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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000604
Belding Elementary School
4257 N Tripp Ave, Chicago, IL 60641 · (773) 534-3590 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
290 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 | 39 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 47% larger than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
62%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
Belding Elementary School→Schurz 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
62.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.7pp since 2023
Math
48.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.7% | 48.9% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 37.2% |
% 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Belding Elementary School
Belding Elementary School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belding Elementary School this school | 609 | 47.6% | 53.2% |
| Coventry Elementary School Crystal Lake | 629 | 47.7% | 38.9% |
| Olive C Martin School Lake Villa | 511 | 47.6% | 43.9% |
| Seth Whitman Elementary School Belvidere | 622 | 41.5% | 42.6% |
| B J Hooper Elementary School Lindenhurst | 545 | 43.1% | 47.3% |
| Wesmere Elementary School Plainfield | 544 | 44.3% | 35.3% |
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 Belding Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #495 of 1,925 | #140 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #695 of 2,077 ▼ 86 | #208 of 829 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #583 of 2,077 ▲ 82 | #200 of 829 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #261 of 2,419 | #146 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,402 of 2,035 | #622 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #484 of 2,042 | #184 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.6% | #1,363 of 2,132 | #623 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #460 of 615 | #141 of 186 |
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
609
+45 (+8%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 511
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 | 609 | 42 | 14.5:1 | 48% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 50% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 50% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 584 | 27.7 | 21.1:1 | 61% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 34 | 17.5:1 | 67% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 30 | 21.0:1 | 73% (460) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 32 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 511 | 26 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belding Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (584 to 609); teachers up 51% (27.7 to 42).
About Belding Elementary School
Belding Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Chicago, Illinois. Students in pre-K through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 609 students. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 60% above that.
Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, Belding Elementary School is one of 622 schools. The district enrolls 324,396 students.
Belding Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 48%. The remaining students are 37% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Belding Elementary School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 42 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.5:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is about 13.9:1. The school's lunch program data list 48% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Belding Elementary School is 9.2 points above its prediction. Actual: 53.2%. Predicted: 44.0%.
Cook County census figures show that median household income is about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
Disney II Elementary School is the public school closest to Belding Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Belding Elementary School is 2nd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Belding Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment was 564 in 2020-21 and 609 in 2024-25, a increase of 45 students.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Disney II Elementary School0.6 mi · 422
- Haugan Elementary School0.6 mi · 1,065
- Schurz High School0.8 mi · 1,244
- Disney II Magnet High School0.8 mi · 738
- ASPIRA Charter - Haugan Campus0.8 mi · 83
- North River Elementary School0.8 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Belding Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Belding Elementary School?
Belding Elementary School enrolls approximately 609 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Belding Elementary School serve?
Belding Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Belding Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Belding Elementary School.
How diverse is Belding Elementary School?
Belding Elementary School reports a student body of 48% White, 37% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Belding Elementary School?
Belding 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.