Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993005303
Casals Elementary School
3501 W Potomac Ave, Chicago, IL 60651 · (773) 534-4444 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
304 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 51 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (36).
Student demographics
46%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
66.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.9pp since 2023
Math
53.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +23.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.3% | 53.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.4% | 30.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+32.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 19% 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 32 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 Casals Elementary School
Casals Elementary School's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casals Elementary School this school | 337 | 90.2% | 51.4% |
| Lowell Elementary School Chicago | 311 | 88.7% | 19.3% |
| Sabin Elementary Magnet School Chicago | 354 | 86.7% | 12.8% |
| Elmwood Elementary School Zion | 336 | 87.5% | 13.3% |
| Gordon School Posen | 312 | 88.5% | 35.6% |
| Yates Elementary School Chicago | 268 | 88.1% | 18.5% |
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 Casals Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #551 of 1,925 | #151 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #577 of 2,077 ▲ 229 | #173 of 829 ▲ 75 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #457 of 2,077 ▲ 113 | #159 of 829 ▲ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #1,331 of 2,419 | #553 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #376 of 2,035 | #202 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #1,006 of 2,042 | #368 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #273 of 2,132 | #197 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #327 of 1,461 | #204 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
337
-45 (-12%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 787
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 | 337 | 29.5 | 11.4:1 | 90% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 85% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 28 | 11.6:1 | 92% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 26.1 | 16.9:1 | 97% (427) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 25 | 18.1:1 | 96% (436) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 27 | 18.8:1 | 99% (504) |
| 2000-01 | 820 | 47 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 787 | 35 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Casals Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (442 to 337); teachers up 13% (26.1 to 29.5).
About Casals Elementary School
Casals Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Chicago, Illinois. Its grade span covers pre-K through 8, with 337 students on the rolls.
Enrollment across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 totals 324,396 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Casals Elementary School is 69%, a majority. Smaller groups are 25% Black and 4% White. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 27% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
Casals Elementary School lists 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.4 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. About 90% of students at Casals Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 24 points above the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Casals Elementary School beats its 19.4% prediction with 51.4%, a top-10% result in Illinois.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $83,498 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Casals Elementary School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Cameron Elementary School, is the closest to Casals Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 51.4% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 382 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 337 by 2024-25.
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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
- Cameron Elementary School0.2 mi · 671
- Lowell Elementary School0.3 mi · 311
- YCCS-Association House0.4 mi · 105
- Stowe Elementary School0.6 mi · 558
- Noble St Chtr-Rowe-Clark MS Academy0.7 mi · 320
- Ward L Elementary School0.8 mi · 279
Frequently asked questions
About Casals Elementary SchoolHow large is Casals Elementary School?
Casals Elementary School enrolls approximately 337 students in grades PK-08.
Is Casals Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Casals Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Casals Elementary School have?
Casals Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Casals Elementary School?
At Casals Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 69% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Casals Elementary School?
Casals Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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