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Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 412 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAYWOOD-MELROSE PARK-BROADVIEW 89·NCES 172511002740
Jane Addams Elementary School
910 Division St, Melrose Park, IL 60160 · (708) 450-2023 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
178 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 | 39 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Jane Addams Elementary School→Stevenson Middle School
Based on grade levels within Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
55.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.2pp since 2023
Math
48.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +24.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.4% | 48.2% |
| 2023-24 | 38.2% | 24.2% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Jane Addams Elementary School
Jane Addams Elementary School's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Addams Elementary School this school | 385 | 46.2% | 47.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Berwyn | 453 | 47.5% | 41.9% |
| Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Chicago | 542 | 48.5% | 68.8% |
| Pioneer Elementary School West Chicago | 292 | 48.3% | N/A |
| Lincoln Elementary School Maywood | 431 | 55.7% | 37.4% |
| Schneider Elementary School North Aurora | 361 | 51.5% | 31.5% |
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 Jane Addams Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #664 of 1,925 | #175 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #721 of 2,077 ▲ 299 | #215 of 829 ▲ 87 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #825 of 2,077 ▲ 35 | #257 of 829 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #1,080 of 2,419 | #456 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,492 of 2,035 | #651 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.4% | #1,490 of 2,042 | #553 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.2% | #1,401 of 2,132 | #631 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #934 of 1,461 | #470 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
385
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 321
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 | 385 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 46% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 26.5 | 16.6:1 | 50% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 28.5 | 14.4:1 | 36% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 24.5 | 17.4:1 | 44% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 72% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 22 | 20.3:1 | 70% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 309 | 23 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 321 | 21 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jane Addams Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (426 to 385); teachers up 6% (24.5 to 26).
About Jane Addams Elementary School
Jane Addams Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Melrose Park, Illinois. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 385 students.
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 runs 9 schools with a combined 4,081 students. Jane Addams Elementary School is one of them.
At Jane Addams Elementary School, 86% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 6% 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, Jane Addams Elementary School scores 25%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jane Addams Elementary School is 14.8:1, based on 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Lunch program data show 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Jane Addams Elementary School outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
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 Jane Addams Elementary School, the prediction is 44.8% and the result is 47.4%.
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 poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Lincoln Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Jane Addams Elementary School is 1st among 8 schools close by.
Jane Addams Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 394 students in 2020-21 and 385 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Jane Addams Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89
- Stevenson Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
- Melrose Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Irving Middle SchoolMiddle · 515 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
Other schools in Melrose Park
- Mannheim Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Stevenson Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
- Melrose Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
Other Jane Addams Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 2 states are named Jane Addams Elementary. Jane Addams Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolPalatine, IL · 567 students
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolMoline, IL · 299 students
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolSpringfield, IL · 243 students
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolREDFORD, MI · 297 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School0.5 mi · 431
- Melrose Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 602
- Stevenson Middle School0.7 mi · 682
- Washington Dual Language Academy1.2 mi · 346
- Emerson Elementary School1.3 mi · 364
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary School1.4 mi · 229
Frequently asked questions
About Jane Addams Elementary SchoolHow large is Jane Addams Elementary School?
Jane Addams Elementary School enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
Is Jane Addams Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jane Addams Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Jane Addams Elementary School have?
Jane Addams Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
How diverse is Jane Addams Elementary School?
Jane Addams Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 86% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Jane Addams Elementary School?
Jane Addams Elementary School is overseen by Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.