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Enrollment
459
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000048
Avondale - Logandale Elementary School
3212 W George St, Chicago, IL 60618 · (773) 534-5350 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
412 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 | 25 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 38% smaller than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
24%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
Avondale - Logandale Elementary School→Schurz 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
39.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.9pp since 2023
Math
18.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.8% | 18.7% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 14.8% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Avondale - Logandale Elementary School
Avondale - Logandale Elementary School's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale - Logandale Elementary School this school | 459 | 89.8% | 27.9% |
| Corkery Elementary School Chicago | 442 | 88.9% | 12.5% |
| Mozart Elementary School Chicago | 499 | 88.6% | 21.8% |
| Barry Elementary School Chicago | 473 | 87.7% | 22.0% |
| Cooper Elementary Dual Language Academy Chicago | 428 | 90.0% | 20.8% |
| CICS - West Belden Campus Chicago | 520 | 87.3% | 25.0% |
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 Avondale - Logandale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #1,342 of 1,925 | #437 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #1,636 of 2,077 ▼ 228 | #553 of 829 ▼ 99 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #1,349 of 2,077 ▼ 210 | #461 of 829 ▼ 86 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #717 of 2,419 | #333 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #527 of 2,035 | #272 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.5% | #1,510 of 2,042 | #563 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.8% | #283 of 2,132 | #204 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.3% | #87 of 1,461 | #58 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
459
-125 (-21%) vs 2020
0% since 2000-01, when it was 458
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 | 459 | 38.5 | 11.9:1 | 90% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 34.5 | 14.2:1 | 92% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 91% (465) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 38.3 | 18.8:1 | 94% (679) |
| 2015-16 | 817 | 40 | 20.4:1 | 96% (783) |
| 2010-11 | 256 | 16 | 16.0:1 | 98% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 27 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Avondale - Logandale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (720 to 459); teachers unchanged (38.3 to 38.5).
About Avondale - Logandale Elementary School
Avondale - Logandale Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Federal data show 459 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 20% above that mark.
The 622 schools of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, including Avondale - Logandale Elementary School, enroll 324,396 students.
Avondale - Logandale Elementary School is 86% Hispanic by enrollment. Next come 10% Black. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Cook County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 24%.
There are 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.9:1. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 2.0 students per teacher. On the income side, 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 24 points.
Avondale - Logandale Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.9% is 8.3 points above the 19.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, Cook County, 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 Avondale - Logandale Elementary School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School is closest at about 0.5 miles. Avondale - Logandale Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 27.9% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
Avondale - Logandale Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
The school's student count fell 21% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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
- Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School0.5 mi · 370
- Linne Elementary School0.5 mi · 687
- Aspira Charter - Bus and Fin0.5 mi · 426
- Brentano Elementary Math & Science Academy0.7 mi · 763
- Logan Square Elementary0.7 mi · 630
- Darwin Elementary School0.8 mi · 502
Frequently asked questions
About Avondale - Logandale Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Avondale - Logandale Elementary School?
Avondale - Logandale Elementary School enrolls approximately 459 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Avondale - Logandale Elementary School serve?
Avondale - Logandale Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Avondale - Logandale Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Avondale - Logandale Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Avondale - Logandale Elementary School?
Student demographics at Avondale - Logandale Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 86% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Avondale - Logandale Elementary School public or private?
Avondale - Logandale Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.