Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERWYN SOUTH SD 100·NCES 170609003423
Hiawatha Elementary School
6539 26th St, Berwyn, IL 60402 · (708) 795-2327 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
298 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 58 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
43.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
30.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 30.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 20.3% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 Hiawatha Elementary School
Hiawatha Elementary School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiawatha Elementary School this school | 394 | 75.6% | 34.5% |
| Lowrie Elementary School Elgin | 397 | 75.8% | 16.3% |
| McKinley Elementary School Elgin | 395 | 77.5% | 19.1% |
| Pershing Elementary School Berwyn | 418 | 74.2% | 41.4% |
| Lyon Magnet Elementary School Waukegan | 430 | 77.0% | 19.9% |
| Washington Elementary School Waukegan | 384 | 78.4% | 23.6% |
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 Hiawatha Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #1,108 of 1,925 | #325 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #1,248 of 2,077 ▼ 80 | #380 of 829 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #1,219 of 2,077 ▼ 323 | #402 of 829 ▼ 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #1,033 of 2,419 | #438 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #866 of 2,035 | #405 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.5% | #1,470 of 2,042 | #545 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #612 of 2,132 | #401 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #1,450 of 1,461 | #657 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
394
+32 (+9%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 437
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 | 394 | 30.5 | 12.9:1 | 76% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 32.6 | 11.6:1 | 77% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 31.4 | 11.8:1 | 76% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 33.1 | 11.9:1 | 78% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 37 | 12.5:1 | 80% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 83% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 28 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hiawatha Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (395 to 394); teachers down 8% (33.1 to 30.5).
About Hiawatha Elementary School
Hiawatha Elementary School is an elementary school in Berwyn, Illinois, and it is part of Berwyn South SD 100. It has an enrollment of 394 students in pre-K through 5.
Hiawatha Elementary School is run by Berwyn South SD 100, whose 8 schools enroll 3,050 students.
At Hiawatha Elementary School, 85% of students are Hispanic. It is also 7% Black and 5% White. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 27% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hiawatha Elementary School scores 27%.
Hiawatha Elementary School has 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. At Hiawatha Elementary School, 76% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 10 points above the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Hiawatha Elementary School, the prediction is 27.8% and the result is 34.5%.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Komensky Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Hiawatha Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 33.3% on proficiency, and Hiawatha Elementary School is above that at 34.5%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 362 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 394 by 2024-25.
The discussion board for Hiawatha Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Berwyn South SD 100
- Freedom Middle SchoolMiddle · 504 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 447 students
- Pershing Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Komensky Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Piper SchoolElementary · 292 students
Other schools in Berwyn
- J Sterling Morton West High SchoolHigh · 3,374 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 793 students
- Prairie Oak SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Freedom Middle SchoolMiddle · 504 students
- Karel Havlicek Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
Other Hiawatha Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Hiawatha Elementary. Hiawatha Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Hiawatha Elementary SchoolOthello, WA · 579 students
- Hiawatha Elementary SchoolOKEMOS, MI · 441 students
- Hiawatha ElemHiawatha, KS · 337 students
- Hiawatha Elementary SchoolHiawatha, IA · 334 students
- Hiawatha Elementary SchoolToledo, OH · 309 students
Nearby schools
- Komensky Elementary School0.3 mi · 320
- Piper School0.4 mi · 292
- Freedom Middle School0.5 mi · 504
- J Sterling Morton West High School0.6 mi · 3,374
- Heritage Middle School0.7 mi · 447
- Emerson Elementary School0.7 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Hiawatha Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hiawatha Elementary School?
Hiawatha Elementary School enrolls approximately 394 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hiawatha Elementary School serve?
Hiawatha Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hiawatha Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hiawatha Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hiawatha Elementary School?
Hiawatha Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 85% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Hiawatha Elementary School?
Hiawatha Elementary School is overseen by Berwyn South SD 100 in Cook County.
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