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If you had an hour of school board time for Otis P Graves Elem School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
562
Elementary
DISTRICT 247 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMMIT SD 104·NCES 170405000091
Otis P Graves Elementary School
6021 S 74th Ave, Summit, IL 60501 · (708) 458-7260 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
545 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 147 | 26% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Otis P Graves Elementary School→Heritage Middle School
Based on grade levels within Summit SD 104. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
33.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.8pp since 2023
Math
34.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +24.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.1% | 34.9% |
| 2023-24 | 12.3% | 10.6% |
% 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
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 →
Schools most like Otis P Graves Elementary School
Otis P Graves Elementary School's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otis P Graves Elementary School this school | 562 | 97.0% | 27.2% |
| Whitney Elementary School Chicago | 559 | 94.6% | 22.2% |
| McCormick Elementary School Chicago | 502 | 96.6% | 18.3% |
| Hamline Elementary School Chicago | 582 | 97.9% | 12.9% |
| Hedges Elementary School Chicago | 502 | 95.6% | 17.0% |
| Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elementary School Chicago | 508 | 93.1% | 19.6% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Otis P Graves Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #1,376 of 1,925 | #447 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #1,117 of 2,077 ▲ 468 | #336 of 829 ▲ 206 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #1,582 of 2,077 ▲ 275 | #567 of 829 ▲ 162 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #354 of 2,419 | #188 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,014 of 2,035 | #463 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.3% | #1,968 of 2,042 | #770 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.0% | #97 of 2,132 | #72 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.5% | #317 of 615 | #91 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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
562
+128 (+29%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 435
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 | 562 | 42.1 | 13.3:1 | 97% (545) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 39.2 | 14.1:1 | 82% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 37.1 | 12.6:1 | 64% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 34.8 | 14.9:1 | 88% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 28 | 18.7:1 | 84% (440) |
| 2010-11 | 535 | 28 | 19.1:1 | 66% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 35 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 27 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Otis P Graves Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (518 to 562); teachers up 21% (34.8 to 42.1).
About Otis P Graves Elementary School
Otis P Graves Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Summit, Illinois. The school serves 562 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 48% larger than that.
Otis P Graves Elementary School is one school in Summit SD 104, a system of 5 schools with 1,435 students.
Otis P Graves Elementary School's enrollment is 97% Hispanic. Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Otis P Graves Elementary School's diversity index is 6%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 13.3:1 comes from the school's 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The lunch program counts 97% of students at Otis P Graves Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
A school with Otis P Graves Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 15.5%. Otis P Graves Elementary School scores 27.2%, 11.7 points above that line.
Among Cook County residents, the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Otis P Graves Elementary School, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Heritage Middle School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Otis P Graves Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 27.2% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has grown by 128 students since 2020-21, to 562.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Otis P Graves Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Summit SD 104
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 447 students
- Walsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 182 students
- W W Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 130 students
- Dr Donald Wharton Elementary SchoolElementary · 114 students
Other schools in Summit
- Argo Community High SchoolHigh · 1,817 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 447 students
- Walsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 182 students
- Dr Donald Wharton Elementary SchoolElementary · 114 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage Middle School0.0 mi · 447
- Argo Community High School0.4 mi · 1,817
- Walsh Elementary School0.5 mi · 182
- Dr Donald Wharton Elementary School0.6 mi · 114
- Dore Elementary School0.7 mi · 745
- Blair Early Childhood Center0.9 mi · 164
Frequently asked questions
About Otis P Graves Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Otis P Graves Elementary School?
Otis P Graves Elementary School enrolls approximately 562 students in grades PK-05.
Is Otis P Graves Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Otis P Graves Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Otis P Graves Elementary School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Otis P Graves Elementary School.
How diverse is Otis P Graves Elementary School?
Otis P Graves Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Otis P Graves Elementary School?
Otis P Graves Elementary School is overseen by Summit SD 104 in Cook County.
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