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Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993004720
Belmont-Cragin Elementary School
6112 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60639 · (773) 534-2900 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
402 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 | 137 | 26% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 15% larger than its 8th grade class (39).
Student demographics
13%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
16.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
16.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.9% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.7% | 8.0% |
% 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
18.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Belmont-Cragin Elementary School
Belmont-Cragin Elementary School's state test result (18.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont-Cragin Elementary School this school | 518 | 77.6% | 18.0% |
| Addams Elementary School Chicago | 544 | 78.3% | 36.6% |
| Christopher House Chrt Elementary School Chicago | 502 | 78.7% | 19.6% |
| Washington G Elementary School Chicago | 571 | 77.8% | 44.5% |
| Schubert Elementary School Chicago | 568 | 80.3% | 18.9% |
| Liberty Elementary School Cicero | 453 | 78.6% | 33.8% |
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 Belmont-Cragin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,675 of 1,925 | #613 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #1,710 of 2,077 ▲ 14 | #592 of 829 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #1,982 of 2,077 ▼ 209 | #787 of 829 ▼ 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #480 of 2,419 | #235 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #927 of 2,035 | #428 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.6% | #1,829 of 2,042 | #694 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #567 of 2,132 | #381 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #1,063 of 1,461 | #517 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
518
+110 (+27%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 634
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 | 518 | 39.5 | 13.1:1 | 78% (402) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 39.5 | 13.3:1 | 74% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 38 | 12.6:1 | 91% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 24 | 23.3:1 | 92% (517) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 27 | 21.7:1 | 92% (539) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 23 | 27.6:1 | 93% (591) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belmont-Cragin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (559 to 518); teachers up 64% (24 to 39.5).
About Belmont-Cragin Elementary School
Belmont-Cragin Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Chicago, Illinois. The school serves 518 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 36% larger than that.
Belmont-Cragin Elementary School is in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district with 324,396 students across 622 schools.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School, with 93% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 4% White. In Cook County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 13%.
Belmont-Cragin Elementary School operates with 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. About 78% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 12 points.
Belmont-Cragin Elementary School is 8.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (18.0% versus 26.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 1,406 public schools in Cook County, with a combined enrollment of about 697,934.
CICS - West Belden Campus is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Belmont-Cragin Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 408 in 2020-21 and 518 in 2024-25, a gain of 110 students.
Community posts for Belmont-Cragin Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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
- CICS - West Belden Campus0.2 mi · 520
- Burbank Elementary School0.5 mi · 691
- Horizon Science Academy-Belmont0.5 mi · 785
- Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School0.6 mi · 461
- Lyon Elementary School0.7 mi · 988
- Steinmetz College Prep High School0.8 mi · 1,230
Frequently asked questions
About Belmont-Cragin Elementary SchoolHow large is Belmont-Cragin Elementary School?
Belmont-Cragin Elementary School enrolls approximately 518 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Belmont-Cragin Elementary School serve?
Belmont-Cragin Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School?
At Belmont-Cragin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Belmont-Cragin Elementary School public or private?
Belmont-Cragin 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.