Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLWOOD SD 88·NCES 170576000247
Grant Elem School
1300 N 34th Ave, Melrose Park, IL 60160 · (708) 410-3400 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
361 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Grant Elem School→Roosevelt Middle School
Based on grade levels within Bellwood SD 88. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
30.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.5pp since 2023
Math
21.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
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
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
363
-54 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.9:1
% White
0%
was 1%
% Hispanic
94%
was 94%
% Black
3%
was 4%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Grant Elem School
Grant Elem School is a mid-tier elementary school in Melrose Park, Illinois, operated by Bellwood SD 88. The school hosts 363 students in grades K through 5.
Within Bellwood SD 88, which oversees 6 schools and 1,998 students, Grant Elem School is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Grant Elem School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%); the rest reads as 3% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Grant Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 14.1%; this one delivers 24.1%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Grant Elem School is one.
Nearest neighbor: McKinley Elem School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grant Elem School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grant Elem School has declined 13%, going from 417 students in 2018 to 363 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.
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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 Bellwood SD 88
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 614 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- McKinley Elem SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Thurgood Marshall Elem SchoolElementary · 229 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 178 students
- Grant PrimaryElementary
Other schools in Melrose Park
- Mannheim Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Stevenson Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
- Melrose Park Elem SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Jane Addams Elem SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
Nearby schools
- McKinley Elem School0.9 mi · 304
- Stevenson Middle School0.9 mi · 682
- Jefferson Primary School1.0 mi · 380
- Thurgood Marshall Elem School1.0 mi · 229
- Roosevelt Middle School1.1 mi · 614
- Melrose Park Elem School1.1 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About Grant Elem SchoolHow large is Grant Elem School?
Grant Elem School enrolls approximately 363 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Grant Elem School serve?
Grant Elem School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Grant Elem School have?
Grant Elem School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Grant Elem School?
Student demographics at Grant Elem School are roughly 0% White, 94% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Grant Elem School in?
Grant Elem School is part of Bellwood SD 88.
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