Sunnyside Intermediate School

Sunnyside Intermediate School is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Berkeley, Illinois, operated by Berkeley SD 87. The school serves 344 students in grades 3 through 5.

Sunnyside Intermediate School is one of 6 schools operated by Berkeley SD 87, a district that hosts 2,147 students overall.

Demographically, Sunnyside Intermediate School shows that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 39% Black, 4% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sunnyside Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.5%, the actual is 22.6%, a residual of -2.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Sunnyside Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

MacArthur Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sunnyside Intermediate School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 21%: 437 students in 2018 compared to 344 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 46% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.