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Enrollment
419
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNOYER SD 79·NCES 173120003250
Pennoyer Elementary School
5200 N Cumberland Ave, Norridge, IL 60706 · (708) 456-9094 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
34 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
199 students
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 | 33 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (42).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
54.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.1pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.6% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 31.4% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Pennoyer Elementary School
Pennoyer Elementary School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennoyer Elementary School this school | 419 | 47.5% | 45.0% |
| Madison Elementary School Lombard | 477 | 47.0% | 40.1% |
| Lincoln Prairie Elementary School Lake In The Hills | 479 | 51.8% | 60.8% |
| Edgar A Poe Elementary School Arlington Heights | 317 | 50.5% | 43.0% |
| Waterbury Elementary School Roselle | 415 | 39.3% | 45.5% |
| Clearmont Elementary School Elk Grove Village | 408 | 50.0% | 52.0% |
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 Pennoyer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #736 of 1,925 | #194 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,061 of 2,077 ▼ 296 | #314 of 829 ▼ 76 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #855 of 2,077 ▼ 137 | #265 of 829 ▼ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #914 of 2,419 | #395 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #660 of 2,035 | #311 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #878 of 2,042 | #318 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.5% | #1,368 of 2,132 | #624 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #1,359 of 1,461 | #620 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
419
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 311
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 | 419 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 47% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 31.1 | 14.0:1 | 51% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 48% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 20% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 23% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | 26 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 26 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 311 | 26 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pennoyer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (428 to 419); teachers up 17% (29 to 34).
About Pennoyer Elementary School
Pennoyer Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Norridge, Illinois. Total enrollment is 419 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 8.
Pennoyer Elementary School is part of Pennoyer SD 79.
At Pennoyer Elementary School, 66% of students are White. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 44% White share among all Cook County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
Staffing at Pennoyer Elementary School comes to 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.3:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 1.6 more students per teacher than here. Pennoyer Elementary School counts 47% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Pennoyer Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.0%, compared with a predicted 44.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Pennoyer Elementary School from the closest public school, Dirksen Elementary School. The five-mile area around Pennoyer Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Pennoyer Elementary School ranks 6th of 7 nearby schools, at 45.0% versus a 54.2% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 3% over 4 years, reaching 419 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Pennoyer Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Norridge
- Ridgewood Comm High SchoolHigh · 988 students
- J Leigh Elementary SchoolElementary · 612 students
- J Giles Elementary SchoolMiddle · 499 students
Nearby schools
- Dirksen Elementary School0.2 mi · 1,263
- J Leigh Elementary School0.7 mi · 612
- Oriole Park Elementary School1.3 mi · 617
- Ridgewood Comm High School1.5 mi · 988
- J Giles Elementary School1.6 mi · 499
- Washington Elementary School1.6 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Pennoyer Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pennoyer Elementary School?
Pennoyer Elementary School enrolls approximately 419 students in grades PK-08.
Is Pennoyer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pennoyer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pennoyer Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pennoyer Elementary School is approximately 12.3:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pennoyer Elementary School?
At Pennoyer Elementary School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Pennoyer Elementary School public or private?
Pennoyer Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pennoyer SD 79.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.