Passow Elementary School

As a reasonably sized primary school in Franklin Park, Illinois, Passow Elementary School educates 387 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Franklin Park SD 84.

Across the 4 schools in Franklin Park SD 84 (1,254 students total), Passow Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Passow Elementary School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 19% White. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Passow Elementary School lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Passow Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 34.1%; actual is 60.8%, +26.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Passow Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hester Jr High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Passow Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Passow Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Passow Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 387). White enrollment moved from 32% to 19% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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