Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURBANK SD 111·NCES 173681003794
Richard Byrd Elementary School
8259 Lavergne Ave, Burbank, IL 60459 · (708) 499-3049 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
163 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Richard Byrd Elementary School→Liberty Junior High School
Based on grade levels within Burbank SD 111. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
56.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +29.9pp since 2023
Math
28.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 30 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 21.9% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Richard Byrd Elementary School
Richard Byrd Elementary School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Byrd Elementary School this school | 266 | 61.3% | 36.5% |
| Harry E Fry School Burbank | 268 | 65.7% | 36.8% |
| West Oak Intermediate School Mundelein | 268 | 59.7% | 31.6% |
| Orchard Place Elementary School Des Plaines | 258 | 66.3% | 32.1% |
| J B Kennedy Elementary School Burbank | 295 | 66.4% | 41.6% |
| Sunnydale Elementary School Streamwood | 263 | 64.3% | 38.9% |
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 Richard Byrd Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,044 of 1,925 | #295 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #1,338 of 2,077 ▼ 232 | #410 of 829 ▼ 81 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #799 of 2,077 ▲ 522 | #251 of 829 ▲ 212 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #1,738 of 2,419 | #716 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,292 of 2,035 | #578 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #1,075 of 2,042 | #400 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.3% | #970 of 2,132 | #527 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #369 of 1,461 | #225 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
266
+34 (+15%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 367
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 | 266 | 18.8 | 14.2:1 | 61% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 17.3 | 14.0:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 230 | 17.9 | 12.8:1 | 62% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 232 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 22.8 | 15.0:1 | 68% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 323 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 67% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 309 | 23 | 13.4:1 | 61% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 22 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 20 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard Byrd Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (343 to 266); teachers down 18% (22.8 to 18.8).
About Richard Byrd Elementary School
Richard Byrd Elementary School is a small elementary school for students in Burbank, Illinois. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 266 students. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 30% below average.
Burbank SD 111 enrolls 3,257 students in 8 schools, including Richard Byrd Elementary School.
At Richard Byrd Elementary School, 72% of students are Hispanic. It is also 21% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 27% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Richard Byrd Elementary School scores 43%.
A staff of 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 13.9:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 61%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Richard Byrd Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 36.5% actual, 36.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. 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%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Measured in a straight line, Luther Burbank Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Richard Byrd Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 36.5% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 266, up from 232 in 2020-21.
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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 Burbank SD 111
- Liberty Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,087 students
- Luther Burbank Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Maddock Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
- Edward J Tobin Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- J B Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
- Harry E Fry SchoolElementary · 268 students
Other schools in Burbank
- Reavis High SchoolHigh · 1,930 students
- Liberty Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,087 students
- Luther Burbank Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Maddock Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
- Edward J Tobin Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- J B Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Luther Burbank Elementary School0.6 mi · 453
- Stevenson Elementary School0.8 mi · 1,206
- Durkin Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 679
- Hometown Elementary School1.0 mi · 338
- J B Kennedy Elementary School1.1 mi · 295
- J Covington Elementary School1.2 mi · 470
Frequently asked questions
About Richard Byrd Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Richard Byrd Elementary School?
Richard Byrd Elementary School enrolls approximately 266 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Richard Byrd Elementary School serve?
Richard Byrd Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Richard Byrd Elementary School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Richard Byrd Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Richard Byrd Elementary School?
At Richard Byrd Elementary School, the student body is approximately 21% White, 72% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Richard Byrd Elementary School public or private?
Richard Byrd Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Burbank SD 111.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.