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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000616
Brennemann Elementary School
4251 N Clarendon Ave, Chicago, IL 60613 · (773) 534-5766 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
401 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 | 52 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 19% larger than its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
65%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
Brennemann Elementary School→Senn 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
27.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
15.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.3% | 15.9% |
| 2023-24 | 15.3% | 6.9% |
% 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
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Brennemann Elementary School
Brennemann Elementary School's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brennemann Elementary School this school | 482 | 83.2% | 20.6% |
| Proegler School Kankakee | 466 | 84.3% | N/A |
| Beyer Early Childhood Center Rockford | 497 | 89.5% | N/A |
| Lincoln Cltrl Center-Montessori Elementary School Kankakee | 437 | 84.7% | 32.4% |
| Mireles Elementary Academy Chicago | 546 | 83.3% | 12.8% |
| Johns Hill Magnet School Decatur | 627 | 79.7% | 17.0% |
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 Brennemann Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #1,591 of 1,925 | #557 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #1,711 of 2,077 ▲ 51 | #593 of 829 ▲ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #1,730 of 2,077 ▲ 11 | #644 of 829 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #618 of 2,419 | #296 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #566 of 2,035 | #280 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #388 of 2,042 | #152 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.2% | #442 of 2,132 | #306 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.6% | #265 of 615 | #78 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
482
+119 (+33%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 606
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 | 482 | 40 | 12.1:1 | 83% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 39.8 | 12.0:1 | 91% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 39 | 11.3:1 | 85% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 363 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 25.5 | 17.1:1 | 83% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 90% (408) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 26 | 13.8:1 | 93% (334) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 35 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 606 | 40 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brennemann Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (436 to 482); teachers up 57% (25.5 to 40).
About Brennemann Elementary School
Brennemann Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Illinois, with an address in Chicago. Its 482 students are spread across pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 27% bigger than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 324,396 students spread across 622 schools.
The most common group at Brennemann Elementary School is Black students, at 45%. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% White, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 22% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 40 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.1:1. That is lower than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligible students account for 83% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
A school with Brennemann Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 23.5%. Brennemann Elementary School scores 20.6%, 2.9 points below that line.
Brennemann Elementary School is located in Cook County, where the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Brennemann Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
Disney Elementary Magnet School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Brennemann Elementary School comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools 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.
2024-25 enrollment was 482, a 33% increase from 363 in 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about 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
- Disney Elementary Magnet School0.3 mi · 1,384
- Uplift Community High School0.4 mi · 224
- Greeley Elementary School0.5 mi · 331
- YCCS-Truman Middle College High School0.6 mi · 192
- Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center0.8 mi · 266
- McCutcheon Elementary School0.8 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Brennemann Elementary SchoolHow large is Brennemann Elementary School?
Brennemann Elementary School enrolls approximately 482 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Brennemann Elementary School serve?
Brennemann Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Brennemann Elementary School have?
Brennemann Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Brennemann Elementary School?
Student demographics at Brennemann Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 37% Hispanic, 45% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Brennemann Elementary School in?
Brennemann Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.