Orrington Elem School

Set in Evanston, Illinois, Orrington Elem School is a cozy primary school, overseen by Evanston CCSD 65. It serves 225 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Across the 16 schools in Evanston CCSD 65 (6,136 students total), Orrington Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Orrington Elem School shows that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 15% Black, 15% Asian, 12% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Orrington Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.7%, the actual is 72.5%, a residual of +12.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orrington Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Kingsley Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orrington Elem School. On composite proficiency, Orrington Elem School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 61.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 46%: 418 students in 2018 compared to 225 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 63% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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