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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK PARK ESD 97·NCES 172925003063
Irving Elementary School
1125 S Cuyler Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304 · (708) 524-3090 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
108 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 22 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
72.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +21.6pp since 2023
Math
69.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 69.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.9% | 54.6% |
% 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
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Irving Elementary School
Irving Elementary School's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Elementary School this school | 509 | 21.2% | 67.8% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Oak Park | 524 | 19.1% | 64.4% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School Oak Park | 580 | 17.8% | 65.5% |
| Walnut Trails Elementary School Shorewood | 475 | 20.2% | 62.9% |
| Oliver W Holmes Elementary School Oak Park | 513 | 25.9% | 65.1% |
| Wolf Branch Elementary School Swansea | 482 | 21.8% | 71.5% |
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 Irving Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #160 of 1,925 | #59 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #223 of 2,077 ▲ 11 | #82 of 829 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #286 of 2,077 ▲ 174 | #107 of 829 ▲ 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #520 of 2,419 | #254 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #275 of 2,035 | #149 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #294 of 2,042 | #125 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.2% | #1,942 of 2,132 | #742 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #479 of 615 | #148 of 186 |
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
509
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 404
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 | 509 | 46.5 | 10.9:1 | 21% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 44.8 | 12.1:1 | 19% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 44.2 | 11.9:1 | 17% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 35.6 | 13.8:1 | 22% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 22% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 31% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 36 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 24 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Irving Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (491 to 509); teachers up 31% (35.6 to 46.5).
About Irving Elementary School
Irving Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Oak Park, Illinois. School enrollment was 509 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 34% bigger than that.
Within Oak Park ESD 97, Irving Elementary School is one of 10 schools. The district enrolls 5,560 students.
Irving Elementary School is 52% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic, 15% Black, 13% multiracial, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 44% of Cook County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.9:1, with 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Irving Elementary School is 21%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
The allk12 Grade for Irving Elementary School is A. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 85% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 59.3% for a school in Illinois with Irving Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Irving Elementary School posts 67.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Irving Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Warren Park School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. Irving Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 67.8% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 518 in 2020-21, 509 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Oak Park ESD 97
- Gwendolyn Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 947 students
- Percy Julian Middle SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Oliver W Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
Other schools in Oak Park
- Oak Park & River Forest High SchoolHigh · 3,307 students
- Gwendolyn Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 947 students
- Percy Julian Middle SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Oliver W Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
Other Irving Elementary schools
18 other US public schools in 11 states are named Irving Elementary. Irving Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 19.
- Irving Elementary SchoolBerwyn, IL · 415 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 310 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolBloomington, IL · 303 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolKewanee, IL · 242 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolSioux City, IA · 605 students
Nearby schools
- Warren Park School0.5 mi · 695
- Karel Havlicek Elementary School0.5 mi · 490
- Longfellow Elementary School0.6 mi · 524
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary School0.6 mi · 580
- Clark G R Elementary School0.7 mi · 134
- Daniel Burnham Elementary School0.7 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About Irving Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Irving Elementary School?
Irving Elementary School enrolls approximately 509 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Irving Elementary School serve?
Irving Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Irving Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Irving Elementary School is approximately 10.9:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Irving Elementary School?
Student demographics at Irving Elementary School are roughly 52% White, 15% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Irving Elementary School in?
Irving Elementary School is part of Oak Park ESD 97.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.