Enrollment
225
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000582
Avalon Park Elementary School
8045 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60619 · (773) 535-6615 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL225 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
193 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 | 18 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 11 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (30).
Student demographics
14%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
Avalon Park Elementary School→Hirsch Metropolitan High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
29.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
13.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 30 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.5% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.8% | 6.1% |
% 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
18.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Avalon Park Elementary School
Avalon Park Elementary School's state test result (18.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Park Elementary School this school | 225 | 85.8% | 18.8% |
| Mollison Elementary School Chicago | 237 | 85.7% | 9.0% |
| Evers Elementary School Chicago | 233 | 87.1% | 23.2% |
| Penn Elementary School Chicago | 218 | 85.3% | 9.3% |
| Wacker Elementary School Chicago | 217 | 85.3% | 21.9% |
| Cuffe Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy Chicago | 249 | 86.7% | 19.4% |
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 Avalon Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #1,641 of 1,925 | #589 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #1,796 of 2,077 ▲ 9 | #645 of 829 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #1,680 of 2,077 ▼ 451 | #616 of 829 ▼ 201 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 225 | #1,944 of 2,419 | #786 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,263 of 2,035 | #562 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #1,786 of 2,042 | #672 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.8% | #386 of 2,132 | #277 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #309 of 1,461 | #195 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
225
-14 (-6%) vs 2020
-71% since 1990-91, when it was 784
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 | 225 | 16 | 14.1:1 | 86% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 194 | 16 | 12.1:1 | 89% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 226 | 17 | 13.3:1 | 95% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 11.7 | 25.4:1 | 97% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 322 | 18 | 17.9:1 | 97% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 99% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 746 | 38 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 784 | 40 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Avalon Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (297 to 225); teachers up 37% (11.7 to 16).
About Avalon Park Elementary School
Avalon Park Elementary School is a small elementary school in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, located in Chicago, Illinois. In all, 225 students attend the school in pre-K through 8. It has 41% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 622 schools and 324,396 students, and Avalon Park Elementary School is one of those schools.
Roughly 92% of students at Avalon Park Elementary School are Black. The remaining students are 7% Hispanic. Among people living in Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Avalon Park Elementary School scores 14%.
Its ratio of 14.1:1 is based on 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 86%. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Avalon Park Elementary School would score about 22.0%. It scores 18.8%, 3.2 points below that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for Cook County show that median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
The closest school to Avalon Park Elementary School is CICS - Avalon/South Shore, located about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Avalon Park Elementary School. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Avalon Park Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Avalon Park Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Avalon Park Elementary School had a net loss of 14 students, or 6%.
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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
- CICS - Avalon/South Shore0.4 mi · 469
- Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School0.5 mi · 293
- YCCS-Sullivan House Alt High School0.7 mi · 281
- Hirsch Metropolitan High School0.7 mi · 183
- Ashe Elementary School0.8 mi · 387
- Madison Elementary School0.8 mi · 224
Frequently asked questions
About Avalon Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Avalon Park Elementary School?
Avalon Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 225 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Avalon Park Elementary School serve?
Avalon Park Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Avalon Park Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Avalon Park Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Avalon Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Avalon Park Elementary School are roughly 7% Hispanic, 92% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Avalon Park Elementary School?
Avalon Park Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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