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Enrollment
695
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CICERO SD 99·NCES 171020005153
Warren Park School
1225 S 60th Ct, Cicero, IL 60804 · (708) 780-2299 · Cook County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
659 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 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 118 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 35% smaller than its 6th grade class (118).
Student demographics
8%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
Warren Park 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
34.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.6pp since 2023
Math
29.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.2% | 29.2% |
| 2023-24 | 19.6% | 10.9% |
% 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
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Warren Park School
Warren Park School's state test result (29.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Park School this school | 695 | 94.8% | 29.0% |
| Nixon Elementary School Chicago | 672 | 94.9% | 16.4% |
| Abe Lincoln Elementary School Cicero | 717 | 92.2% | 36.3% |
| Cardenas Elementary School Chicago | 764 | 95.8% | 37.2% |
| Chavez Elementary Multicultural Academy Ct Chicago | 784 | 96.0% | 49.4% |
| Sandoval Elementary School Chicago | 736 | 91.7% | 29.5% |
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 Warren Park School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,300 of 1,925 | #412 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #1,309 of 2,077 ▲ 265 | #402 of 829 ▲ 132 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #1,545 of 2,077 ▲ 35 | #554 of 829 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #130 of 2,419 | #85 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #1,656 of 2,035 | #696 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.5% | #1,945 of 2,042 | #758 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.8% | #161 of 2,132 | #122 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #1,352 of 1,461 | #618 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
695
+66 (+10%) vs 2020
+96% since 1990-91, when it was 355
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 | 695 | 44.6 | 15.6:1 | 95% (659) |
| 2023-24 | 716 | 46.5 | 15.4:1 | 97% (698) |
| 2022-23 | 738 | 47.5 | 15.5:1 | 91% (670) |
| 2020-21 | 629 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 710 | 41.6 | 17.1:1 | 71% (503) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 19 | 18.5:1 | 74% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 311 | 14 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 355 | 13 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Warren Park School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (710 to 695); teachers up 7% (41.6 to 44.6).
About Warren Park School
Warren Park School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Cicero SD 99, located in Cicero, Illinois. The school has 695 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 82% above average.
Warren Park School is a school in Cicero SD 99. The district has 15 schools and 8,664 students.
Roughly 96% of students at Warren Park School are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 3% Black. County-wide, 27% of Cook County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 8%.
On staff are 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Warren Park School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 95%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
Warren Park School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 51% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Warren Park School would score about 16.8%. It scores 29.0%, 12.2 points above that figure.
In Cook County, home to about 5,182,090 people, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Warren Park School among them.
Warren Park School's closest public school neighbor is Daniel Burnham Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Warren Park School ranks 6th of 7 nearby schools, at 29.0% versus a 41.2% average.
Federal data place Warren Park 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.
A 10% rise took enrollment from 629 in 2020-21 to 695 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Warren Park School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Sherlock Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 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
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Sherlock Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
Nearby schools
- Daniel Burnham Elementary School0.2 mi · 185
- Clark G R Elementary School0.3 mi · 134
- Irving Elementary School0.5 mi · 509
- Karel Havlicek Elementary School0.6 mi · 490
- Lincoln Middle School0.7 mi · 793
- Plato Learning Academy Elementary School0.8 mi · 157
Frequently asked questions
About Warren Park SchoolHow many students attend Warren Park School?
Warren Park School enrolls approximately 695 students in grades PK-06.
Is Warren Park School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Warren Park School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Warren Park School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Warren Park School is approximately 15.6:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Warren Park School?
At Warren Park School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 96% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Warren Park School public or private?
Warren Park 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.