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Enrollment
467
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000993
Carver Primary School
901 E 133rd Pl, Chicago, IL 60827 · (773) 535-5674 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
466 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 | 36 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 36% smaller than its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
3%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
Carver Primary School→Fenger 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
19.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.3pp since 2023
Math
4.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.1% | 4.7% |
| 2023-24 | 8.8% | 3.2% |
% 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
11.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Carver Primary School
Carver Primary School's state test result (11.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Primary School this school | 467 | 99.8% | 11.3% |
| LEARN Chtr - Butler Chicago | 475 | 97.3% | 30.2% |
| Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School East Saint Louis | 418 | 99.0% | 16.8% |
| Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence E Saint Louis | 534 | 100.0% | 26.2% |
| Caroline Sibley Elementary School Calumet City | 434 | 99.8% | 12.3% |
| CICS - Washington Pk Campus Chicago | 493 | 95.3% | 32.1% |
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 Carver Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #1,854 of 1,925 | #724 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.7% | #2,038 of 2,077 ▼ 80 | #802 of 829 ▼ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #1,939 of 2,077 ▲ 25 | #768 of 829 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 467 | #670 of 2,419 | #314 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,543 of 2,035 | #666 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.9% | #2,029 of 2,042 | #813 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #16 of 2,132 | #8 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #1,169 of 1,461 | #556 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
467
+80 (+21%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 537
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 | 467 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 100% (466) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 27 | 17.5:1 | 99% (468) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 100% (463) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 27.8 | 17.8:1 | 99% (490) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 100% (472) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 27 | 15.9:1 | 99% (427) |
| 2000-01 | 763 | 45 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 37 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carver Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (494 to 467); teachers up 11% (27.8 to 31).
About Carver Primary School
Carver Primary School is a public medium-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. Students in pre-K through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 467 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 324,396 students spread across 622 schools.
The student body at Carver Primary School is 99% Black. County-wide, 22% of Cook County residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 3%, meaning two students picked at random have a 3% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at Carver Primary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.1:1. That is 1.1 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Carver Primary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (11.3%) and its predicted rate (13.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Across 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%. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
The closest public school to Carver Primary School is CICS - Bond Campus, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Carver Primary School is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment is up 21% from 2020-21, when Carver Primary School had 387 students, to 2024-25, when it had 467.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. 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 Carver Primary schools
One other US public school is named Carver Primary. Carver Primary School is the largest of the 2.
- Carver Primary SchoolOpelika, AL · 414 students
Nearby schools
- CICS - Bond Campus0.2 mi · 279
- Aldridge Elementary School0.4 mi · 257
- Carver Military Academy High School0.7 mi · 420
- Dubois Elementary School0.7 mi · 201
- Lincoln Junior High School1.0 mi · 168
- Lincoln Elementary School1.0 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About Carver Primary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carver Primary School?
Carver Primary School enrolls approximately 467 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Carver Primary School serve?
Carver Primary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carver Primary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carver Primary School is approximately 15.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carver Primary School?
At Carver Primary School, the student body is approximately 1% Hispanic, 99% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Carver Primary School public or private?
Carver Primary 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.