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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Edwards Elem School this year?
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Enrollment
1,209
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000744
Edwards Elementary School
4815 S Karlov Ave, Chicago, IL 60632 · (773) 535-4875 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,209 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.5:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
920 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 147 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 126 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 149 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 117 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (117).
Student demographics
8%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
Edwards Elementary School→Curie Metropolitan 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
32.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.1pp since 2023
Math
12.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.3% | 12.2% |
| 2023-24 | 20.2% | 6.7% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Edwards Elementary School
Edwards Elementary School's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Elementary School this school | 1,209 | 76.1% | 21.8% |
| Lyon Elementary School Chicago | 988 | 77.1% | 34.8% |
| Twain Elementary School Chicago | 850 | 74.6% | 43.3% |
| Stevenson Elementary School Chicago | 1,206 | 84.8% | 29.0% |
| Gray Elementary School Chicago | 1,000 | 79.1% | 31.7% |
| Locke J Elementary School Chicago | 1,089 | 86.3% | 26.3% |
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 Edwards Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #1,548 of 1,925 | #534 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #1,823 of 2,077 ▼ 50 | #662 of 829 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,602 of 2,077 ▼ 41 | #581 of 829 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,209 | #6 of 2,419 | #4 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,413 of 2,035 | #626 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.7% | #1,940 of 2,042 | #754 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #600 of 2,132 | #393 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #379 of 1,461 | #231 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
1,209
-148 (-11%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 701
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 | 1,209 | 83.3 | 14.5:1 | 76% (920) |
| 2023-24 | 1,222 | 84.3 | 14.5:1 | 84% (1,021) |
| 2022-23 | 1,258 | 86.5 | 14.5:1 | 83% (1,049) |
| 2020-21 | 1,357 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,550 | 73.4 | 21.1:1 | 91% (1,412) |
| 2015-16 | 1,455 | 72 | 20.2:1 | 93% (1,359) |
| 2010-11 | 1,419 | 70 | 20.3:1 | 97% (1,381) |
| 2000-01 | 1,153 | 54 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 701 | 33 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edwards Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,550 to 1,209); teachers up 13% (73.4 to 83.3).
About Edwards Elementary School
Edwards Elementary School is a large elementary school located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has 1,209 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 8. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
The district for Edwards Elementary School is Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Hispanic students are 96% of those enrolled at Edwards Elementary School. The next largest groups are 2% White. In Cook County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at Edwards Elementary School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 83.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.5 students per teacher. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is close to this figure. Roughly 76% of students at Edwards Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Edwards Elementary School outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Edwards Elementary School would score about 27.6%. It scores 21.8%, 5.8 points below that figure.
The school is in Cook County, where median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Edwards Elementary School from the closest public school, Curie Metropolitan High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Edwards Elementary School at 4th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Edwards Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment decreased 11% over 4 years, reaching 1,209 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Edwards Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Edwards Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Edwards Elementary. Edwards Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Edwards ElementaryChesterfield, SC · 538 students
- Edwards Elementary SchoolAmes, IA · 436 students
- Edwards Elementary SchoolNewberg, OR · 426 students
- Edwards Elementary SchoolEDWARDS, CO · 269 students
Nearby schools
- Curie Metropolitan High School0.3 mi · 3,099
- Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress0.3 mi · 528
- Acero Chtr Netrk - Major Garcia0.3 mi · 666
- Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School0.3 mi · 532
- YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership0.4 mi · 100
- Acero Chtr School Netwrk- Victoria0.8 mi · 561
Frequently asked questions
About Edwards Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Edwards Elementary School?
Edwards Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,209 students in grades PK-08.
Is Edwards Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Edwards Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Edwards Elementary School have?
Edwards Elementary School employs 83 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Edwards Elementary School?
At Edwards Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Edwards Elementary School public or private?
Edwards 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.