Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETTY SHABAZZ INTERNL CHRTR SCH·NCES 170142406394
Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School
7823 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60619 · (773) 651-1221 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- A+Beats 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
17.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
291 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 36% smaller than its 8th grade class (42).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
49.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.1pp since 2023
Math
24.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.2% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 12.4% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 14% 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 21 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 Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School
Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School this school | 293 | 99.3% | 34.7% |
| Washington Elementary School Riverdale | 282 | 99.6% | 12.7% |
| New Beginnings Learning Academy South Holland | 288 | 99.3% | 14.8% |
| Drake Elementary School Chicago | 302 | 97.7% | 15.9% |
| Brown R Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 279 | 97.5% | 22.2% |
| Carol Moseley Braun School Calumet City | 264 | 100.0% | 23.6% |
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 Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #1,098 of 1,925 | #321 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #1,460 of 2,077 ▲ 53 | #462 of 829 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #1,024 of 2,077 ▲ 67 | #334 of 829 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #1,573 of 2,419 | #647 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,868 of 2,035 | #768 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #1,785 of 2,042 | #671 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #36 of 2,132 | #23 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #556 of 615 | #169 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
293
-29 (-9%) vs 2020
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 | 293 | 17 | 17.2:1 | 99% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 18.8 | 17.4:1 | 93% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 17.2 | 18.2:1 | 90% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 322 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 289 | 25 | 11.6:1 | 48% (138) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (289 to 293); teachers down 32% (25 to 17).
About Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School
Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School is a small elementary school in Betty Shabazz Internl Chrtr Sch, located in Chicago, Illinois. The student body numbers 293 students, from kindergarten through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381, so this school runs 23% smaller than that.
The Betty Shabazz Internl Chrtr Sch system has 2 schools and 524 students.
Black students make up 92% of enrollment at Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School. The remaining shares are 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Cook County's population at about 22%. Pick two students at random and there is a 14% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 17 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.2:1. That is 3.3 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School is 99%. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 64% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School is +20.5 points, in the top 10% of Illinois. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.7%, and the predicted rate is 14.2%.
Cook County has these Census figures: the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
The closest other public school is Hirsch Metropolitan High School, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School as a charter school.
The school enrolled 293 students in 2024-25, 29 fewer than the 322 it had in 2020-21.
The Betty Shabazz Internl Charter 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
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Other schools in Betty Shabazz Internl Chrtr Sch
- Barbara A Sizemore CampusElementary · 231 students
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- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- Hirsch Metropolitan High School0.1 mi · 183
- Avalon Park Elementary School0.5 mi · 225
- Tanner Elementary School0.7 mi · 272
- Madison Elementary School0.7 mi · 224
- Dixon Elementary School0.8 mi · 412
- Revere Elementary School0.8 mi · 184
Frequently asked questions
About Betty Shabazz Internl Charter SchoolHow large is Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School?
Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School serve?
Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School have?
Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School?
Student demographics at Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School are roughly 1% Hispanic, 92% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School in?
Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School is part of Betty Shabazz Internl Chrtr Sch.
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