Park View Elem School

Park View Elem School is one of the expansive elementary schools in Morton Grove, Illinois, part of Morton Grove SD 70, with 885 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 132% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Operationally, Park View Elem School answers to Morton Grove SD 70, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Park View Elem School reports that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Park View Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 53.5%; Park View Elem School posts 70.8%, +17.3 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Park View Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Golf Middle School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Park View Elem School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 51.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Park View Elem School's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 913 (now 885). White enrollment moved from 49% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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