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Alumni: what's one memory from Canty Elem School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
791
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000647
Canty Elementary School
3740 N Panama Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 · (773) 534-1238 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL791 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
413 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 | 73 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (86).
Student demographics
57%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
Canty Elementary School→Steinmetz College Prep 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
64.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.5pp since 2023
Math
49.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.5% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 35.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% 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 14 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 Canty Elementary School
Canty Elementary School's state test result (55.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canty Elementary School this school | 791 | 52.2% | 55.7% |
| River Grove Elementary School River Grove | 722 | 51.0% | 47.2% |
| Dever Elementary School Chicago | 733 | 55.1% | 28.8% |
| Meehan Elementary School Belvidere | 688 | 55.2% | 27.0% |
| Stony Creek Elementary School Alsip | 652 | 52.5% | 39.0% |
| Coventry Elementary School Crystal Lake | 629 | 47.7% | 38.9% |
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 Canty Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #431 of 1,925 | #126 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #686 of 2,077 ▼ 46 | #206 of 829 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #520 of 2,077 ▼ 5 | #179 of 829 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 791 | #61 of 2,419 | #44 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #954 of 2,035 | #439 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #671 of 2,042 | #239 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.2% | #1,240 of 2,132 | #593 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #1,052 of 1,461 | #511 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
791
+31 (+4%) vs 2020
+117% since 1990-91, when it was 364
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 | 791 | 60 | 13.2:1 | 52% (413) |
| 2023-24 | 820 | 58 | 14.1:1 | 54% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 818 | 58.5 | 14.0:1 | 50% (411) |
| 2020-21 | 760 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 855 | 42.8 | 20.0:1 | 54% (459) |
| 2015-16 | 828 | 44 | 18.8:1 | 50% (410) |
| 2010-11 | 748 | 37 | 20.2:1 | 49% (365) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 29 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 364 | 27 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canty Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (855 to 791); teachers up 40% (42.8 to 60).
About Canty Elementary School
Canty Elementary School is a public large elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. It educates 791 students in pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Canty Elementary School is one of the 622 schools that make up Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students in total).
Hispanic students make up a majority at Canty Elementary School, at 50%. The remaining students are 41% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census figures show Cook County is about 27% Hispanic. Canty Elementary School's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 13.2 students per teacher and 60 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Canty Elementary School is among the top 10% of schools in Illinois. Predicted: 41.4%. Actual: 55.7%.
Within Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
The school nearest to Canty Elementary School is Dever Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Canty Elementary School is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
Canty Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 31 students since 2020-21, to 791.
Topics for discussion here include enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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
- Dever Elementary School0.9 mi · 733
- J Giles Elementary School1.0 mi · 499
- J Leigh Elementary School1.2 mi · 612
- Ridgewood Comm High School1.2 mi · 988
- John Mills Elementary School1.3 mi · 711
- River Grove Elementary School1.4 mi · 722
Frequently asked questions
About Canty Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Canty Elementary School?
Canty Elementary School enrolls approximately 791 students in grades PK-08.
Is Canty Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Canty Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Canty Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Canty Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (60 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Canty Elementary School?
At Canty Elementary School, the student body is approximately 41% White, 50% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Canty Elementary School?
Canty Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.