Enrollment
233
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000757
Evers Elementary School
9811 S Lowe Ave, Chicago, IL 60628 · (773) 535-2565 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL233 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
203 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 40% larger than its 8th grade class (20).
Student demographics
9%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
Evers Elementary School→Harlan Community Academy 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
37.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.2pp since 2023
Math
12.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 37 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.1% | 12.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.9% | 8.5% |
% 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
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Evers Elementary School
Evers Elementary School's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evers Elementary School this school | 233 | 87.1% | 23.2% |
| Kipling Elementary School Chicago | 237 | 87.8% | 31.2% |
| Cuffe Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy Chicago | 249 | 86.7% | 19.4% |
| Mollison Elementary School Chicago | 237 | 85.7% | 9.0% |
| Kershaw Elementary School Chicago | 226 | 88.9% | 25.9% |
| Avalon Park Elementary School Chicago | 225 | 85.8% | 18.8% |
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 Evers Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #1,501 of 1,925 | #504 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #1,811 of 2,077 ▼ 114 | #653 of 829 ▼ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #1,444 of 2,077 ▼ 29 | #508 of 829 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 233 | #1,909 of 2,419 | #773 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #214 of 2,035 | #128 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.0% | #1,909 of 2,042 | #736 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #357 of 2,132 | #253 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #602 of 1,461 | #331 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
233
-4 (-2%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 303
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 | 233 | 22 | 10.6:1 | 87% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 207 | 18 | 11.5:1 | 89% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 17.5 | 12.1:1 | 90% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 15.5 | 17.9:1 | 92% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 360 | 18 | 20.0:1 | 92% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 20 | 19.6:1 | 89% (350) |
| 2000-01 | 290 | 18 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 303 | 18 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Evers Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (278 to 233); teachers up 42% (15.5 to 22).
About Evers Elementary School
Evers Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment is 233 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 8. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 39% lower.
Evers Elementary School is part of a district of 622 schools: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students.
At Evers Elementary School, Black students make up 95% of the student body. After that, the student body is 5% Hispanic. Among all residents of Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. Evers Elementary School has a diversity index of 9%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Evers Elementary School employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.6:1. That ratio is under the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 87% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Evers Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 23.2% actual against 21.2% predicted.
Cook County has these Census figures: median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Evers Elementary School is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
Fernwood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Evers Elementary School ranks 5th of 9 nearby schools, at 23.2% versus a 23.7% average.
Evers Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 233, close to the 237 recorded in 2020-21.
The Evers Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Evers Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Evers Elementary. Evers Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Evers Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 580 students
Nearby schools
- Fernwood Elementary School0.3 mi · 259
- Wacker Elementary School0.5 mi · 217
- Kipling Elementary School0.6 mi · 237
- Green W Elementary School0.7 mi · 267
- Garvey M Elementary School0.8 mi · 262
- Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy0.8 mi · 194
Frequently asked questions
About Evers Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Evers Elementary School?
Evers Elementary School enrolls approximately 233 students in grades PK-08.
Is Evers Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Evers Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Evers Elementary School have?
Evers Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Evers Elementary School?
At Evers Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% Hispanic, 95% Black.
Is Evers Elementary School public or private?
Evers 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.