Enrollment
292
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERWYN SOUTH SD 100·NCES 170609005296
Piper School
2435 Kenilworth Ave, Berwyn, IL 60402 · (708) 795-2364 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
205 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
56.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +27.4pp since 2023
Math
42.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 27 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 42.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 30.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Piper School
Piper School's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piper School this school | 292 | 70.2% | 47.4% |
| Turner Elementary School West Chicago | 349 | 70.5% | 32.5% |
| Edison Elementary School Stickney | 282 | 74.1% | 43.5% |
| J B Kennedy Elementary School Burbank | 295 | 66.4% | 41.6% |
| Howe Elementary School Beach Park | 318 | 75.5% | 15.1% |
| Dan H Pietrini Elementary School Franklin Park | 242 | 67.8% | 45.2% |
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 Piper School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #667 of 1,925 | #177 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #886 of 2,077 ▼ 98 | #262 of 829 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #784 of 2,077 ▲ 433 | #246 of 829 ▲ 163 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #1,585 of 2,419 | #650 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,329 of 2,035 | #597 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.6% | #1,362 of 2,042 | #508 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.2% | #741 of 2,132 | #458 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #1,432 of 1,461 | #651 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
292
-40 (-12%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 203
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 | 292 | 20.4 | 14.3:1 | 70% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 276 | 19.9 | 13.9:1 | 71% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 20.2 | 14.2:1 | 75% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 20 | 14.7:1 | 76% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 302 | 25 | 12.1:1 | 76% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 84% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 344 | 20 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 203 | 8 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Piper School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (294 to 292); teachers up 2% (20 to 20.4).
About Piper School
Piper School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Berwyn, Illinois, (ZIP code 60402). The school's enrollment of 292 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 23% lower than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
Federal data list 8 schools in Berwyn South SD 100, with 3,050 students enrolled.
Most students at Piper School are Hispanic: 82% of enrollment. Other students are 10% White and 6% Black. That is higher than the 27% Hispanic share among all Cook County residents. By the diversity index, Piper School comes in at 32%.
Its teaching staff equals 20.4 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.3:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. Around 70% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Piper School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Piper School is in the top 10% of Illinois schools: 47.4% actual against 31.0% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
The closest public school, J Sterling Morton West High School, is about 0.2 miles from Piper School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Piper School is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 332 to 292.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Piper School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Berwyn South SD 100
- Freedom Middle SchoolMiddle · 504 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 447 students
- Pershing Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Hiawatha Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Komensky Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
Other schools in Berwyn
- J Sterling Morton West High SchoolHigh · 3,374 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 793 students
- Prairie Oak SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Freedom Middle SchoolMiddle · 504 students
- Karel Havlicek Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
Nearby schools
- J Sterling Morton West High School0.2 mi · 3,374
- Hiawatha Elementary School0.4 mi · 394
- Heritage Middle School0.7 mi · 447
- Emerson Elementary School0.7 mi · 260
- Komensky Elementary School0.7 mi · 320
- Freedom Middle School0.8 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About Piper SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Piper School?
Piper School enrolls approximately 292 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Piper School serve?
Piper School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Piper School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Piper School.
What is the student diversity at Piper School?
Student demographics at Piper School are roughly 10% White, 82% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Piper School in?
Piper School is part of Berwyn South SD 100.
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