Pershing Elem School

Pershing Elem School operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Berwyn, Illinois, part of Berwyn South SD 100. Current enrollment sits at 418 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Berwyn South SD 100 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,050 students; Pershing Elem School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pershing Elem School logs that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 4% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Pershing Elem School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pershing Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.7%, the actual is 41.4%, a residual of +12.7 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Pershing Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Irving Elem School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pershing Elem School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Pershing Elem School's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 466 (now 418). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 85% to 91%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.