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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000652
Carroll Elementary School
2929 W 83rd St, Chicago, IL 60652 · (773) 535-9414 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
354 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 | 78 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (39).
Student demographics
34%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
Carroll Elementary School→Bogan 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
40.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.6pp since 2023
Math
16.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 41 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.9% | 16.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 9.0% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Carroll Elementary School
Carroll Elementary School's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Elementary School this school | 411 | 86.1% | 27.6% |
| Barton Elementary School Chicago | 411 | 89.5% | 10.9% |
| Hughes L Elementary School Chicago | 431 | 87.0% | 13.0% |
| Lavizzo Elementary School Chicago | 394 | 89.8% | 14.9% |
| Howe Elementary School Chicago | 341 | 82.7% | 12.1% |
| Wadsworth Elementary School Chicago | 487 | 87.5% | 16.6% |
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 Carroll Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #1,357 of 1,925 | #442 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #1,706 of 2,077 ▼ 42 | #588 of 829 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #1,313 of 2,077 ▼ 186 | #448 of 829 ▼ 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #951 of 2,419 | #409 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #580 of 2,035 | #286 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.3% | #1,295 of 2,042 | #479 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.1% | #382 of 2,132 | #274 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #1,337 of 1,461 | #612 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
411
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 307
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 | 411 | 34 | 12.1:1 | 86% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 33 | 12.3:1 | 89% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 31.5 | 13.4:1 | 88% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 25.8 | 16.3:1 | 89% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 27 | 17.5:1 | 88% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 583 | 29 | 20.1:1 | 84% (489) |
| 2000-01 | 1,056 | 42 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 307 | 17 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carroll Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (421 to 411); teachers up 32% (25.8 to 34).
About Carroll Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Carroll Elementary School serves students in Chicago, Illinois. The school counted 411 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 8.
The 622 schools of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, including Carroll Elementary School, enroll 324,396 students.
At Carroll Elementary School, 79% of students are Black. Other students are 17% Hispanic. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Cook County residents. The diversity index for Carroll Elementary School is 34%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, Carroll Elementary School has a ratio of 12.1:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 86%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 21.8% at Carroll Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.6%.
In Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Among nearby public schools, CICS - Wrightwood is closest at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Carroll Elementary School. By average proficiency, Carroll Elementary School is 4th among 9 schools close by.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Carroll Elementary School had 421 students in 2020-21 and 411 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Carroll Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Carroll Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 5 states are named Carroll Elementary. Carroll Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 8.
- Carroll ElementaryElk Grove, CA · 854 students
- Carroll Elementary SchoolSOUTHLAKE, TX · 610 students
- Carroll Elementary SchoolFlora, IN · 577 students
- Carroll Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 568 students
- Carroll Elementary SchoolCORSICANA, TX · 559 students
Nearby schools
- CICS - Wrightwood0.3 mi · 614
- Owen Elementary Scholastic Academy0.4 mi · 281
- Ashburn Community Elementary School0.7 mi · 324
- Northeast Elementary School0.9 mi · 329
- Goode STEM Academy High School0.9 mi · 991
- Hampton Elementary Fine & Perf Arts School1.0 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About Carroll Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Carroll Elementary School?
Carroll Elementary School enrolls approximately 411 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Carroll Elementary School serve?
Carroll Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Carroll Elementary School have?
Carroll Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
How diverse is Carroll Elementary School?
Carroll Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 17% Hispanic, 79% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Carroll Elementary School public or private?
Carroll 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.