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Enrollment
904
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000591
Bateman Elementary School
4220 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60618 · (773) 534-5055 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL904 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.9:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
506 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 | 92 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 30% smaller than its 8th grade class (86).
Student demographics
51%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
Bateman Elementary School→Roosevelt 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
47.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.3pp since 2023
Math
26.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.5% | 26.7% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 16.2% |
% 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Bateman Elementary School
Bateman Elementary School's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bateman Elementary School this school | 904 | 56.0% | 35.4% |
| Tioga Elementary School Bensenville | 751 | 61.4% | 36.6% |
| Bridge Elementary School Chicago | 1,100 | 56.7% | 38.7% |
| John Mills Elementary School Elmwood Park | 711 | 58.5% | 46.8% |
| Smyser Elementary School Chicago | 773 | 62.6% | 35.6% |
| Dever Elementary School Chicago | 733 | 55.1% | 28.8% |
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 Bateman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #1,079 of 1,925 | #314 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #1,395 of 2,077 ▼ 44 | #435 of 829 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #1,085 of 2,077 ▲ 165 | #358 of 829 ▲ 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 904 | #32 of 2,419 | #27 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,200 of 2,035 | #532 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #905 of 2,042 | #328 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #1,128 of 2,132 | #571 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #895 of 1,461 | #453 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
904
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 989
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 | 904 | 65 | 13.9:1 | 56% (506) |
| 2023-24 | 919 | 65 | 14.1:1 | 63% (577) |
| 2022-23 | 885 | 59.5 | 14.9:1 | 66% (588) |
| 2020-21 | 894 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,008 | 51.2 | 19.7:1 | 82% (824) |
| 2015-16 | 1,028 | 50 | 20.6:1 | 89% (911) |
| 2010-11 | 1,016 | 49 | 20.7:1 | 93% (947) |
| 2000-01 | 1,013 | 53 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 989 | 43 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bateman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,008 to 904); teachers up 27% (51.2 to 65).
About Bateman Elementary School
Bateman Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Illinois, with an address in Chicago. Its enrollment is 904 students, spread over pre-K through 8. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
In Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, 622 schools enroll a combined 324,396 students.
Hispanic students are 67% of those enrolled at Bateman Elementary School. Next come 20% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Cook County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
Bateman Elementary School has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.9:1. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 56% at Bateman Elementary School. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, higher than here.
Bateman Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 32% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.2%. Bateman Elementary School scores 35.4%.
Looking at the county, Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
The closest school to Bateman Elementary School is Cleveland Elementary School, located about 0.5 miles away. Bateman Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Bateman Elementary School's average proficiency of 35.4% compares with 43.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Bateman Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (894) to 2024-25 (904).
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Bateman Elementary School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Cleveland Elementary School0.5 mi · 507
- CICS - Irving Park Campus0.7 mi · 453
- Waters Elementary School0.7 mi · 702
- Henry Elementary School0.7 mi · 445
- Roosevelt High School0.8 mi · 1,144
- Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School0.9 mi · 243
Frequently asked questions
About Bateman Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bateman Elementary School?
Bateman Elementary School enrolls approximately 904 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Bateman Elementary School serve?
Bateman Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Bateman Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Bateman Elementary School.
How diverse is Bateman Elementary School?
Bateman Elementary School reports a student body of 20% White, 67% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bateman Elementary School public or private?
Bateman 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.