Is Beidler Elementary School a good school?

Beidler Elementary School ranks in the bottom 14.4% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Beidler Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 261 students attended Beidler Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Beidler Elementary School?

Students at Beidler Elementary School are 95% African American, 5% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Beidler Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Beidler Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Marshall Metropolitan High School

Beidler Elementary School

Summary:

Beidler Elementary School is a public school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 261 students in grades PK-8. It is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is ranked 688 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Beidler Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom 15% of Illinois elementary schools, with a 1-star rating in the most recent school year.

Beidler Elementary School faces significant challenges, including very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 36.8% to 42.8% in recent years, and low academic performance, with only 11.4% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts in the 2023-2024 school year, compared to 30.5% for the district and 41.2% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as male students, African American students, and low socioeconomic status students, ranking in the bottom 10-20% of Illinois elementary schools for these subgroups. Despite relatively high spending per student, ranging from $12,596 to $20,560 in recent years, the school's academic outcomes have remained consistently low over the past several years.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Polaris Elementary Charter Academy, Locke A Elementary Charter Academy, and LEARN Charter schools, generally outperform Beidler Elementary School on academic measures, despite serving similar student populations. This suggests that factors beyond just student demographics, such as school leadership, instructional practices, and resource allocation, may be contributing to the differences in performance. The high chronic absenteeism rates and persistent achievement gaps at Beidler Elementary School also raise concerns about educational equity and the need for a comprehensive approach to school improvement.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

3151 W Walnut St
Chicago, IL 60612-1836

(773) 534-6811

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
1770^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $23,641

Students who attend Beidler Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Marshall Metropolitan High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.8

Number of students: 261

Racial breakdown:

African American:

95.4%

Hispanic:

4.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 96.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Beidler Elementary School ranks worse than 85.6% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 290^th among 452 ranked elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.04. (See more...)

Compare Details Beidler Elementary School ranks worse than 68.7% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28.22. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Beidler Elementary School is $23,641, which is the 131^st highest among 452 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Beidler Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Beidler Elementary School 1770^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Beidler Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Beidler Elementary School 937^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Beidler Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Chicago Public Schools District 299:

SchoolDigger ranks Chicago Public Schools District 299 688^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Beidler Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Beidler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	2.48	1956^th	2020	3.2%
2004	1.61	1986^th	2030	2.2%
2005	1.02	1990^th	2022	1.6%
2006	8.73	1917^th	2086	8.1%
2007	2.76	2035^th	2095	2.9%
2008	9.16	1932^nd	2092	7.6%
2009	9.27	1959^th	2120	7.6%
2010	19.27	1829^th	2139	14.5%
2011	30.36	1639^th	2147	23.7%
2012	28.22	1707^th	2166	21.2%
2013	39.47	1415^th	2167	34.7%
2014	39.50	1329^th	2093	36.5%
2015	21.23	1681^st	2052	18.1%
2016	21.10	1664^th	2046	18.7%
2017	13.28	1863^rd	2044	8.9%
2018	8.29	2010^th	2037	1.3%
2019	7.60	2063^rd	2086	1.1%
2021	13.22	1852^nd	1948	4.9%
2022	10.15	2067^th	2082	0.7%
2023	14.50	1893^rd	2077	8.9%
2024	17.04	1770^th	2067	14.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Beidler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	12.04	1734^th	1765	1.8%
2019	11.03	1790^th	1816	1.4%
2021	20.39	1381^st	1514	8.8%
2022	13.79	1744^th	1763	1.1%
2023	21.96	1576^th	1808	12.8%
2024	22.55	1513^th	1793	15.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Beidler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	8.51	1930^th	1964	1.7%
2019	7.36	2001^st	2019	0.9%
2021	10.51	1655^th	1680	1.5%
2022	10.75	1935^th	1970	1.8%
2023	16.38	1734^th	1957	11.4%
2024	19.77	1602^nd	1942	17.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Beidler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	9.36	1943^rd	1972	1.5%
2019	9.40	1979^th	2019	2.0%
2021	15.15	1565^th	1707	8.3%
2022	10.41	1965^th	1977	0.6%
2023	13.78	1840^th	1984	7.3%
2024	9.34	1939^th	1959	1.0%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Beidler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.93	629^th	698	9.9%
2019	20.82	662^nd	711	6.9%
2021	30.98	315^th	428	26.4%
2022	23.21	639^th	684	6.6%
2023	31.96	492^nd	692	28.9%
2024	31.57	476^th	655	27.3%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Beidler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	7.87	1082^nd	1185	8.7%
2004	2.82	1186^th	1204	1.5%
2005	8.59	1084^th	1209	10.3%
2006	7.64	1173^rd	1272	7.8%
2007	3.39	1252^nd	1287	2.7%
2008	18.88	1086^th	1293	16.0%
2009	16.95	1130^th	1318	14.3%
2010	19.62	1123^rd	1327	15.4%
2011	23.87	1119^th	1344	16.7%
2012	12.32	1249^th	1365	8.5%
2013	19.28	1150^th	1367	15.9%
2014	35.64	898^th	1322	32.1%
2015	38.71	736^th	1302	43.5%
2016	15.71	1169^th	1294	9.7%
2017	15.36	1144^th	1293	11.5%
2018	13.86	1169^th	1293	9.6%
2019	10.32	1297^th	1356	4.4%
2021	12.65	1175^th	1241	5.3%
2022	10.60	1358^th	1369	0.8%
2023	17.05	1182^nd	1367	13.5%
2024	28.22	937^th	1363	31.3%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Beidler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	19.08	1028^th	1161	11.5%
2019	12.53	1167^th	1217	4.1%
2021	19.19	930^th	1019	8.7%
2022	13.53	1205^th	1221	1.3%
2023	24.10	1008^th	1234	18.3%
2024	42.26	663^rd	1219	45.6%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Beidler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	15.72	1076^th	1226	12.2%
2019	11.55	1196^th	1276	6.3%
2021	9.71	995^th	1017	2.2%
2022	10.08	1268^th	1286	1.4%
2023	18.09	1077^th	1275	15.5%
2024	31.57	822^nd	1251	34.3%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Beidler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	13.32	1137^th	1223	7.0%
2019	9.70	1277^th	1296	1.5%
2021	13.66	988^th	1048	5.7%
2022	14.29	1197^th	1286	6.9%
2023	17.32	1123^rd	1292	13.1%
2024	32.47	783^rd	1264	38.1%

