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Enrollment
702
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006149
Camras Elementary School
3000 N Mango Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 · (773) 534-2960 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% 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.
- B-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
13.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
580 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 87 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 21% smaller than its 8th grade class (80).
Student demographics
17%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
34.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
18.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.7% | 18.7% |
| 2023-24 | 21.7% | 11.7% |
% 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
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Camras Elementary School
Camras Elementary School's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camras Elementary School this school | 702 | 82.6% | 25.4% |
| Sadlowski Elementary School Chicago | 655 | 83.2% | 22.9% |
| Carson Elementary School Chicago | 724 | 83.8% | 35.9% |
| Gunsaulus Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 658 | 86.0% | 35.4% |
| Columbia Explorers Elementary Academy Chicago | 718 | 86.2% | 46.0% |
| Azuela Elementary School Chicago | 690 | 79.4% | 31.9% |
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 Camras Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #1,436 of 1,925 | #474 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #1,637 of 2,077 ▼ 93 | #554 of 829 ▼ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #1,526 of 2,077 ▼ 16 | #545 of 829 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 702 | #126 of 2,419 | #82 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #978 of 2,035 | #450 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.6% | #1,716 of 2,042 | #651 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.6% | #456 of 2,132 | #314 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #284 of 1,461 | #183 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
702
-163 (-19%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 666
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 | 702 | 53 | 13.3:1 | 83% (580) |
| 2023-24 | 719 | 59 | 12.2:1 | 87% (625) |
| 2022-23 | 793 | 62 | 12.8:1 | 83% (659) |
| 2020-21 | 865 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 936 | 54.4 | 17.2:1 | 90% (839) |
| 2015-16 | 1,037 | 53 | 19.6:1 | 89% (928) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 34 | 19.6:1 | 92% (615) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Camras Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (936 to 702); teachers down 3% (54.4 to 53).
About Camras Elementary School
The public elementary school Camras Elementary School is located in Chicago, Illinois. It covers pre-K through 8, with a total enrollment of 702 students. Enrollment is 84% higher than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 counts 324,396 students in its 622 schools, and Camras Elementary School is one of them.
Hispanic students make up 91% of enrollment at Camras Elementary School. The remaining students are 5% White. Census figures show Cook County is about 27% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 17% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.3 students per teacher. That matches the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 83% of students. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 17 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Camras Elementary School is C. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 30% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 23.8%.
Within Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
The closest public school, Lyon Elementary School, is about 0.3 miles from Camras Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Camras Elementary School is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Camras Elementary School is City: Large.
Enrollment is down 19% from 2020-21, when Camras Elementary School had 865 students, to 2024-25, when it had 702.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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
- Lyon Elementary School0.3 mi · 988
- Reinberg Elementary School0.5 mi · 768
- Schubert Elementary School0.6 mi · 568
- Chicago Academy Elementary School0.6 mi · 548
- Chicago Academy High School0.6 mi · 580
- Horizon Science Academy-Belmont0.7 mi · 785
Frequently asked questions
About Camras Elementary SchoolHow large is Camras Elementary School?
Camras Elementary School enrolls approximately 702 students in grades PK-08.
Is Camras Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Camras Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Camras Elementary School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Camras Elementary School.
How diverse is Camras Elementary School?
Camras Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Camras Elementary School in?
Camras 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.