Washington Elementary School

Schiller Park, Illinois, is home to Washington Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school runs grades 4 through 5 and enrolls 267 students. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 30% lower.

Federal data list 3 schools in Schiller Park SD 81, with 1,344 students enrolled.

The largest racial or ethnic group at Washington Elementary School is Hispanic, with 49% of students. The remaining shares are 42% White and 5% Asian. Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.

Teacher count: 26.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.0:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Roughly 72% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

The BeatsExpectations prediction for Washington Elementary School is 30.2%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.8%.

In Cook County, home to about 5,182,090 people, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Cook County number 1,406, with about 697,934 students.

A public school about 1.0 miles away, Lincoln Middle School, is the closest to Washington Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Washington Elementary School. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Washington Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.

Enrollment was 267 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 301.

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