Norwood Park Elem School

Norwood Park Elem School, an intimate K-5 school in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, hosts 314 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Norwood Park Elem School is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that teaches 324,396 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Norwood Park Elem School logs that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Norwood Park Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.4%; this one delivers 57.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Norwood Park Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Onahan Elem School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Norwood Park Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Norwood Park Elem School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.0%.

Norwood Park Elem School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Norwood Park Elem School's enrollment has shrank 28% since 2018, when it stood at 434 (now 314). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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