Enrollment
243
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000585
Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center
10354 S Charles St, Chicago, IL 60643 · (773) 535-2625 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL243 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
185 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 | 16 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 11% larger than its 8th grade class (27).
Student demographics
19%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
Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center→Morgan Park 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
36.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.3pp since 2023
Math
17.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 17.9% |
| 2023-24 | 24.1% | 8.0% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center
Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center this school | 243 | 76.1% | 27.4% |
| Estelle Sauget School of Choice Cahokia | 240 | 77.5% | 15.5% |
| Mount Vernon Elementary School Chicago | 245 | 75.5% | 26.9% |
| Woodgate Elementary School Matteson | 260 | 72.7% | 33.7% |
| Oglesby Elementary School Chicago | 293 | 76.5% | 13.9% |
| Green W Elementary School Chicago | 267 | 72.3% | 24.8% |
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 Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #1,365 of 1,925 | #445 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #1,660 of 2,077 ▲ 61 | #564 of 829 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #1,470 of 2,077 ▼ 61 | #524 of 829 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 243 | #1,863 of 2,419 | #759 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #140 of 2,035 | #82 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.1% | #1,650 of 2,042 | #619 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #599 of 2,132 | #392 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #293 of 1,461 | #188 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
243
-27 (-10%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 397
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 | 243 | 24 | 10.1:1 | 76% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 20.5 | 11.9:1 | 78% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 19 | 13.9:1 | 72% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 270 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 18.6 | 17.4:1 | 85% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 19 | 15.9:1 | 83% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 274 | 16 | 17.1:1 | 84% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 24 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 397 | 20 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (323 to 243); teachers up 29% (18.6 to 24).
About Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center
Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center is an elementary school with a street address in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 243 students in pre-K through 8. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 36% lower.
Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center is part of a district of 622 schools: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students.
Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center enrolls a student body that is 90% Black. Other reported shares: 5% Hispanic, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 22% Black among all Cook County residents. By the diversity index, Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center comes in at 19%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 10.1:1, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 76%. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 27.6% at Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.4%.
In Cook County (population about 5,182,090), median household income is 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. Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center is one of 1,406 public schools in Cook County, which together enroll about 697,934 students.
The shortest distance from Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Julian High School. The five-mile area around Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 27.4% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center saw enrollment fall 10% between 2020-21 and 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
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- 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
- Julian High School0.2 mi · 440
- Mount Vernon Elementary School0.6 mi · 245
- Garvey M Elementary School0.6 mi · 262
- Wacker Elementary School0.9 mi · 217
- Chicago Excel Academy High School1.0 mi · 266
- Morgan Park High School1.0 mi · 1,349
Frequently asked questions
About Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci CenterWhat is the total enrollment at Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center?
Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center enrolls approximately 243 students in grades PK-08.
Is Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center.
How diverse is Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center?
Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center reports a student body of 3% White, 5% Hispanic, 90% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center?
Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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