Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 231 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORD HEIGHTS SD 169·NCES 171095001328
Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr
1101 E 10th St, Ford Heights, IL 60411 · (708) 758-2520 · Cook County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
293 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 62 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr→Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center
Based on grade levels within Ford Heights SD 169. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
16.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
6.3%
IL avg 37.9% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.5% | 6.3% |
| 2023-24 | 9.6% | 10.8% |
% 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
11.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 →
Where Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #1,855 of 1,925 | #725 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.3% | #2,007 of 2,077 | #780 of 829 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #1,989 of 2,077 | #792 of 829 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #1,506 of 2,419 | #624 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #2,017 of 2,035 | #811 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.7% | #1,980 of 2,042 | #779 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.8% | #126 of 2,132 | #98 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.8% | #197 of 615 | #52 of 186 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
306
+25 (+9%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 359
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 | 306 | 12 | 25.5:1 | 96% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 14.4 | 20.0:1 | 100% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 15 | 20.3:1 | 99% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 13.7 | 19.6:1 | 97% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 16 | 17.3:1 | 95% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 294 | 18 | 16.3:1 | 99% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 402 | 20 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 359 | 17 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr.
About Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr
Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr is one of the public schools in Ford Heights, Illinois. It is a small elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 4, with 306 students on the rolls.
Ford Heights SD 169 runs 2 schools with a combined 462 students. Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr, about 97 are Black. The school is also 3% Hispanic. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Cook County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 6%.
Its ratio of 25.5:1 is based on 12 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr would score about 16.2%. It scores 11.2%, 5.0 points below that figure.
For the population of Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr is about 0.7 miles from Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center, its nearest public school. Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr's average proficiency of 11.2% compares with 25.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
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.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 9%.
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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 Ford Heights SD 169
- Cottage Grove Upper Grade CenterMiddle · 156 students
Other schools in Ford Heights
- Cottage Grove Upper Grade CenterMiddle · 156 students
Nearby schools
- Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center0.7 mi · 156
- Wagoner Elementary School1.6 mi · 466
- Hickory Bend Elementary School1.9 mi · 277
- Bloom Trail High School2.0 mi · 1,218
- Brookwood Middle School2.1 mi · 231
- Lincoln Elementary School2.2 mi · 84
Frequently asked questions
About Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc CntrHow many students attend Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr?
Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr enrolls approximately 306 students in grades PK-04.
Is Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr an elementary, middle, or high school?
Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr have?
Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.5:1.
How diverse is Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr?
Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr reports a student body of 3% Hispanic, 97% Black.
What district is Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr in?
Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr is part of Ford Heights SD 169.
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