Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993004718
Ashburn Community Elementary School
8300 S Saint Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60652 · (773) 535-7860 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
248 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 | 21 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 5% larger than its 8th grade class (39).
Student demographics
38%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
39.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
11.1%
IL avg 37.9% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.2% | 11.1% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 11.9% |
% 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
25.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Ashburn Community Elementary School
Ashburn Community Elementary School's state test result (25.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashburn Community Elementary School this school | 324 | 76.5% | 25.7% |
| Newberry Elementary Math & Science Academy Chicago | 330 | 74.2% | 30.2% |
| Pullman Elementary School Chicago | 303 | 74.3% | 20.9% |
| Irving Elementary School Chicago | 310 | 80.3% | 14.2% |
| Bret Harte Elementary School Chicago | 339 | 75.2% | 23.4% |
| Cook Elementary School Chicago | 322 | 72.7% | 11.5% |
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 Ashburn Community Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #1,427 of 1,925 | #468 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #1,864 of 2,077 ▼ 328 | #687 of 829 ▼ 176 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #1,371 of 2,077 ▼ 316 | #474 of 829 ▼ 131 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #1,399 of 2,419 | #578 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #706 of 2,035 | #334 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.9% | #1,206 of 2,042 | #450 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.5% | #589 of 2,132 | #387 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.0% | #80 of 1,461 | #52 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
324
-28 (-8%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 461
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 | 324 | 26 | 12.5:1 | 77% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 27 | 12.1:1 | 80% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 350 | 25.5 | 13.7:1 | 82% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 29.3 | 17.5:1 | 75% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 86% (409) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 87% (399) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ashburn Community Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (514 to 324); teachers down 11% (29.3 to 26).
About Ashburn Community Elementary School
Ashburn Community Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 324 students.
Ashburn Community Elementary School is in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district with 324,396 students across 622 schools.
At Ashburn Community Elementary School, 75% of students are Black. Other students are 22% Hispanic. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Cook County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 38%.
Classroom staffing at Ashburn Community Elementary School totals 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Ashburn Community Elementary School is about 77%. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Ashburn Community Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 25.7% actual against 27.3% predicted.
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%. Ashburn Community Elementary School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Owen Elementary Scholastic Academy, is the closest to Ashburn Community Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ashburn Community Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 25.7% is above the 22.2% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment decreased 8% over 4 years, reaching 324 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
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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
- Owen Elementary Scholastic Academy0.2 mi · 281
- Dawes Elementary School0.4 mi · 926
- Carroll Elementary School0.7 mi · 411
- Bogan High School0.7 mi · 716
- Hampton Elementary Fine & Perf Arts School0.8 mi · 463
- Goode STEM Academy High School0.8 mi · 991
Frequently asked questions
About Ashburn Community Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ashburn Community Elementary School?
Ashburn Community Elementary School enrolls approximately 324 students in grades PK-08.
Is Ashburn Community Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ashburn Community Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Ashburn Community Elementary School have?
Ashburn Community Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Ashburn Community Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ashburn Community Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 22% Hispanic, 75% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Ashburn Community Elementary School public or private?
Ashburn Community Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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