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Rank History for middle school African American students at Beidler Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.16	333^rd	511	34.8%
2019	26.01	474^th	565	16.1%
2021	29.22	303^rd	385	21.3%
2022	22.24	542^nd	573	5.4%
2023	35.71	351^st	569	38.3%
2024	48.74	223^rd	548	59.3%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Beidler Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	n/a	520	n/a	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	521
1990	n/a	536	n/a	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	537
1991	0	484	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	485
1992	0	452	0	0	2	n/a	n/a	0	454
1993	0	422	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	422
1994	0	372	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	372
1995	0	331	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	334
1996	0	331	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	334
1997	1	370	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	371
1998	0	426	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	426
1999	0	406	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	407
2000	0	451	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	452
2001	0	423	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	424
2002	0	571	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	575
2003	0	571	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	575
2004	0	577	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	582
2005	1	533	1	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	547
2006	0	553	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	1	555
2007	0	474	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	7	482
2008	1	478	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	481
2009	0	464	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	465
2010	0	481	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	485
2011	0	400	0	7	1	0	0	0	408
2012	0	387	0	17	2	0	1	0	407
2013	0	408	0	12	1	0	0	0	421
2014	0	447	0	9	1	0	1	0	458
2015	1	482	0	7	2	0	2	0	494
2016	0	499	0	15	0	0	2	0	516
2017	1	455	0	19	0	0	0	0	475
2018	0	429	0	15	0	0	0	0	444
2019	0	373	0	23	0	0	0	0	396
2020	0	310	0	13	0	0	0	0	323
2021	0	328	0	12	0	0	0	0	340
2022	0	301	0	11	0	0	0	0	312
2023	0	249	0	12	0	0	0	0	261

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Beidler Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	521	33.0	15.7	n/a
1990	537	33.0	16.2	n/a
1991	485	30.0	16.1	n/a
1992	454	29.0	15.6	n/a
1993	422	33.0	12.8	n/a
1994	372	30.0	12.4	n/a
1995	334	27.0	12.4	n/a
1996	334	27.0	12.4	n/a
1997	371	23.0	16.1	n/a
1998	426	24.0	17.8	n/a
1999	407	24.0	17.0	n/a
2000	452	25.0	18.1	n/a
2001	424	25.0	17.0	n/a
2002	575	25.0	23.0	45.9
2003	575	25.0	23.0	45.9
2004	582	28.8	20.2	54
2005	547	31.1	17.6	97.8
2006	555	33.1	16.8	83.4
2007	482	22.0	21.9	82.7
2008	481	25.0	19.2	95.4
2009	465	27.0	17.2	97.4
2010	485	26.0	18.6	99.4
2011	408	25.0	16.3	99.3
2012	407	22.0	18.5	99.3
2013	421	26.8	15.6	88.1
2014	458	29.0	15.7	99.3
2015	494	28.0	17.6	94.5
2016	516	27.0	19.1	95.7
2017	475	26.1	18.1	92.2
2018	444	26.8	16.5	93.7
2019	396	27.0	14.6	93.2
2020	323	24.0	13.4	96.9
2021	340	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	312	23.0	13.5	96.2
2023	261	22.0	11.8	96.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Beidler Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	521	33.0	15.7	n/a
1990	537	33.0	16.2	n/a
1991	485	30.0	16.1	n/a
1992	454	29.0	15.6	n/a
1993	422	33.0	12.8	n/a
1994	372	30.0	12.4	n/a
1995	334	27.0	12.4	n/a
1996	334	27.0	12.4	n/a
1997	371	23.0	16.1	n/a
1998	426	24.0	17.8	n/a
1999	407	24.0	17.0	n/a
2000	452	25.0	18.1	n/a
2001	424	25.0	17.0	n/a
2002	575	25.0	23.0	45.9
2003	575	25.0	23.0	45.9
2004	582	28.8	20.2	54
2005	547	31.1	17.6	97.8
2006	555	33.1	16.8	83.4
2007	482	22.0	21.9	82.7
2008	481	25.0	19.2	95.4
2009	465	27.0	17.2	97.4
2010	485	26.0	18.6	99.4
2011	408	25.0	16.3	99.3
2012	407	22.0	18.5	99.3
2013	421	26.8	15.6	88.1
2014	458	29.0	15.7	99.3
2015	494	28.0	17.6	94.5
2016	516	27.0	19.1	95.7
2017	475	26.1	18.1	92.2
2018	444	26.8	16.5	93.7
2019	396	27.0	14.6	93.2
2020	323	24.0	13.4	96.9
2021	340	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	312	23.0	13.5	96.2
2023	261	22.0	11.8	96.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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