Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY SD 87·NCES 170600000282
Sunnyside Intermediate School
5412 Saint Charles Rd, Berkeley, IL 60163 · (708) 449-3170 · Cook County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
274 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 106 | 31% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 36% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
28.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
23.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.2% | 23.4% |
| 2023-24 | 10.2% | 11.1% |
% 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
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Sunnyside Intermediate School
Sunnyside Intermediate School's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside Intermediate School this school | 344 | 79.7% | 22.6% |
| Jefferson Primary School Bellwood | 380 | 75.3% | N/A |
| West Elementary School Zion | 339 | 84.4% | 11.7% |
| Beulah Park Elementary School Zion | 289 | 82.0% | N/A |
| George Washington Elementary School Alsip | 270 | 81.9% | 25.6% |
| Hearst Elementary School Chicago | 285 | 84.6% | 15.2% |
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 Sunnyside Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #1,521 of 1,925 | #516 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #1,499 of 2,077 ▲ 66 | #487 of 829 ▲ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #1,707 of 2,077 ▲ 209 | #630 of 829 ▲ 133 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #1,290 of 2,419 | #532 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #199 of 2,035 | #120 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #769 of 2,042 | #277 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #515 of 2,132 | #354 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #397 of 1,461 | #241 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
344
-62 (-15%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 330
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 | 344 | 32.7 | 10.5:1 | 80% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 31.7 | 11.3:1 | 78% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 34.5 | 10.9:1 | 72% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 28.3 | 15.4:1 | 80% (350) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 72% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 62% (310) |
| 2000-01 | 468 | 25 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 330 | 18 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunnyside Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (437 to 344); teachers up 15% (28.3 to 32.7).
About Sunnyside Intermediate School
Sunnyside Intermediate School is one of the public schools in Berkeley, Illinois. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 344 students in grades 3 through 5.
Berkeley SD 87 runs 6 schools with a combined 2,147 students. Sunnyside Intermediate School is one of them.
A majority of students at Sunnyside Intermediate School, 55%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 39% Black and 4% White. The school's Hispanic share is 28 points above the 27% share among Cook County residents. By the diversity index, Sunnyside Intermediate School comes in at 55%.
Sunnyside Intermediate School counts 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.5 students for each one. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. About 80% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Sunnyside Intermediate School would score about 25.5%. It scores 22.6%, 2.9 points below that figure.
County data help place the school in context: in Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
The nearest public school is MacArthur Middle School, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Sunnyside Intermediate School is 8th among 8 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, Sunnyside Intermediate School is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Sunnyside Intermediate School went from 406 students to 344.
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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 Berkeley SD 87
- Jefferson Primary SchoolElementary · 380 students
- Northlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 378 students
- Whittier Primary SchoolElementary · 368 students
- MacArthur Middle SchoolMiddle · 357 students
- J W Riley Intermediate SchoolElementary · 320 students
Nearby schools
- MacArthur Middle School0.1 mi · 357
- Jefferson Primary School0.8 mi · 380
- Northlake Middle School1.0 mi · 378
- J W Riley Intermediate School1.0 mi · 320
- Edison Elementary School1.2 mi · 318
- Sandburg Middle School1.2 mi · 633
Frequently asked questions
About Sunnyside Intermediate SchoolHow large is Sunnyside Intermediate School?
Sunnyside Intermediate School enrolls approximately 344 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Sunnyside Intermediate School serve?
Sunnyside Intermediate School serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunnyside Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunnyside Intermediate School is approximately 10.5:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sunnyside Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Sunnyside Intermediate School are roughly 4% White, 55% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Sunnyside Intermediate School in?
Sunnyside Intermediate School is part of Berkeley SD 87.
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