Northeast Elem School

Northeast Elem School is a moderately sized primary school in Evergreen Park, Illinois, overseen by Evergreen Park ESD 124. The school teaches 329 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 5 schools in Evergreen Park ESD 124 (1,735 students total), Northeast Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Northeast Elem School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 36% Black, 10% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Northeast Elem School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Northeast Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Northeast Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.0%, the actual is 34.0%, a residual of -7.0 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Northeast Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Central Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northeast Elem School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 323 students in 2018 compared to 329 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 41% to 49%.

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