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Enrollment
988
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000934
Lyon Elementary School
2941 N McVicker Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 · (773) 534-3120 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL988 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
762 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 38 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 116 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 126 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 130 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 46% smaller than its 8th grade class (130).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Lyon Elementary School→Steinmetz College Prep High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
48.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.3pp since 2023
Math
26.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 26.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 17.3% |
% 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Lyon Elementary School
Lyon Elementary School's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon Elementary School this school | 988 | 77.1% | 34.8% |
| Twain Elementary School Chicago | 850 | 74.6% | 43.3% |
| Gray Elementary School Chicago | 1,000 | 79.1% | 31.7% |
| Edwards Elementary School Chicago | 1,209 | 76.1% | 21.8% |
| Stevenson Elementary School Chicago | 1,206 | 84.8% | 29.0% |
| Camras Elementary School Chicago | 702 | 82.6% | 25.4% |
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 Lyon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #1,095 of 1,925 | #320 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #1,402 of 2,077 ▼ 101 | #437 of 829 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,069 of 2,077 ▼ 3 | #348 of 829 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 988 | #23 of 2,419 | #20 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,415 of 2,035 | #628 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.1% | #1,649 of 2,042 | #618 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.1% | #577 of 2,132 | #384 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.0% | #180 of 1,461 | #112 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
988
-236 (-19%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 630
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 | 988 | 68 | 14.5:1 | 77% (762) |
| 2023-24 | 980 | 72 | 13.6:1 | 87% (856) |
| 2022-23 | 1,052 | 71 | 14.8:1 | 86% (909) |
| 2020-21 | 1,224 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,411 | 72.1 | 19.6:1 | 93% (1,318) |
| 2015-16 | 1,474 | 75 | 19.6:1 | 95% (1,400) |
| 2010-11 | 1,353 | 61 | 22.2:1 | 93% (1,254) |
| 2000-01 | 1,762 | 77 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 630 | 33 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (1,411 to 988); teachers down 6% (72.1 to 68).
About Lyon Elementary School
Lyon Elementary School is one of the public schools in Chicago, Illinois. It is a large elementary school. The school had 988 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381, so this school runs 159% above that.
Lyon Elementary School is part of a district of 622 schools: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students.
Lyon Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 90% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 4% White and 2% Asian. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Cook County residents. By the diversity index, Lyon Elementary School comes in at 19%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1 at Lyon Elementary School, with 68 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 77%. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 27.0% at Lyon Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.8%.
Cook County census figures show that median household income is about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Lyon Elementary School is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
The shortest distance from Lyon Elementary School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Camras Elementary School. The five-mile area around Lyon Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 26.9%, lower than Lyon Elementary School's 34.8%.
Lyon Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Lyon Elementary School saw enrollment fall 19% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other Lyon Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lyon Elementary. Lyon Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Lyon Elementary SchoolGlenview, IL · 454 students
- LYON ELEMENTARYREPUBLIC, MO · 430 students
- Lyon Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 381 students
- Lyon ElementaryLYON, MS · 224 students
Nearby schools
- Camras Elementary School0.3 mi · 702
- Steinmetz College Prep High School0.4 mi · 1,230
- Chicago Academy Elementary School0.6 mi · 548
- Chicago Academy High School0.6 mi · 580
- Horizon Science Academy-Belmont0.7 mi · 785
- Belmont-Cragin Elementary School0.7 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Lyon Elementary SchoolHow large is Lyon Elementary School?
Lyon Elementary School enrolls approximately 988 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Lyon Elementary School serve?
Lyon Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Lyon Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Lyon Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lyon Elementary School?
At Lyon Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Lyon Elementary School public or private?
Lyon Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.