Richard Byrd Elementary School

Richard Byrd Elementary School operates as an intimate elementary campus in Burbank, Illinois, one of the schools within Burbank SD 111. Current enrollment sits at 266 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 30% smaller than typical.

Burbank SD 111 runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,257 students. Richard Byrd Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Richard Byrd Elementary School logs that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 21% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Richard Byrd Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Richard Byrd Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.1%; this one delivers 36.5%.

Around the school, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Richard Byrd Elementary School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Luther Burbank Elem School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Richard Byrd Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 32.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Richard Byrd Elementary School has shrank 22%, going from 343 students in 2018 to 266 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 36% to 21%.

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