IllinoisSchoolsHowe Elementary School

Howe Elementary School

PublicRegular
Beach Park, Illinois · Beach Park CCSD 3
Teachers26.0FTE
Ratio12.8:1students per teacher
Students334enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students334
Grade Span0–5
Student:Teacher12.8:1
Free/Reduced Lunch71%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Pupil : Teacher Ratio
13.2:1
(2024)
3.1%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
24
(2024)
7.7%vs prior yr
Enrollment
318
(2024)
4.8%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

12.6:113.2:113.8:114.4:115.0:115.6:12020202120222023202414.9:115.3:112.8:113.2:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:1Howe Elementary SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

3123303493673864042424252526262020202120222023202436337239833431825262624EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment363372398334318
Teacher FTE25262624
Pupil : Teacher ratio14.9:115.3:112.8:113.2:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.