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Enrollment
679
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993005690
Durkin Park Elementary School
8445 S Kolin Ave, Chicago, IL 60652 · (773) 535-2322 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL679 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
544 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 | 95 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 23% smaller than its 8th grade class (74).
Student demographics
31%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
Durkin Park Elementary School→Bogan 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
43.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.5pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.3% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.8% | 16.5% |
% 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Durkin Park Elementary School
Durkin Park Elementary School's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durkin Park Elementary School this school | 679 | 80.1% | 32.9% |
| Marsh Elementary School Chicago | 616 | 82.8% | 28.7% |
| Highland Elementary School Elgin | 616 | 77.1% | 20.9% |
| Sadlowski Elementary School Chicago | 655 | 83.2% | 22.9% |
| Camras Elementary School Chicago | 702 | 82.6% | 25.4% |
| Washington G Elementary School Chicago | 571 | 77.8% | 44.5% |
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 Durkin Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #1,161 of 1,925 | #349 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,318 of 2,077 ▲ 22 | #406 of 829 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #1,235 of 2,077 ▲ 35 | #408 of 829 ▲ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 679 | #147 of 2,419 | #92 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #707 of 2,035 | #335 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.6% | #1,382 of 2,042 | #516 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.1% | #502 of 2,132 | #345 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #1,307 of 1,461 | #600 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
679
-39 (-5%) vs 2020
+24% since 2010-11, when it was 546
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 | 679 | 54.5 | 12.5:1 | 80% (544) |
| 2023-24 | 677 | 51 | 13.3:1 | 81% (550) |
| 2022-23 | 676 | 48.5 | 13.9:1 | 76% (512) |
| 2020-21 | 718 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 700 | 38 | 18.4:1 | 83% (584) |
| 2015-16 | 667 | 35 | 19.1:1 | 88% (584) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 87% (476) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Durkin Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (700 to 679); teachers up 44% (38 to 54.5).
About Durkin Park Elementary School
Federal records list Durkin Park Elementary School as an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. Classes run from pre-K through 8, and the school has 679 students. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 78% bigger than average.
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, has 324,396 students enrolled across 622 schools.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Durkin Park Elementary School, with 82% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 10% Black and 6% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Cook County's population at about 27%. By the diversity index, Durkin Park Elementary School comes in at 31%.
The count of teachers at Durkin Park Elementary School is 54.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. Around 80% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Durkin Park Elementary School is 7.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (32.9% versus 25.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Cook County census figures show that median household income is about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
Stevenson Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. Durkin Park Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 32.3%, lower than Durkin Park Elementary School's 32.9%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal counts put enrollment at 718 in 2020-21 and 679 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease.
Community posts for Durkin Park Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Nearby schools
- Stevenson Elementary School0.6 mi · 1,206
- Hometown Elementary School0.6 mi · 338
- Dawes Elementary School0.8 mi · 926
- Bogan High School0.8 mi · 716
- Richard Byrd Elementary School0.8 mi · 266
- Ashburn Community Elementary School1.0 mi · 324
Frequently asked questions
About Durkin Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Durkin Park Elementary School?
Durkin Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 679 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Durkin Park Elementary School serve?
Durkin Park Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Durkin Park Elementary School have?
Durkin Park Elementary School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
How diverse is Durkin Park Elementary School?
Durkin Park Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 82% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Durkin Park Elementary School in?
Durkin Park Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.