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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000898
Wildwood Elementary School
6950 N Hiawatha Ave, Chicago, IL 60646 · (773) 534-1188 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
54 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 7% larger than its 8th grade class (45).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Wildwood Elementary School→Taft High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
67.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
65.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.7% | 65.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.1% | 50.7% |
% 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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Wildwood Elementary School
Wildwood Elementary School's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood Elementary School this school | 512 | 10.5% | 64.8% |
| Burley Elementary School Chicago | 494 | 8.3% | 78.1% |
| Audubon Elementary School Chicago | 606 | 9.1% | 79.1% |
| Blaine Elementary School Chicago | 639 | 10.3% | 79.7% |
| Thomas Metcalf School Normal | 459 | 7.0% | 71.5% |
| Emerson Elementary School Elmhurst | 429 | 9.8% | 75.6% |
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 Wildwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #209 of 1,925 | #74 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #294 of 2,077 ▲ 2 | #102 of 829 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #416 of 2,077 ▼ 159 | #150 of 829 ▼ 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #503 of 2,419 | #245 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,306 of 2,035 | #585 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #510 of 2,042 | #198 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.5% | #2,081 of 2,132 | #788 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.6% | #483 of 615 | #149 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
512
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
+98% since 1990-91, when it was 259
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 | 512 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 11% (54) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 34 | 14.5:1 | 15% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 32.5 | 14.5:1 | 15% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 28.8 | 17.1:1 | 14% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 16% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 24 | 17.1:1 | 22% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 323 | 19 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 259 | 10 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wildwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (494 to 512); teachers up 25% (28.8 to 36).
About Wildwood Elementary School
The public elementary school Wildwood Elementary School is located in Chicago, Illinois. It teaches 512 students in pre-K through 8. That is 34% above the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Wildwood Elementary School is one of 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which enrolls 324,396 students in total.
About 57% of the student body at Wildwood Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 4% Black. County-wide, 44% of Cook County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. A total of 54 students, or 11%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Wildwood Elementary School's results are within a point of predicted: 64.8% against 65.4%.
In Cook County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Wildwood Elementary School among them.
Wildwood Elementary School is about 1.1 miles from Edgebrook Elementary School, its nearest public school. Wildwood Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 59.2% on proficiency, and Wildwood Elementary School is above that at 64.8%.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased by 5% across 4 years, from 488 in 2020-21 to 512 in 2024-25.
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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 Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other Wildwood Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 12 states are named Wildwood Elementary. Wildwood Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 15.
- Wildwood Elementary SchoolTOMBALL, TX · 819 students
- WILDWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWILDWOOD, FL · 678 students
- WILDWOOD ELEMENTARYSTILLWATER, MN · 648 students
- Wildwood ElementaryYucaipa, CA · 607 students
- Wildwood Elementary SchoolFEDERAL WAY, WA · 598 students
Nearby schools
- Edgebrook Elementary School1.1 mi · 554
- Fairview South Elementary School1.1 mi · 718
- Onahan Elementary School1.2 mi · 657
- Niles West High School1.3 mi · 2,646
- Hitch Elementary School1.6 mi · 495
- Ebinger Elementary School1.7 mi · 693
Frequently asked questions
About Wildwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wildwood Elementary School?
Wildwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Wildwood Elementary School serve?
Wildwood Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wildwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wildwood Elementary School is approximately 14.2:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wildwood Elementary School?
At Wildwood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Wildwood Elementary School in?
Wildwood Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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