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Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CICERO SD 99·NCES 171020001242
Sherlock Elementary School
5347 W 22nd Pl, Cicero, IL 60804 · (708) 652-8885 · Cook County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
481 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (79).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
Sherlock Elementary School→Unity Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Cicero SD 99. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
31.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
24.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 31 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.3% | 24.8% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 15.8% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Sherlock Elementary School
Sherlock Elementary School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherlock Elementary School this school | 583 | 82.5% | 28.3% |
| Calmeca Academy Elementary School Chicago | 605 | 82.6% | 18.1% |
| Schubert Elementary School Chicago | 568 | 80.3% | 18.9% |
| Goodwin Elementary School Cicero | 502 | 82.1% | 26.0% |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary School Cicero | 622 | 86.2% | 23.9% |
| Pasteur Elementary School Chicago | 620 | 86.1% | 51.6% |
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 Sherlock Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #1,328 of 1,925 | #428 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #1,465 of 2,077 ▼ 97 | #465 of 829 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #1,630 of 2,077 ▼ 329 | #593 of 829 ▼ 143 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #302 of 2,419 | #167 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,861 of 2,035 | #765 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.4% | #1,992 of 2,042 | #787 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.5% | #459 of 2,132 | #317 of 804 |
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
583
+35 (+6%) vs 2020
+71% since 1990-91, when it was 340
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 | 583 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 83% (481) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 32.9 | 17.6:1 | 66% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 84% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 233 | 13 | 17.9:1 | 90% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | 16 | 22.8:1 | 79% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 375 | 22 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 340 | 19 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherlock Elementary School.
About Sherlock Elementary School
Sherlock Elementary School is a large elementary school in Illinois, with an address in Cicero. It offers pre-K through 6 and has 583 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 53% higher.
The district, Cicero SD 99, operates 15 schools serving 8,664 students.
Sherlock Elementary School is 97% Hispanic by enrollment. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Cook County's population at about 27%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sherlock Elementary School scores 5%.
Staffing at Sherlock Elementary School comes to 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. Sherlock Elementary School counts 83% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 17 points above the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Sherlock Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.3% is 4.5 points above the 23.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Cook County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include Sherlock Elementary School.
The closest school to Sherlock Elementary School is Unity Jr High School, located about 0.2 miles away. Sherlock Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Sherlock Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 28.3% against a local average of 24.8%.
Under the NCES locale system, Sherlock Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 583, up from 548 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 Cicero SD 99
- Unity Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,919 students
- Abe Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Warren Park SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Cicero West Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Columbus West Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
Other schools in Cicero
- J Sterling Morton East High SchoolHigh · 3,394 students
- Unity Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,919 students
- J Sterling Morton Freshman CntrHigh · 941 students
- Abe Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Warren Park SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
Nearby schools
- Unity Jr High School0.2 mi · 1,919
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary School0.4 mi · 622
- J Sterling Morton Freshman Cntr0.5 mi · 941
- Cicero West Elementary School0.5 mi · 557
- Cicero East Elementary School0.6 mi · 408
- J Sterling Morton East High School0.8 mi · 3,394
Frequently asked questions
About Sherlock Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sherlock Elementary School?
Sherlock Elementary School enrolls approximately 583 students in grades PK-06.
Is Sherlock Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sherlock Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Sherlock Elementary School have?
Sherlock Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sherlock Elementary School?
At Sherlock Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Is Sherlock Elementary School public or private?
Sherlock Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cicero SD 99.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.