Northwest School

As a low-enrollment primary school in Evergreen Park, Illinois, Northwest School works with 242 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Evergreen Park ESD 124. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northwest School logs that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% White, 26% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Northwest School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.6%; this one delivers 51.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Northwest School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Central Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northwest School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northwest School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 38.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northwest School has decreased 22%, going from 310 students in 2018 to 242 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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