Irving Elem School

Set in Berwyn, Illinois, Irving Elem School is a medium-sized K-5 school, operated by Berwyn South SD 100. It caters to 415 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Berwyn South SD 100 runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,050 students. Irving Elem School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Irving Elem School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%; the rest looks like 15% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Irving Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 30.7%; Irving Elem School posts 44.5%, +13.8 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Irving Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Pershing Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Irving Elem School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Irving Elem School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.8%.

Irving Elem School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Irving Elem School's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 506 (now 415). Class-load math has widened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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