Enrollment
243
Middle
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993004962
Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School
4929 N Sawyer Ave, Chicago, IL 60625 · (773) 534-5108 · Cook County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL243 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Illinois public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
224 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 119 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 123 | 51% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
32%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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
36.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
21.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 21.6% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 13.5% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School
Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School this school | 243 | 92.2% | 28.0% |
| Evergreen Academy Elementary School Chicago | 191 | 89.0% | 34.0% |
| Shields Middle School Chicago | 330 | 96.7% | 24.7% |
| Heritage Middle School Summit | 447 | 98.9% | 33.7% |
| Northlake Middle School Northlake | 378 | 84.4% | 26.4% |
| Everett F Kerr Middle School Blue Island | 304 | 81.9% | 32.2% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #458 of 578 | #77 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #465 of 640 ▲ 17 | #94 of 146 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #523 of 640 ▲ 9 | #114 of 146 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 243 | #514 of 691 | #131 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #332 of 558 | #95 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #387 of 560 | #106 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #32 of 581 | #18 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #143 of 440 | #36 of 97 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
243
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 171
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 | 243 | 18 | 13.5:1 | 92% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 227 | 16 | 14.2:1 | 95% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 222 | 16.5 | 13.4:1 | 90% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 291 | 18.1 | 16.1:1 | 95% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 14 | 20.4:1 | 98% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 262 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 99% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 255 | 18 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 171 | 12 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (291 to 243); teachers down 1% (18.1 to 18).
About Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School
Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School is a small middle school serving families in Chicago, Illinois. The school enrolls 243 students in grades 7 through 8. On average, middle schools in Illinois enroll around 462, and this school is 47% below that mark.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which runs Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School, has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School is 82% Hispanic by enrollment. The next largest groups are 6% Asian, 4% White, 4% Black, and 2% Native American. In Cook County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School scores 32%.
A staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.5:1. That is in line with the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. By family income, 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 26 points above the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 43% of Illinois public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School is 18.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.0%.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
The closest school to Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School is Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Cntr, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 28.0% against a local average of 45.8%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 248 students in 2020-21 and 243 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Cntr0.0 mi · 265
- Hibbard Elementary School0.0 mi · 924
- Von Steuben Metro Science High School0.2 mi · 1,698
- Roosevelt High School0.5 mi · 1,144
- ASPIRA Charter - Haugan Campus0.7 mi · 83
- North River Elementary School0.7 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Albany Park Multicultural Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School?
Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School enrolls approximately 243 students in grades 07-08.
Is Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School have?
Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School?
Student demographics at Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 82% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School?
Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.