Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANSTON CCSD 65·NCES 171446005537
Kingsley Elementary School
2300 Green Bay Rd, Evanston, IL 60201 · (847) 859-8401 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
103 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
64.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.6pp since 2023
Math
56.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.2% | 56.1% |
| 2023-24 | 51.6% | 53.5% |
% 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Kingsley Elementary School
Kingsley Elementary School's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsley Elementary School this school | 334 | 30.8% | 57.2% |
| Lincolnwood Elementary School Evanston | 288 | 34.7% | 63.0% |
| Shiloh Elementary School Shiloh | 245 | 31.0% | 51.7% |
| N O Nelson Elementary School Edwardsville | 347 | 33.4% | N/A |
| Madison Elementary School Wheaton | 360 | 24.7% | 69.0% |
| Goodrich Elementary School Woodridge | 397 | 30.2% | 50.0% |
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 Kingsley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #387 of 1,925 | #117 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #505 of 2,077 ▼ 252 | #156 of 829 ▼ 63 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #530 of 2,077 ▼ 96 | #183 of 829 ▼ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #1,346 of 2,419 | #558 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #745 of 2,035 | #355 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #504 of 2,042 | #193 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.8% | #1,761 of 2,132 | #711 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #693 of 1,461 | #368 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
334
-32 (-9%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 449
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 | 334 | 26.6 | 12.6:1 | 31% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 30.9 | 11.1:1 | 37% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 28.5 | 11.9:1 | 38% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 28.1 | 13.9:1 | 29% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 28% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 27 | 13.5:1 | 33% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 32 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kingsley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (390 to 334); teachers down 5% (28.1 to 26.6).
About Kingsley Elementary School
Kingsley Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Evanston, Illinois. Enrolled students number 334 students, in kindergarten through 5.
The 16 schools of Evanston CCSD 65, including Kingsley Elementary School, enroll 6,136 students.
White students are the majority at Kingsley Elementary School, with 54% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 27% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 11 points above the 44% share among Cook County residents. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.6:1, with 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Kingsley Elementary School is 31%. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Kingsley Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.2%; the prediction is 53.7%.
Within Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
The school nearest to Kingsley Elementary School is Haven Middle School, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Kingsley Elementary School ranks 7th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at Kingsley Elementary School dropped 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 366 to 334 students.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Evanston CCSD 65
- Haven Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
- Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Chute Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine ArtsElementary · 421 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Oakton Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
Other schools in Evanston
- Evanston Twp High SchoolHigh · 3,560 students
- Haven Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
- Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Chute Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine ArtsElementary · 421 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
Other Kingsley Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 4 states are named Kingsley Elementary. Kingsley Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 9.
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolNaperville, IL · 415 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolDowners Grove, IL · 359 students
- Kingsley ElementaryPomona, CA · 656 students
- Kingsley ElementaryMontclair, CA · 494 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolDunwoody, GA · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Haven Middle School0.1 mi · 660
- Lincolnwood Elementary School0.7 mi · 288
- Orrington Elementary School0.9 mi · 225
- Evanston Twp High School1.0 mi · 3,560
- Dewey Elementary School1.0 mi · 321
- Willard Elementary School1.2 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Kingsley Elementary SchoolHow large is Kingsley Elementary School?
Kingsley Elementary School enrolls approximately 334 students in grades KG-05.
Is Kingsley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kingsley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Kingsley Elementary School have?
Kingsley Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kingsley Elementary School?
At Kingsley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 6% Hispanic, 27% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Kingsley Elementary School?
Kingsley Elementary School is overseen by Evanston CCSD 65 in Cook County.
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