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Enrollment
1,004
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000601
Beaubien Elementary School
5025 N Laramie Ave, Chicago, IL 60630 · (773) 534-3500 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,004 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
410 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 | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 107 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 110 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 30% smaller than its 8th grade class (110).
Student demographics
72%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
Beaubien Elementary School→Taft 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
71.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.4pp since 2023
Math
52.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.6% | 52.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.2% | 41.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Beaubien Elementary School
Beaubien Elementary School's state test result (61.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaubien Elementary School this school | 1,004 | 40.8% | 61.7% |
| Bonnie McBeth Learning Center Plainfield | 757 | 35.3% | N/A |
| Woodland Intermediate School Gurnee | 979 | 40.2% | 40.3% |
| Woodland Elementary Gages Lake | 1,386 | 44.7% | 38.6% |
| Woodland Primary School Gages Lake | 657 | 45.4% | N/A |
| Forest Elementary School Des Plaines | 658 | 50.3% | 59.6% |
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 Beaubien Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #278 of 1,925 | #91 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #597 of 2,077 ▼ 76 | #178 of 829 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #305 of 2,077 ▼ 49 | #114 of 829 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,004 | #20 of 2,419 | #18 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,672 of 2,035 | #702 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #82 of 2,042 | #37 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.8% | #1,533 of 2,132 | #653 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #1,004 of 1,461 | #492 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
1,004
-24 (-2%) vs 2020
+87% since 1990-91, when it was 538
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 | 1,004 | 64 | 15.7:1 | 41% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 1,013 | 61 | 16.6:1 | 43% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 966 | 60 | 16.1:1 | 41% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 1,028 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,096 | 52.7 | 20.8:1 | 51% (556) |
| 2015-16 | 1,112 | 53 | 21.0:1 | 51% (565) |
| 2010-11 | 1,166 | 56 | 20.8:1 | 52% (609) |
| 2000-01 | 934 | 52 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 538 | 27 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beaubien Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,096 to 1,004); teachers up 21% (52.7 to 64).
About Beaubien Elementary School
Beaubien Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment stands at 1,004 students, covering pre-K through 8. The school is 164% above the average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 counts 622 schools and 324,396 students, including Beaubien Elementary School.
Hispanic students make up 35% of enrollment at Beaubien Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 34% White, 17% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 4% 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 72%.
The school has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.7 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. The school reported 41% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
In Illinois, Beaubien Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.7% compared with a predicted 47.9%.
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 Beaubien Elementary School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Farnsworth Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Beaubien Elementary School places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Beaubien Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 1,028 in 2020-21, 1,004 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Beaubien Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
- Farnsworth Elementary School0.7 mi · 502
- Prussing Elementary School0.9 mi · 642
- Palmer Elementary School0.9 mi · 746
- Portage Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 933
- Rickover Naval Academy High Schl1.2 mi · 527
- Hitch Elementary School1.4 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About Beaubien Elementary SchoolHow large is Beaubien Elementary School?
Beaubien Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,004 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Beaubien Elementary School serve?
Beaubien Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Beaubien Elementary School have?
Beaubien Elementary School employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Beaubien Elementary School?
At Beaubien Elementary School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 35% Hispanic, 4% Black, 17% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Beaubien Elementary School public or private?
Beaubien 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.