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Enrollment
622
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CICERO SD 99·NCES 171020005025
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School
2310 S 57th Ave, Cicero, IL 60804 · (708) 652-2552 · Cook County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL622 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
16.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
536 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 19% smaller than its 6th grade class (84).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School→Unity Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Cicero SD 99. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
31.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.5pp since 2023
Math
17.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.8% | 17.5% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 10.9% |
% 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Woodrow Wilson Elementary School
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary School this school | 622 | 86.2% | 23.9% |
| Pasteur Elementary School Chicago | 620 | 86.1% | 51.6% |
| Lakewood School Carpentersville | 590 | 86.9% | 20.9% |
| Gunsaulus Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 658 | 86.0% | 35.4% |
| Columbia Explorers Elementary Academy Chicago | 718 | 86.2% | 46.0% |
| Calmeca Academy Elementary School Chicago | 605 | 82.6% | 18.1% |
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 Woodrow Wilson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #1,483 of 1,925 | #493 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #1,672 of 2,077 ▼ 97 | #571 of 829 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #1,616 of 2,077 ▼ 21 | #586 of 829 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 622 | #226 of 2,419 | #130 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,805 of 2,035 | #746 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.0% | #2,001 of 2,042 | #795 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.2% | #381 of 2,132 | #273 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #484 of 1,461 | #281 of 661 |
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
622
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 927
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 | 622 | 37.5 | 16.6:1 | 86% (536) |
| 2023-24 | 650 | 36.5 | 17.8:1 | 75% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 708 | 38.5 | 18.4:1 | 92% (654) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 768 | 48.6 | 15.8:1 | 78% (602) |
| 2015-16 | 844 | 41 | 20.6:1 | 92% (778) |
| 2010-11 | 927 | 43 | 21.6:1 | 82% (764) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodrow Wilson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (768 to 622); teachers down 23% (48.6 to 37.5).
About Woodrow Wilson Elementary School
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, a large elementary school, is located in Cicero, Illinois. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 622 students. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 63% larger than that.
Cicero SD 99 is the district for Woodrow Wilson Elementary School. It has 15 schools and 8,664 students.
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School's enrollment is 97% Hispanic. Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 5% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School is 37.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.6:1. That is higher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school counts 536 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 86%. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
allk12 grades Woodrow Wilson Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Woodrow Wilson Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 23.9%; the prediction is 21.8%.
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School is located in Cook County, where the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Woodrow Wilson Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, J Sterling Morton East High School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. Woodrow Wilson Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Woodrow Wilson Elementary School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 613 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 622.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Cicero SD 99
- Unity Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,919 students
- Abe Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Warren Park SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Sherlock Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Cicero West Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Columbus West Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
Other schools in Cicero
- J Sterling Morton East High SchoolHigh · 3,394 students
- Unity Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,919 students
- J Sterling Morton Freshman CntrHigh · 941 students
- Abe Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Warren Park SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Sherlock Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
Other Woodrow Wilson Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 11 states are named Woodrow Wilson Elementary. Woodrow Wilson Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 18.
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolEast Peoria, IL · 162 students
- Woodrow Wilson ElementaryCorona, CA · 696 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolBartlesville, OK · 529 students
- Woodrow Wilson ElementaryColton, CA · 465 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolSAYREVILLE, NJ · 401 students
Nearby schools
- J Sterling Morton East High School0.4 mi · 3,394
- Sherlock Elementary School0.4 mi · 583
- Goodwin Elementary School0.5 mi · 502
- Unity Jr High School0.6 mi · 1,919
- J Sterling Morton Freshman Cntr0.7 mi · 941
- Komensky Elementary School0.8 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Woodrow Wilson Elementary School?
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 622 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Woodrow Wilson Elementary School serve?
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Woodrow Wilson Elementary School have?
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School?
At Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodrow Wilson Elementary School?
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School is overseen by Cicero SD 99 in Cook County.
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