F B Mccord Elem School

F B Mccord Elem School, a compact elementary school in Burbank, Illinois, part of Burbank SD 111, enrolls 186 students, covering grade pre-K. That puts it 51% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Burbank SD 111 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,257 students; F B Mccord Elem School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, F B Mccord Elem School reports that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 27% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, F B Mccord Elem School records 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting F B Mccord Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Zooming out to the county, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which F B Mccord Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Edward J Tobin Elem School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around F B Mccord Elem School.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at F B Mccord Elem School has decreased 35%, going from 287 students in 2018 to 186 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 57% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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