Washington Elem School

Located at 914 Ashland Ave, in Evanston, Illinois, Washington Elem School is a medium-sized elementary campus that enrolls 410 students (grades K through 5), part of Evanston CCSD 65.

Across the 16 schools in Evanston CCSD 65 (6,136 students total), Washington Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Washington Elem School logs that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 34% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Cook County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Washington Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.1%, the actual is 53.3%, a residual of +5.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Cook County shows 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. Washington Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Nichols Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Washington Elem School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.2%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 27%: 558 students in 2018 compared to 410 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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