Enrollment
304
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLWOOD SD 88·NCES 170576000250
McKinley Elementary School
3317 Butterfield Rd, Bellwood, IL 60104 · (708) 410-3600 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
300 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 48% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
McKinley Elementary School→Roosevelt Middle School
Based on grade levels within Bellwood SD 88. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
34.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.7pp since 2023
Math
20.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 20.8% |
| 2023-24 | 16.8% | 5.2% |
% 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
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 McKinley Elementary School
McKinley Elementary School's state test result (22.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Elementary School this school | 304 | 98.7% | 22.5% |
| Taft School Harvey | 308 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Madison School South Holland | 277 | 99.6% | 34.5% |
| Eisenhower School South Holland | 274 | 99.6% | 34.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Bellwood | 310 | 99.4% | 26.0% |
| OToole Elementary School Chicago | 309 | 93.9% | 15.7% |
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 McKinley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #1,525 of 1,925 | #517 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #1,574 of 2,077 ▲ 276 | #523 of 829 ▲ 162 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #1,536 of 2,077 ▲ 141 | #551 of 829 ▲ 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #1,514 of 2,419 | #627 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,722 of 2,035 | #717 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #838 of 2,042 | #302 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #52 of 2,132 | #33 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #406 of 1,461 | #243 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
304
-47 (-13%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 468
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 | 304 | 19 | 16.0:1 | 99% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 21.7 | 15.7:1 | 100% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 25.5 | 14.6:1 | 99% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 100% (384) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 25 | 14.9:1 | 58% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 85% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 24 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 25 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (385 to 304); teachers down 21% (24 to 19).
About McKinley Elementary School
Located in Bellwood, Illinois, McKinley Elementary School is a small elementary school. It reported 304 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
The Bellwood SD 88 system has 6 schools and 1,998 students.
More than half of the students at McKinley Elementary School are Black (58%). The next largest groups are 37% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. In Cook County overall, about 22% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.
A staff of 19 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.0:1. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 2.1 students per teacher. By family income, 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, McKinley Elementary School is 8.0 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 22.5% actual, 14.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
In Cook County, home to about 5,182,090 people, median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, McKinley Elementary School among them.
McKinley Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Roosevelt Middle School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 22.8% on proficiency, and McKinley Elementary School is below that at 22.5%.
McKinley Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% drop, from 351 to 304.
McKinley Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Bellwood SD 88
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 614 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 178 students
- Grant PrimaryElementary
Other schools in Bellwood
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 614 students
- Jefferson Primary SchoolElementary · 380 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 178 students
Other McKinley Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 19 states are named McKinley Elementary. McKinley Elementary School is the 39th largest of the 56.
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElgin, IL · 395 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolOttawa, IL · 364 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolSouth Holland, IL · 176 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 917 students
- McKinley ElementaryStockton, CA · 705 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Middle School0.5 mi · 614
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary School0.5 mi · 229
- Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 178
- Jefferson Primary School0.8 mi · 380
- Lincoln Elementary School0.8 mi · 310
- Grant Elementary School0.9 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley Elementary SchoolHow large is McKinley Elementary School?
McKinley Elementary School enrolls approximately 304 students in grades KG-05.
Is McKinley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
McKinley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does McKinley Elementary School have?
McKinley Elementary School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at McKinley Elementary School?
At McKinley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 37% Hispanic, 58% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is McKinley Elementary School public or private?
McKinley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bellwood SD 88.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.