Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANNHEIM SD 83·NCES 172433002644
Scott Elementary School
2250 Scott St, Melrose Park, IL 60164 · (847) 455-4818 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
254 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Scott Elementary School→Mannheim Middle School
Based on grade levels within Mannheim SD 83. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
38.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.3pp since 2023
Math
25.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.8% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 18.5% | 12.0% |
% 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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Scott Elementary School
Scott Elementary School's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Elementary School this school | 385 | 66.0% | 27.7% |
| Clearview Elementary School Waukegan | 404 | 69.1% | 10.5% |
| Turner Elementary School West Chicago | 349 | 70.5% | 32.5% |
| CICS - Irving Park Campus Chicago | 453 | 68.0% | 38.9% |
| Whittier Elementary School Waukegan | 438 | 69.2% | 21.6% |
| Westdale Elementary School Northlake | 483 | 64.6% | 38.7% |
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 Scott Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #1,353 of 1,925 | #440 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #1,440 of 2,077 ▲ 91 | #454 of 829 ▲ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #1,392 of 2,077 ▲ 242 | #485 of 829 ▲ 122 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #1,079 of 2,419 | #455 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #153 of 2,035 | #92 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.6% | #1,531 of 2,042 | #573 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.0% | #847 of 2,132 | #496 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #794 of 1,461 | #413 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
385
-26 (-6%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 610
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 | 385 | 37.7 | 10.2:1 | 66% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 41.3 | 9.7:1 | 69% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 37.3 | 10.1:1 | 60% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 40.1 | 10.9:1 | 60% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 82% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 42 | 12.5:1 | 73% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 714 | 41 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 40 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scott Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (439 to 385); teachers down 6% (40.1 to 37.7).
About Scott Elementary School
Scott Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Melrose Park, Illinois. Enrolled students number 385 students, in kindergarten through 5.
Mannheim SD 83 runs Scott Elementary School along with 4 other schools, enrolling 2,338 students in total.
Scott Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 87% Hispanic. The school is also 8% White and 3% Black. That is higher than the 27% Hispanic share among all Cook County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Scott Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 24%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 10.2:1, with 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Scott Elementary School is 66%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is about the same, 66%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Scott Elementary School would be expected to post about 33.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.7%.
In Cook County (population about 5,182,090), median household income is 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%. Scott Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in Cook County, which together enroll about 697,934 students.
Nearby, Dan H Pietrini Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Scott Elementary School ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Scott Elementary School went from 411 students to 385.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Scott Elementary 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 Mannheim SD 83
- Mannheim Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Roy Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
- Westdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Mannheim Early Childhood CenterElementary · 157 students
- Enger SchoolElementary
Other schools in Melrose Park
- Mannheim Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Stevenson Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
- Melrose Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
Other Scott Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 6 states are named Scott Elementary. Scott Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 11.
- Scott Elementary SchoolScott Air Force Base, IL · 852 students
- Scott Elementary SchoolNaperville, IL · 435 students
- Scott Elementary SchoolMCKINNEY, TX · 587 students
- Scott Elementary SchoolGREELEY, CO · 566 students
- Scott Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 493 students
Nearby schools
- Dan H Pietrini Elementary School0.3 mi · 242
- Mannheim Middle School0.7 mi · 768
- Passow Elementary School0.8 mi · 387
- Hester Jr High School0.8 mi · 426
- Whittier Primary School0.9 mi · 368
- Roy Elementary School1.2 mi · 545
Frequently asked questions
About Scott Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Scott Elementary School?
Scott Elementary School enrolls approximately 385 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Scott Elementary School serve?
Scott Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Scott Elementary School?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Scott Elementary School.
How diverse is Scott Elementary School?
Scott Elementary School reports a student body of 8% White, 87% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Scott Elementary School in?
Scott Elementary School is part of Mannheim SD 83.
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