Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK PARK ESD 97·NCES 172925003068
William Beye Elementary School
230 N Cuyler Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302 · (708) 524-3070 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
70 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
75.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +22.6pp since 2023
Math
67.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.1% | 67.2% |
| 2023-24 | 52.5% | 49.4% |
% 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 William Beye Elementary School
William Beye Elementary School's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Beye Elementary School this school | 397 | 17.6% | 67.0% |
| Wingate Elementary School Shiloh | 424 | 16.5% | 67.0% |
| Whittier Elementary School Oak Park | 386 | 20.7% | 65.9% |
| William Hatch Elementary School Oak Park | 358 | 18.2% | 63.5% |
| Hunt Club Elementary School Oswego | 357 | 17.4% | 44.3% |
| J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School O Fallon | 452 | 19.7% | 67.2% |
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 William Beye Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #176 of 1,925 | #63 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #271 of 2,077 ▲ 47 | #95 of 829 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #228 of 2,077 ▲ 181 | #90 of 829 ▲ 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #1,019 of 2,419 | #434 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,246 of 2,035 | #555 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #456 of 2,042 | #173 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #2,002 of 2,132 | #758 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #351 of 615 | #104 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
397
+28 (+8%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 453
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 | 397 | 28.4 | 14.0:1 | 18% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 29.7 | 13.2:1 | 14% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 31.1 | 11.8:1 | 11% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 25.9 | 14.3:1 | 24% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 25% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 24% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 32 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 453 | 24 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William Beye Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (369 to 397); teachers up 10% (25.9 to 28.4).
About William Beye Elementary School
William Beye Elementary School sits in Oak Park, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. The school counted 397 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5.
The district, Oak Park ESD 97, operates 10 schools serving 5,560 students.
The student body at William Beye Elementary School is 56% White. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic, 15% Black, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Cook County's residents are about 44% White, 12 points below the school's share. The diversity index for William Beye Elementary School is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
William Beye Elementary School has 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.0:1. That is in line with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 18% at William Beye Elementary School. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, William Beye Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 80% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 61.3%. William Beye Elementary School scores 67.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
Among nearby public schools, Oak Park & River Forest High School is closest at about 0.3 miles. William Beye Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 48.8%, lower than William Beye Elementary School's 67.0%.
NCES describes the area around William Beye Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, William Beye Elementary School had a net gain of 28 students, or 8%.
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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
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Other schools in Oak Park ESD 97
- Gwendolyn Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 947 students
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Other schools in Oak Park
- Oak Park & River Forest High SchoolHigh · 3,307 students
- Gwendolyn Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 947 students
- Percy Julian Middle SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Oliver W Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Park & River Forest High School0.3 mi · 3,307
- Whittier Elementary School0.5 mi · 386
- Percy Julian Middle School0.7 mi · 927
- Oliver W Holmes Elementary School0.8 mi · 513
- Douglass Academy High School0.8 mi · 29
- Ellington Elementary School0.9 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About William Beye Elementary SchoolHow many students attend William Beye Elementary School?
William Beye Elementary School enrolls approximately 397 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does William Beye Elementary School serve?
William Beye Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at William Beye Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at William Beye Elementary School.
How diverse is William Beye Elementary School?
William Beye Elementary School reports a student body of 56% White, 15% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is William Beye Elementary School in?
William Beye Elementary School is part of Oak Park ESD 97.
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