Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERWYN SOUTH SD 100·NCES 170609000292
Komensky Elementary School
2515 Cuyler Ave, Berwyn, IL 60402 · (708) 795-2342 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
274 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 | 49 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
19%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
36.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
31.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 37 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.5% | 31.4% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 14.0% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Komensky Elementary School
Komensky Elementary School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Komensky Elementary School this school | 320 | 85.6% | 29.9% |
| J W Riley Intermediate School Northlake | 320 | 84.7% | 29.7% |
| Taylor Elementary School Chicago | 337 | 88.1% | 20.2% |
| Perez Elementary School Chicago | 291 | 84.2% | 33.7% |
| Namaste Elementary Charter School Chicago | 364 | 83.2% | 33.0% |
| Talman Elementary School Chicago | 332 | 89.8% | 39.2% |
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 Komensky Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #1,275 of 1,925 | #402 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #1,227 of 2,077 ▲ 208 | #375 of 829 ▲ 87 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,462 of 2,077 ▼ 172 | #518 of 829 ▼ 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #1,428 of 2,419 | #591 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #273 of 2,035 | #148 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.7% | #1,669 of 2,042 | #627 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #390 of 2,132 | #280 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #306 of 1,461 | #193 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
320
-20 (-6%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 287
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 | 320 | 29.3 | 10.9:1 | 86% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 29.8 | 10.5:1 | 84% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 29.7 | 10.6:1 | 88% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 36.1 | 11.7:1 | 85% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 39 | 11.8:1 | 74% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 88% (397) |
| 2000-01 | 352 | 24 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 287 | 13 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Komensky Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (423 to 320); teachers down 19% (36.1 to 29.3).
About Komensky Elementary School
Located in Berwyn, Illinois, Komensky Elementary School is a small elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 320 students.
Komensky Elementary School is one of the 8 schools that make up Berwyn South SD 100 (3,050 students in total).
Federal enrollment data show Komensky Elementary School is 90% Hispanic. The school is also 5% Black, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 27%. Komensky Elementary School's diversity index is 19%, against a US figure of 70%.
Komensky Elementary School counts 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.9 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 10.9:1 here. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
In Illinois, Komensky Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 29.9% actual against a predicted 22.1%.
Cook County has these Census figures: the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
The shortest distance from Komensky Elementary School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Hiawatha Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 29.9% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Komensky Elementary School dropped 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 340 to 320 students.
Community posts for Komensky Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 Berwyn South SD 100
- Freedom Middle SchoolMiddle · 504 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 447 students
- Pershing Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Hiawatha Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 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
Nearby schools
- Hiawatha Elementary School0.3 mi · 394
- J Sterling Morton East High School0.5 mi · 3,394
- Goodwin Elementary School0.5 mi · 502
- Freedom Middle School0.5 mi · 504
- Piper School0.7 mi · 292
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary School0.8 mi · 622
Frequently asked questions
About Komensky Elementary SchoolHow large is Komensky Elementary School?
Komensky Elementary School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades PK-05.
Is Komensky Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Komensky Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Komensky Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Komensky Elementary School is approximately 10.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Komensky Elementary School?
Student demographics at Komensky Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 90% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Komensky Elementary School?
Komensky Elementary School is overseen by Berwyn South SD 100 in Cook County.
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