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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COOK COUNTY SD 130·NCES 170651000336

Paul Revere Intermediate School

12331 Gregory St, Blue Island, IL 60406 · (708) 385-4450 · Cook County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL180 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Illinois public elementary schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools

Enrollment
180
Elementary
DISTRICT 244 · STATE 381
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
143 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 49754%
Grade 58346%
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 69% · US 70%
White
127%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 45% · US 43%
Hispanic
13173%
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 29% · US 30%
Black
3620%
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Two+
11%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
9050%
Female
9050%

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Test scores

IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)
English Language Arts
33.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
16.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.2pp 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 16 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.

IAR + ISA results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2533.3%16.4%
2023-2428.2%10.2%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Paul Revere Intermediate School

Paul Revere Intermediate School's state test result (24.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Paul Revere Intermediate School this school18079.4%24.2%
Whittier Elementary School
Blue Island
15080.7%27.3%
Delacey Family Educ Center
Carpentersville
21085.7%N/A
Holmes Elementary School
Harvey
27077.8%13.4%
Walsh Elementary School
Chicago
24580.4%33.4%
Finkl Elementary School
Chicago
24087.9%21.0%
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 Paul Revere Intermediate School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IllinoisIn Cook County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
24.2%#1,470 of 1,925#487 of 760
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
16.4%#1,696 of 2,077
▼ 91
#583 of 829
▼ 31
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
33.3%#1,570 of 2,077
▼ 320
#562 of 829
▼ 142
Enrollment
ranked largest first
180#2,113 of 2,419#844 of 901
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
79.4%#521 of 2,132#357 of 804
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-25.0%#281 of 1,461#180 of 661
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 2024-25
Enrollment
180
-1 (-1%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 299
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2518011.316.0:179% (143)
2023-2417710.816.5:189% (157)
2022-2319515.512.6:191% (178)
2020-21181N/AN/AN/A
2017-182401318.5:179% (190)
2015-162221415.9:199% (219)
2010-112821617.6:191% (257)
2000-012251713.2:1N/A
1990-912991323.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paul Revere Intermediate School.

Since 2017-18: students down 25% (240 to 180); teachers down 13% (13 to 11.3).

About Paul Revere Intermediate School

Federal records list Paul Revere Intermediate School as an elementary school in Blue Island, Illinois. It covers grades 4 through 5, with a total enrollment of 180 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.

The 11 schools of Cook County SD 130, including Paul Revere Intermediate School, enroll 2,950 students.

Hispanic students make up a majority at Paul Revere Intermediate School, at 73%. The remaining shares are 20% Black and 7% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Cook County's population at about 27%. Paul Revere Intermediate School's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.

The school employs the equivalent of 11.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.0:1. That is 2.1 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Paul Revere Intermediate School is 79%. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, lower than here.

allk12 grades Paul Revere Intermediate School a C. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.

Paul Revere Intermediate School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 24.2%, compared with a predicted 25.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Paul Revere Intermediate School is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.

The nearest public school is Paul Revere Primary School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Paul Revere Intermediate School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.

NCES describes the area around Paul Revere Intermediate School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment went from 181 in 2020-21 to 180 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student.

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Cook County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Paul Revere Intermediate School
District
Cook County SD 130
Address
12331 Gregory St, Blue Island, IL 60406
Phone
(708) 385-4450
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
04–05
Total enrollment
180
Teachers (FTE)
11
Student–teacher ratio
16.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
143 (79%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
170651000336
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Cook County SD 130
Other schools in Blue Island
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Frequently asked questions

About Paul Revere Intermediate School
What is the total enrollment at Paul Revere Intermediate School?
Paul Revere Intermediate School enrolls approximately 180 students in grades 04-05.
What age range does Paul Revere Intermediate School serve?
Paul Revere Intermediate School serves students from grade 04 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Paul Revere Intermediate School have?
Paul Revere Intermediate School employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Paul Revere Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Paul Revere Intermediate School are roughly 7% White, 73% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Paul Revere Intermediate School in?
Paul Revere Intermediate School is part of Cook County SD 130.
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