Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH CHICAGO SD 187·NCES 170011004815
Evelyn Alexander School
1210 Adams St, North Chicago, IL 60064 · (847) 689-7345 · Lake County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Illinois public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
348 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 82 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 28% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 28% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Evelyn Alexander School→A J Katzenmaier Academy→Neal Math Science Academy→North Chicago Community High School
Based on grade levels within North Chicago SD 187. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
3.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
2.3%
IL avg 37.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 3 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 2 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 3.4% | 2.3% |
| 2023-24 | 1.3% | 2.5% |
% 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
2.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 3% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Evelyn Alexander School
Evelyn Alexander School's state test result (2.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evelyn Alexander School this school | 354 | 98.3% | 2.5% |
| Washington-McKinley Elementary School Chicago Heights | 286 | 98.3% | 28.6% |
| Fulton Elementary School Chicago | 321 | 98.1% | 12.7% |
| Woodland Elementary School Joliet | 368 | 95.1% | 19.7% |
| A J Katzenmaier Academy North Chicago | 387 | 99.5% | 9.8% |
| Edna Keith Elementary School Joliet | 402 | 95.0% | 10.8% |
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 Evelyn Alexander School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 2.5% | #1,925 of 1,925 | #69 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.3% | #2,068 of 2,077 ▼ 72 | #102 of 102 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 3.4% | #2,076 of 2,077 ▼ 2 | #102 of 102 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #1,238 of 2,419 | #80 of 121 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #481 of 2,035 | #35 of 114 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #1,063 of 2,042 | #72 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #58 of 2,132 | #4 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #1,145 of 1,461 | #52 of 71 |
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
354
+25 (+8%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 444
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 | 354 | 30 | 11.8:1 | 98% (348) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 99% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 28 | 12.7:1 | 100% (355) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 30 | 12.5:1 | 100% (375) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 92% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 20 | 22.2:1 | 88% (391) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Evelyn Alexander School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (376 to 354); teachers unchanged (30 to 30).
About Evelyn Alexander School
Evelyn Alexander School is a mid-sized elementary school in North Chicago, Illinois, under North Chicago SD 187. It enrolls 354 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 3.
Evelyn Alexander School is one school in North Chicago SD 187, a system of 8 schools with 3,637 students.
More than half of enrollment at Evelyn Alexander School is Hispanic: 70%. Other groups make up 26% Black and 3% multiracial. Lake County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.
Classroom staffing at Evelyn Alexander School totals 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 98% of students (348) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lake County is 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Evelyn Alexander School lands at F, ahead of 1% of Illinois public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 2.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 14.8%.
For the population of Lake County, median household income comes to about $110,416, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Lake County's 214 public schools enroll about 118,032 students and include Evelyn Alexander School.
About 0.8 miles separate Evelyn Alexander School from the closest public school, Carman-Buckner Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Evelyn Alexander School places 9th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around Evelyn Alexander School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Evelyn Alexander School enrolled 329 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 354.
The allk12 page for Evelyn Alexander School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
714,223
Census ACS
Median income
$110,416
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
118,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Chicago SD 187
- North Chicago Community High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Neal Math Science AcademyMiddle · 601 students
- LEARN Chtr School 6 N Chicago CampusElementary · 503 students
- A J Katzenmaier AcademyElementary · 387 students
- Forrestal Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
- LEARN 10 Charter SchoolElementary · 297 students
Other schools in North Chicago
- North Chicago Community High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Neal Math Science AcademyMiddle · 601 students
- A J Katzenmaier AcademyElementary · 387 students
- LEARN 10 Charter SchoolElementary · 297 students
- Green Bay Early Childhood CenterElementary · 211 students
Nearby schools
- Carman-Buckner Elementary School0.8 mi · 509
- Lyon Magnet Elementary School0.9 mi · 430
- North Chicago Community High School0.9 mi · 898
- John R Lewis Middle School1.1 mi · 721
- Neal Math Science Academy1.2 mi · 601
- Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary School1.2 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Evelyn Alexander SchoolHow many students attend Evelyn Alexander School?
Evelyn Alexander School enrolls approximately 354 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Evelyn Alexander School serve?
Evelyn Alexander School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Evelyn Alexander School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Evelyn Alexander School.
How diverse is Evelyn Alexander School?
Evelyn Alexander School reports a student body of 1% White, 70% Hispanic, 26% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Evelyn Alexander School?
Evelyn Alexander School is overseen by North Chicago SD 187 in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.