCSD 65·NCES 171446001794
Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts
2424 Lake St, Evanston, IL 60201 · (847) 859-8500 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
211 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 56%
Community
4
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 5% larger than its 8th grade class (39).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
60.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.5pp since 2023
Math
46.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.1% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 33.8% |
% 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts
Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts this school | 421 | 50.1% | 52.8% |
| Oakton Elementary School Evanston | 379 | 52.5% | 45.2% |
| Robeson Elementary School Champaign | 439 | 51.0% | 40.7% |
| Westview Elementary School Champaign | 434 | 55.3% | 35.3% |
| Lindsay School Springfield | 438 | 48.4% | 37.8% |
| Franklin Elementary Fine Arts Center Chicago | 348 | 49.7% | 51.6% |
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 Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #506 of 1,925 | #142 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #778 of 2,077 ▼ 88 | #235 of 829 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #679 of 2,077 ▼ 211 | #223 of 829 ▼ 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #898 of 2,419 | #389 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.2:1 | #22 of 2,035 | #14 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #63 of 2,042 | #29 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #1,296 of 2,132 | #604 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #373 of 1,461 | #228 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
421
-42 (-9%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 625
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 | 421 | 51.2 | 8.2:1 | 50% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 51.8 | 7.1:1 | 50% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 52.8 | 7.0:1 | 51% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 48.6 | 11.1:1 | 44% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 47 | 12.4:1 | 44% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 50 | 10.7:1 | 43% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 646 | 52 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 625 | 49 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (541 to 421); teachers up 5% (48.6 to 51.2).
About Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts
Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts is one of the public schools in Evanston, Illinois. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 421 students in kindergarten through 8.
Evanston CCSD 65 counts 6,136 students in its 16 schools, and Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts is one of them.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts is Black, with 38% of students. Other groups include 29% White, 13% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 22% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts scores 73%.
On staff are 51.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.2:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. About 50% of students at Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
On the allk12 Grade, Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts lands at A-, ahead of 76% of Illinois public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 52.8% actual against 42.6% predicted.
In Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Cook County has 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students, including Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Joseph E Hill Education Center, is the closest to Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts's location as City: Small.
In 2020-21, Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts enrolled 463 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 421.
This page collects posts and questions about Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Evanston CCSD 65
- Haven Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
- Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Chute Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Oakton Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
Other schools in Evanston
- Evanston Twp High SchoolHigh · 3,560 students
- Haven Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
- Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Chute Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Oakton Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
Nearby schools
- Joseph E Hill Education Center0.1 mi · 258
- Evanston Twp High School0.5 mi · 3,560
- Walker Elementary School0.6 mi · 364
- Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies0.7 mi · 254
- John Middleton Elementary School0.9 mi · 521
- Dewey Elementary School0.9 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine ArtsHow many students attend Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts?
Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts enrolls approximately 421 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts serve?
Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts have?
Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.2:1.
How diverse is Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts?
Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts reports a student body of 29% White, 13% Hispanic, 38% Black, 5% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts?
Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine Arts is overseen by Evanston CCSD 65 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.