Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 244 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COOK COUNTY SD 130·NCES 170651004251
Paul Revere Primary School
2300 123rd Pl, Blue Island, IL 60406 · (708) 489-3533 · Cook County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
266 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 27% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
38.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.7pp since 2023
Math
24.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 20.0% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Primary School
Paul Revere Primary School's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Revere Primary School this school | 318 | 83.6% | 27.9% |
| Hearst Elementary School Chicago | 285 | 84.6% | 15.2% |
| West Elementary School Zion | 339 | 84.4% | 11.7% |
| Sabin Elementary Magnet School Chicago | 354 | 86.7% | 12.8% |
| Elmwood Elementary School Zion | 336 | 87.5% | 13.3% |
| Lowell Elementary School Chicago | 311 | 88.7% | 19.3% |
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 Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #1,344 of 1,925 | #438 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #1,484 of 2,077 ▼ 301 | #478 of 829 ▼ 118 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,413 of 2,077 ▲ 26 | #495 of 829 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #1,438 of 2,419 | #596 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,385 of 2,035 | #618 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.8% | #1,044 of 2,042 | #387 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #431 of 2,132 | #300 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #754 of 1,461 | #397 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 2024-25Enrollment
318
-28 (-8%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 501
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 | 318 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 84% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 88% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 90% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 346 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 51% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 87% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 90% (452) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paul Revere Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (366 to 318); teachers down 15% (26 to 22).
About Paul Revere Primary School
Paul Revere Primary School, a low-enrollment elementary school, is located in Blue Island, Illinois. There are 318 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 3.
Paul Revere Primary School reports to Cook County SD 130, which has 11 schools and 2,950 students.
The largest group at Paul Revere Primary School is Hispanic students, at 70%. Other students are 26% Black and 3% White. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 27% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Paul Revere Primary School scores 45%.
Based on 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, Paul Revere Primary School has a ratio of 14.4:1. That is in line with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 84%. That is 18 points above the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Paul Revere Primary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of Illinois public elementary schools.
A school with Paul Revere Primary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 23.2%. Paul Revere Primary School scores 27.9%, 4.7 points above that line.
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Paul Revere Primary School among them.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Paul Revere Intermediate School, is the closest to Paul Revere Primary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Paul Revere Primary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
An 8% decrease took enrollment from 346 in 2020-21 to 318 in 2024-25.
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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 Cook County SD 130
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 361 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Nathan Hale Middle SchoolMiddle · 334 students
- Nathan Hale Primary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Everett F Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 304 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other schools in Blue Island
- DD Eisenhower High School (Campus)High · 1,818 students
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 361 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Everett F Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 304 students
- Horace Mann SchoolElementary · 182 students
- Paul Revere Intermediate SchoolElementary · 180 students
Nearby schools
- Paul Revere Intermediate School0.0 mi · 180
- Veterans Memorial Middle School0.3 mi · 361
- Everett F Kerr Middle School0.8 mi · 304
- Whittier Elementary School1.0 mi · 150
- Burr Oak Academy1.0 mi · 289
- Burr Oak Elementary School1.0 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About Paul Revere Primary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Paul Revere Primary School?
Paul Revere Primary School enrolls approximately 318 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Paul Revere Primary School serve?
Paul Revere Primary School serves grades KG-03.
How many students per teacher at Paul Revere Primary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Paul Revere Primary School.
What is the student diversity at Paul Revere Primary School?
Student demographics at Paul Revere Primary School are roughly 3% White, 70% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Paul Revere Primary School in?
Paul Revere Primary School is part of Cook County SD 130.
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