Enrollment
264
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000635
Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy
650 E 91st Pl, Chicago, IL 60619 · (773) 535-3300 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
215 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 | 15 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 41% smaller than its 8th grade class (34).
Student demographics
5%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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
53.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.9pp since 2023
Math
16.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.6% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 37.7% | 13.8% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy
Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy this school | 264 | 81.4% | 32.2% |
| Gillespie Elementary School Chicago | 288 | 79.9% | 18.2% |
| James R Doolittle Academy Chicago | 257 | 84.8% | 9.5% |
| Wells Preparatory Elementary Academy Chicago | 308 | 82.8% | 32.8% |
| Huffman Elementary School Cahokia | 268 | 82.5% | 11.0% |
| Bennett Elementary School Chicago | 312 | 80.4% | 23.0% |
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 Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #1,188 of 1,925 | #361 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #1,691 of 2,077 ▼ 240 | #581 of 829 ▼ 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #879 of 2,077 ▼ 7 | #276 of 829 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 264 | #1,747 of 2,419 | #718 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #748 of 2,035 | #356 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.2% | #1,998 of 2,042 | #793 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.4% | #483 of 2,132 | #332 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.0% | #36 of 1,461 | #23 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
264
-66 (-20%) vs 2020
-68% since 1990-91, when it was 828
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 | 264 | 21 | 12.6:1 | 81% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 24 | 12.0:1 | 81% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 77% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 26.7 | 17.4:1 | 87% (402) |
| 2015-16 | 532 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 85% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 764 | 40 | 19.1:1 | 82% (627) |
| 2000-01 | 834 | 45 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 828 | 43 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (463 to 264); teachers down 21% (26.7 to 21).
About Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy
Federal records list Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy as an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. The school counts 264 students across pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
In Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, 622 schools enroll a combined 324,396 students.
Black students make up 97% of enrollment at Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy. Smaller groups are 2% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 22% Black. The school's diversity index is 5%, meaning two students picked at random have a 5% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 21 full-time equivalents, or about 12.6 students per teacher. This ratio sits 1.4 below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 81%. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (32.2%) and its predicted rate (24.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Cook County, 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 school nearest to Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy is YCCS Chtr - Chatham, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy is 2nd 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 enrolled 264 students in 2024-25, 66 fewer than the 330 it had in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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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- 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
- YCCS Chtr - Chatham0.1 mi · 104
- Washington H Elementary School0.6 mi · 273
- McDade Elementary Classical School0.7 mi · 207
- Pirie Elementary Fine Arts & Academic C0.8 mi · 216
- Gillespie Elementary School0.8 mi · 288
- Ashe Elementary School0.9 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About Burnside Elementary Scholastic AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy?
Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy enrolls approximately 264 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy serve?
Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy is approximately 12.6:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy?
Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy reports a student body of 2% Hispanic, 97% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy public or private?
Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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