Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001607
Ariel Elementary Community Academy
1119 E 46th St, Chicago, IL 60653 · (773) 535-1996 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
259 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 36 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 48% larger than its 8th grade class (25).
Student demographics
8%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
26.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.8pp since 2023
Math
13.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.6% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 15.8% | 5.6% |
% 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
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Ariel Elementary Community Academy
Ariel Elementary Community Academy's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ariel Elementary Community Academy this school | 364 | 71.2% | 19.6% |
| Black Magnet Elementary School Chicago | 336 | 70.5% | 56.3% |
| Fiske Elementary School Chicago | 373 | 75.1% | 9.7% |
| Polaris Elementary Charter Academy Chicago | 343 | 71.1% | 14.1% |
| Dixon Elementary School Chicago | 412 | 75.2% | 31.7% |
| Reavis Elementary Math & Sci Spec Schl Chicago | 356 | 66.6% | 12.5% |
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 Ariel Elementary Community Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #1,619 of 1,925 | #573 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #1,797 of 2,077 ▲ 38 | #646 of 829 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #1,754 of 2,077 ▼ 32 | #661 of 829 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #1,179 of 2,419 | #487 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #188 of 2,035 | #115 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.0% | #1,934 of 2,042 | #749 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.2% | #712 of 2,132 | #448 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.9% | #182 of 1,461 | #113 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
364
-55 (-13%) vs 2020
+36% since 2000-01, when it was 268
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 | 364 | 34.8 | 10.5:1 | 71% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 30.5 | 11.5:1 | 83% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 30 | 11.7:1 | 80% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 27.3 | 19.0:1 | 84% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 82% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 99% (519) |
| 2000-01 | 268 | 15 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ariel Elementary Community Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (519 to 364); teachers up 27% (27.3 to 34.8).
About Ariel Elementary Community Academy
Ariel Elementary Community Academy is an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, according to federal school records. Enrollment totals 364 students across pre-K through 8.
The 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enroll 324,396 students altogether, Ariel Elementary Community Academy among them.
Ariel Elementary Community Academy is 96% Black by enrollment. Next come 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 22% Black among all Cook County residents. The diversity index for Ariel Elementary Community Academy is 8%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.5:1. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 3.5 students per teacher. On the income side, 71% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The model predicts 30.4% for a school in Illinois with Ariel Elementary Community Academy's free or reduced-price lunch share. Ariel Elementary Community Academy posts 19.6%.
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Ariel Elementary Community Academy shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Univ of Chicago Chtr-Nth Kenwood sits less than a tenth of a mile from Ariel Elementary Community Academy. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Ariel Elementary Community Academy is 5th among 8 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put Ariel Elementary Community Academy inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
The school's enrollment fell 13% from 2020-21 to 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
Nearby schools
- Univ of Chicago Chtr-Nth Kenwood0.0 mi · 304
- King College Prep High School0.3 mi · 819
- Robinson Elementary School0.4 mi · 117
- Shoesmith Elementary School0.5 mi · 294
- Woodson South Elementary School0.6 mi · 298
- Reavis Elementary Math & Sci Spec Schl0.6 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About Ariel Elementary Community AcademyHow large is Ariel Elementary Community Academy?
Ariel Elementary Community Academy enrolls approximately 364 students in grades PK-08.
Is Ariel Elementary Community Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ariel Elementary Community Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ariel Elementary Community Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ariel Elementary Community Academy is approximately 10.5:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ariel Elementary Community Academy?
Ariel Elementary Community Academy reports a student body of 0% White, 3% Hispanic, 96% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Ariel Elementary Community Academy in?
Ariel Elementary Community Academy is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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