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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000586
Barry Elementary School
2828 N Kilbourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60641 · (773) 534-3455 · Cook County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
415 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 38 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
17%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
30.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.2pp since 2023
Math
19.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 31 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.5% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 13.3% | 7.3% |
% 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
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Barry Elementary School
Barry Elementary School's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Elementary School this school | 473 | 87.7% | 22.0% |
| Ruiz Elementary School Chicago | 467 | 86.5% | 25.1% |
| Mozart Elementary School Chicago | 499 | 88.6% | 21.8% |
| CICS - West Belden Campus Chicago | 520 | 87.3% | 25.0% |
| Cooper Elementary Dual Language Academy Chicago | 428 | 90.0% | 20.8% |
| Avondale - Logandale Elementary School Chicago | 459 | 89.8% | 27.9% |
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 Barry Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,539 of 1,925 | #526 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #1,628 of 2,077 ▲ 121 | #548 of 829 ▲ 75 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #1,650 of 2,077 ▲ 171 | #599 of 829 ▲ 112 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #648 of 2,419 | #304 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #1,535 of 2,035 | #664 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.6% | #1,715 of 2,042 | #650 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #341 of 2,132 | #245 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.8% | #113 of 1,461 | #74 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
473
-47 (-9%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 659
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 | 473 | 31.5 | 15.0:1 | 88% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 30.5 | 15.5:1 | 88% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 85% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 714 | 29.7 | 24.0:1 | 95% (676) |
| 2015-16 | 757 | 39 | 19.4:1 | 96% (725) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 37 | 20.4:1 | 98% (742) |
| 2000-01 | 883 | 40 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 659 | 27 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barry Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (714 to 473); teachers up 6% (29.7 to 31.5).
About Barry Elementary School
Barry Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 473 students. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 24% higher.
Barry Elementary School is run by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, whose 622 schools enroll 324,396 students.
At Barry Elementary School, 91% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 6% Black. Census figures show Cook County is about 27% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.
For every teacher at Barry Elementary School, there are about 15.0 students; the school has 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 88%. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Barry Elementary School outscored 26%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.9% for Barry Elementary School. The school posts 22.0%, 1.2 points above the prediction.
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 the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Kelvyn Park High School is the nearest public school to Barry Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Barry Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Barry Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
In 2020-21, Barry Elementary School enrolled 520 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 473.
This page collects posts and questions about Barry Elementary School, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Other Barry Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Barry Elementary. Barry Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Barry ElementaryYuba City, CA · 596 students
- BARRY ELEMENTARYCLOVIS, NM · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Kelvyn Park High School0.4 mi · 577
- Intrinsic Charter High School0.5 mi · 993
- Falconer Elementary School0.6 mi · 846
- Scammon Elementary School0.7 mi · 620
- ASPIRA Charter - Early College Pr0.7 mi · 285
- YCCS-ASPIRA Pantoja Alt High School0.8 mi · 200
Frequently asked questions
About Barry Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Barry Elementary School?
Barry Elementary School enrolls approximately 473 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Barry Elementary School serve?
Barry Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Barry Elementary School have?
Barry Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
How diverse is Barry Elementary School?
Barry Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 91% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Barry Elementary School?
Barry Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.