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What's one thing Alcott Elem School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000804
Alcott Elementary School
2625 N Orchard St, Chicago, IL 60614 · (773) 534-5460 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
73 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 89 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 16% larger than its 8th grade class (45).
Student demographics
64%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Alcott Elementary School→Lincoln Park High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
81.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.5pp since 2023
Math
73.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.3% | 73.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.8% | 58.4% |
% 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
75.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Alcott Elementary School
Alcott Elementary School's state test result (75.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcott Elementary School this school | 567 | 12.9% | 75.7% |
| Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 642 | 12.0% | 93.6% |
| Edgebrook Elementary School Chicago | 554 | 15.2% | 68.7% |
| River Woods Elementary School Naperville | 481 | 8.7% | 78.1% |
| Corron Elementary School South Elgin | 487 | 14.6% | 69.8% |
| Field Elementary School Elmhurst | 433 | 12.5% | 78.1% |
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 Alcott Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #59 of 1,925 | #22 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #159 of 2,077 ▲ 16 | #62 of 829 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #112 of 2,077 ▼ 17 | #50 of 829 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #343 of 2,419 | #182 of 901 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #416 of 2,042 | #161 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.9% | #2,062 of 2,132 | #778 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #916 of 1,461 | #463 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
567
-52 (-8%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 502
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 | 567 | N/A | N/A | 13% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 1 | 575.0:1 | 15% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 2 | 300.5:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 0.5 | 1260.0:1 | 16% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | N/A | N/A | 13% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 48% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 30 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 37 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alcott Elementary School.
About Alcott Elementary School
Located in Chicago, Illinois, Alcott Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 567 students in pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 49% bigger than the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Besides Alcott Elementary School, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 621 other schools. The district enrolls 324,396 students.
About 55% of the student body at Alcott Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 16% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. County-wide, 44% of Cook County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
Of all students at Alcott Elementary School, 13% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 75.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 64.1%.
In the wider Cook County area, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Alcott Elementary School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Alcott Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Lincoln Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Alcott Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Alcott Elementary School is City: Large.
Enrollment decreased 8% over 4 years, reaching 567 in 2024-25.
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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
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
Other Alcott Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Alcott Elementary. Alcott Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Alcott ElementaryPomona, CA · 606 students
- Alcott ElementaryRiverside, CA · 603 students
- Alcott Elementary SchoolWesterville, OH · 537 students
- ALCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHASTINGS, NE · 267 students
- Alcott ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School0.4 mi · 868
- Harriet Tubman Elementary School0.6 mi · 308
- Lincoln Park High School0.7 mi · 2,214
- Mayer Elementary School0.8 mi · 707
- Nettelhorst Elementary School0.8 mi · 653
- Newberry Elementary Math & Science Academy1.1 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Alcott Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Alcott Elementary School?
Alcott Elementary School enrolls approximately 567 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Alcott Elementary School serve?
Alcott Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Alcott Elementary School?
Approximately unreported students per teacher at Alcott Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alcott Elementary School?
At Alcott Elementary School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Alcott Elementary School in?
Alcott Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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