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Enrollment
605
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SKOKIE SD 69·NCES 173648003762
Thomas Edison Elementary School
8200 Gross Point Rd, Morton Grove, IL 60053 · (847) 966-6210 · Cook County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
360 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 215 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 183 | 30% |
| Grade 5 | 207 | 34% |
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
Thomas Edison Elementary School→Lincoln Jr High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Skokie SD 69. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
45.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.2pp since 2023
Math
42.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 42.1% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 25.2% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Thomas Edison Elementary School
Thomas Edison Elementary School's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Edison Elementary School this school | 605 | 59.5% | 41.3% |
| Madison Elementary School Skokie | 609 | 59.6% | N/A |
| Stone Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 553 | 60.8% | 62.7% |
| Devonshire Elementary School Skokie | 417 | 65.7% | 42.8% |
| Jamieson Elementary School Chicago | 825 | 67.6% | 47.0% |
| Washington Elementary School Glenview | 406 | 50.5% | 47.1% |
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 Thomas Edison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #873 of 1,925 | #230 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #902 of 2,077 ▲ 84 | #267 of 829 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #1,179 of 2,077 ▲ 9 | #388 of 829 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #269 of 2,419 | #152 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #945 of 2,035 | #433 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.6% | #15 of 2,042 | #6 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #1,029 of 2,132 | #545 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.4% | #184 of 615 | #50 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
605
+38 (+7%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 366
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 | 605 | 46 | 13.2:1 | 60% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 639 | 45.2 | 14.1:1 | 61% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 42 | 15.2:1 | 57% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 52% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 54% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 59% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 474 | 30 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 23 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Edison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (529 to 605); teachers up 21% (38 to 46).
About Thomas Edison Elementary School
Thomas Edison Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school, is located in Morton Grove, Illinois. Students in grades 3 through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 605 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
Skokie SD 69 oversees Thomas Edison Elementary School and 2 other schools, with 1,842 students in total.
About 31% of students at Thomas Edison Elementary School are Asian, the largest single group. It is also 30% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 9% Black. Cook County's residents are about 8% Asian, 24 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 76, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 46 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Thomas Edison Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 60%.
Test results at Thomas Edison Elementary School are 4.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (41.3% actual, 37.1% predicted).
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Thomas Edison Elementary School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Niles West High School is about 0.5 miles from Thomas Edison Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Thomas Edison Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 57.3% proficiency; Thomas Edison Elementary School posts 41.3%.
Federal data place Thomas Edison Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Thomas Edison Elementary School had a net gain of 38 students, or 7%.
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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 Skokie SD 69
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
Other schools in Morton Grove
- Park View Elementary SchoolElementary · 885 students
- Melzer SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Hynes Elementary SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Golf Middle SchoolMiddle · 306 students
- Julia S Molloy Education CenterCombined
- NTDSE Sat ProgramElementary
Other Thomas Edison Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Thomas Edison Elementary. Thomas Edison Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Thomas Edison ElementaryGlendale, CA · 859 students
- Thomas Edison ElementaryBurbank, CA · 432 students
- Thomas Edison ElementaryDaly City, CA · 294 students
Nearby schools
- Niles West High School0.5 mi · 2,646
- Madison Elementary School0.5 mi · 609
- Lincoln Jr High School0.7 mi · 628
- Park View Elementary School1.3 mi · 885
- Jane Stenson School1.3 mi · 365
- Fairview South Elementary School1.4 mi · 718
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Edison Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas Edison Elementary School?
Thomas Edison Elementary School enrolls approximately 605 students in grades 03-05.
Is Thomas Edison Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thomas Edison Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Thomas Edison Elementary School have?
Thomas Edison Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thomas Edison Elementary School?
At Thomas Edison Elementary School, the student body is approximately 30% White, 19% Hispanic, 9% Black, 31% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Thomas Edison Elementary School?
Thomas Edison Elementary School is overseen by Skokie SD 69 in Cook County.
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