Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000602
Beethoven Elementary School
25 W 47th St, Chicago, IL 60609 · (773) 535-1480 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
304 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 | 43 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
32%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
Beethoven Elementary School→Phillips Academy 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
12.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
3.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.3% | 3.5% |
| 2023-24 | 9.6% | 1.9% |
% 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
8.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Beethoven Elementary School
Beethoven Elementary School's state test result (8.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beethoven Elementary School this school | 333 | 91.3% | 8.2% |
| Harvard Elementary School Chicago | 335 | 93.4% | 16.9% |
| Randolph Elementary School Chicago | 367 | 92.1% | 10.8% |
| Park Manor Elementary School Chicago | 313 | 92.0% | 15.0% |
| Burke Elementary School Chicago | 323 | 96.0% | 10.0% |
| Ashe Elementary School Chicago | 387 | 94.6% | 13.0% |
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 Beethoven Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.2% | #1,904 of 1,925 | #753 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.5% | #2,058 of 2,077 ▼ 29 | #816 of 829 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #2,046 of 2,077 ▼ 110 | #820 of 829 ▼ 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #1,349 of 2,419 | #559 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #911 of 2,035 | #423 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #1,342 of 2,042 | #499 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.3% | #248 of 2,132 | #179 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #757 of 1,461 | #399 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
333
+97 (+41%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 852
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 | 333 | 25.5 | 13.1:1 | 91% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 97% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 20.5 | 12.9:1 | 95% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 236 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 16.3 | 23.6:1 | 98% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 98% (435) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 95% (440) |
| 2000-01 | 753 | 38 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 852 | 49 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beethoven Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (383 to 333); teachers up 57% (16.3 to 25.5).
About Beethoven Elementary School
Beethoven Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 333 students in pre-K through 8.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 324,396 students spread across 622 schools.
The student body at Beethoven Elementary School is 80% Black. Other groups include 18% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 22% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.1 students per teacher. That is 0.9 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 91% of students. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 25 points.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 18.8% for Beethoven Elementary School. The school posts 8.2%, 10.6 points below the prediction.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Beethoven Elementary School, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
Nearby, Williams Medical Prep High School is about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Beethoven Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Beethoven Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school counted 236 students in 2020-21 and 333 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference.
The Beethoven Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Beethoven Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Beethoven Elementary. Beethoven Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Beethoven Elementary SchoolWest Roxbury, MA · 287 students
Nearby schools
- Williams Medical Prep High School0.3 mi · 74
- Bronzeville Scholastic High School0.3 mi · 119
- Hendricks Elementary Community Academy0.6 mi · 217
- Beasley Elementary Magnet Academic Center0.7 mi · 1,119
- Mollison Elementary School0.7 mi · 237
- Tilden Career Communty Academy High School0.8 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Beethoven Elementary SchoolHow large is Beethoven Elementary School?
Beethoven Elementary School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades PK-08.
Is Beethoven Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beethoven Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Beethoven Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Beethoven Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Beethoven Elementary School?
At Beethoven Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 18% Hispanic, 80% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Beethoven Elementary School?
Beethoven Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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