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Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000743
Edgebrook Elementary School
6525 N Hiawatha Ave, Chicago, IL 60646 · (773) 534-1194 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
84 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 | 89 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 29% larger than its 8th grade class (45).
Student demographics
60%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
Edgebrook Elementary School→Taft 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
77.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.5pp since 2023
Math
65.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.7% | 65.2% |
| 2023-24 | 62.2% | 47.0% |
% 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
68.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Edgebrook Elementary School
Edgebrook Elementary School's state test result (68.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgebrook Elementary School this school | 554 | 15.2% | 68.7% |
| Alcott Elementary School Chicago | 567 | 12.9% | 75.7% |
| Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 642 | 12.0% | 93.6% |
| Pleasant Ridge Elementary School Glenview | 492 | 17.9% | 68.8% |
| Field Elementary School Elmhurst | 433 | 12.5% | 78.1% |
| Nettelhorst Elementary School Chicago | 653 | 19.3% | 65.9% |
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 Edgebrook Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #150 of 1,925 | #56 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #310 of 2,077 ▲ 57 | #104 of 829 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #178 of 2,077 ▲ 38 | #72 of 829 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #366 of 2,419 | #193 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,125 of 2,035 | #502 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #577 of 2,042 | #217 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.2% | #2,031 of 2,132 | #769 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #329 of 615 | #94 of 186 |
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
554
+60 (+12%) vs 2020
+131% since 1990-91, when it was 240
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 | 554 | 40.5 | 13.7:1 | 15% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 15% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 29.5 | 15.6:1 | 13% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 26 | 19.7:1 | 13% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 26 | 19.6:1 | 10% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 283 | 14 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 240 | 15 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edgebrook Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (512 to 554); teachers up 56% (26 to 40.5).
About Edgebrook Elementary School
Edgebrook Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 554 students in pre-K through 8. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 45% higher.
Edgebrook Elementary School belongs to Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district of 622 schools and 324,396 students.
At Edgebrook Elementary School, White students make up 58% of the student body. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 9% multiracial. Census figures show Cook County is about 44% White. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.7:1. That is close to the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligible students account for 15% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 62.8%. Edgebrook Elementary School scores 68.7%.
Cook County census figures show that the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
Fairview South Elementary School is the public school closest to Edgebrook Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Edgebrook Elementary School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Edgebrook Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 60 students since 2020-21, to 554.
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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 Edgebrook Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Edgebrook Elementary. Edgebrook Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Edgebrook Elementary SchoolMchenry, IL · 494 students
Nearby schools
- Fairview South Elementary School0.7 mi · 718
- Sauganash Elementary School0.9 mi · 693
- Wildwood Elementary School1.1 mi · 512
- Farnsworth Elementary School1.4 mi · 502
- Hitch Elementary School1.4 mi · 495
- Onahan Elementary School1.7 mi · 657
Frequently asked questions
About Edgebrook Elementary SchoolHow large is Edgebrook Elementary School?
Edgebrook Elementary School enrolls approximately 554 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Edgebrook Elementary School serve?
Edgebrook Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Edgebrook Elementary School have?
Edgebrook Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is Edgebrook Elementary School?
Edgebrook Elementary School reports a student body of 58% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Edgebrook Elementary School?
Edgebrook Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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