Westdale Elem School

Westdale Elem School is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in Northlake, Illinois, one of the schools within Mannheim SD 83, enrolling 483 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 27% bigger than typical.

Westdale Elem School is one of 5 schools operated by Mannheim SD 83, a district that teaches 2,338 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Westdale Elem School lists that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 65% of students at Westdale Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Westdale Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 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), Westdale Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Westdale Elem School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 510 students in 2018 compared to 483 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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