Roy Elem School

Set in Northlake, Illinois, Roy Elem School is a medium-sized elementary campus, run under Mannheim SD 83. It teaches 545 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 43% larger than typical.

Across the 5 schools in Mannheim SD 83 (2,338 students total), Roy Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Roy Elem School logs that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 9% White. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Roy Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.2%, the actual is 35.1%, a residual of -2.1 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Roy Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Whittier Primary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Roy Elem School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 31.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roy Elem School has declined 12%, going from 620 students in 2018 to 545 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 79% to 86% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.