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Enrollment
423
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANDRIDGE SD 172·NCES 173534003690
Sandridge Elementary School
2950 Glenwood Dyer Rd, Lynwood, IL 60411 · (708) 895-8339 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Illinois public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.9:1
25 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
28 students
STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 50% larger than its 8th grade class (38).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
18.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
13.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.9% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.1% | 6.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-53.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 68% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Sandridge Elementary School
Sandridge Elementary School's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandridge Elementary School this school | 423 | 6.6% | 14.2% |
| Burr Oak Academy Calumet Park | 289 | 6.2% | N/A |
| Wilson Elementary School Calumet City | 349 | 16.3% | N/A |
| Bronzeville Classical Elementary School Chicago | 458 | 16.6% | 83.7% |
| Galapagos Rockford Charter School Rockford | 384 | 24.7% | 20.8% |
| Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter Rockford | 234 | 19.7% | 25.1% |
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 Sandridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #1,776 of 1,925 | #674 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #1,799 of 2,077 ▼ 1 | #648 of 829 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,943 of 2,077 ▼ 149 | #771 of 829 ▼ 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #893 of 2,419 | #387 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,840 of 2,035 | #759 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #1,011 of 2,042 | #371 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.6% | #2,113 of 2,132 | #798 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.3% | #99 of 615 | #25 of 186 |
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
423
+85 (+25%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 293
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 | 423 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 7% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 22 | 18.6:1 | 51% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 27 | 15.1:1 | 17% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 346 | 24.6 | 14.1:1 | 68% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 24 | 14.4:1 | 55% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 76% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 21 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 293 | 16 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (346 to 423); teachers up 2% (24.6 to 25).
About Sandridge Elementary School
Sandridge Elementary School is an elementary school in Lynwood, Illinois, according to federal school records. Enrollment stands at 423 students, covering pre-K through 8.
Sandridge Elementary School is part of Sandridge SD 172.
Black students are 71% of those enrolled at Sandridge Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 6% White, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Cook County's population at about 22%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.9 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. The school reported 7% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
Sandridge Elementary School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 1% of Illinois public elementary schools.
In Illinois, Sandridge Elementary School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 14.2% compared with a predicted 67.7%.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Sandridge Elementary School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Protsman Elementary School, is about 1.7 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Sandridge Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose 25% over 4 years, reaching 423 in 2024-25.
People who know Sandridge Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Nearby schools
- Protsman Elementary School1.7 mi · 614
- Heritage Middle School1.9 mi · 500
- Wagoner Elementary School2.0 mi · 466
- Nathan Hale Elementary School2.1 mi · 525
- Rickover Jr High School2.3 mi · 371
- Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr2.3 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About Sandridge Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sandridge Elementary School?
Sandridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 423 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Sandridge Elementary School serve?
Sandridge Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Sandridge Elementary School?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Sandridge Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Sandridge Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sandridge Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 16% Hispanic, 71% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sandridge Elementary School in?
Sandridge Elementary School is part of Sandridge SD 172.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.