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What's something Carnegie Elem School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
389
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000648
Carnegie Elementary School
1414 E 61st Pl, Chicago, IL 60637 · (773) 535-0530 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL389 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
310 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 73% larger than its 8th grade class (26).
Student demographics
7%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
Carnegie Elementary School→Hyde Park Academy 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
38.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
25.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 20.1% |
% 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Carnegie Elementary School
Carnegie Elementary School's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Elementary School this school | 389 | 79.7% | 30.1% |
| Illinois School Park Forest | 391 | 79.3% | 37.1% |
| Smyth J Elementary School Chicago | 348 | 80.5% | 7.3% |
| Westcott Elementary School Chicago | 387 | 76.7% | 12.8% |
| LEARN Chtr - Hunter Perkins Camp Chicago | 472 | 80.7% | 32.0% |
| Dixon Elementary School Chicago | 412 | 75.2% | 31.7% |
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 Carnegie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #1,269 of 1,925 | #399 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #1,434 of 2,077 ▼ 257 | #451 of 829 ▼ 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,414 of 2,077 ▼ 484 | #496 of 829 ▼ 193 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 389 | #1,052 of 2,419 | #446 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #743 of 2,035 | #353 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #1,953 of 2,042 | #762 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #514 of 2,132 | #353 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.4% | #67 of 1,461 | #44 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
389
-190 (-33%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 358
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 | 389 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 80% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 33.5 | 12.0:1 | 84% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 33.5 | 13.2:1 | 81% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 31 | 20.3:1 | 82% (515) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 33 | 18.3:1 | 83% (504) |
| 2010-11 | 694 | 33 | 21.0:1 | 80% (552) |
| 2000-01 | 551 | 24 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 358 | 26 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carnegie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (631 to 389); teachers unchanged (31 to 31).
About Carnegie Elementary School
Families in Chicago, Illinois, are served by Carnegie Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 389 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25.
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, has 324,396 students enrolled across 622 schools.
Black students are the large majority at Carnegie Elementary School, with 96% of enrollment. Next come 2% Hispanic. That compares with about 22% Black among all Cook County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Carnegie Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
Federal staffing data show 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at Carnegie Elementary School and a ratio of 12.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 80% of enrollment. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 14 points lower.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Carnegie Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Carnegie Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 25.5%. Carnegie Elementary School scores 30.1%, 4.6 points above that line.
Carnegie Elementary School is located in Cook County, where median household income is about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Carnegie Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in Cook County, which together enroll about 697,934 students.
The nearest public school is Hyde Park Academy High School, at about 0.2 miles. Carnegie Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Carnegie Elementary School comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 389 was 33% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 579.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Carnegie Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Other Carnegie Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Carnegie Elementary. Carnegie Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Carnegie Elementary SchoolCarnegie, PA · 408 students
- Carnegie Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 389 students
- Carnegie Elementary SchoolCarnegie, OK · 255 students
Nearby schools
- Hyde Park Academy High School0.2 mi · 838
- Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn0.4 mi · 591
- Wadsworth Elementary School0.5 mi · 487
- Ray Elementary School0.6 mi · 613
- Woodlawn Elementary Community School0.7 mi · 167
- Bret Harte Elementary School0.7 mi · 339
Frequently asked questions
About Carnegie Elementary SchoolHow large is Carnegie Elementary School?
Carnegie Elementary School enrolls approximately 389 students in grades KG-08.
Is Carnegie Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carnegie Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Carnegie Elementary School have?
Carnegie Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Carnegie Elementary School?
Student demographics at Carnegie Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 2% Hispanic, 96% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Carnegie Elementary School public or private?
Carnegie Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.