Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000655
Cassell Elementary School
11314 S Spaulding Ave, Chicago, IL 60655 · (773) 535-2640 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
72 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 32 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (45).
Student demographics
50%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
Cassell Elementary School→Morgan Park 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
71.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.2pp since 2023
Math
55.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.4% | 55.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.2% | 37.6% |
% 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
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Cassell Elementary School
Cassell Elementary School's state test result (62.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cassell Elementary School this school | 364 | 19.8% | 62.3% |
| Willard Elementary School Evanston | 355 | 22.5% | 60.1% |
| Hunt Club Elementary School Oswego | 357 | 17.4% | 44.3% |
| Haines Elementary School New Lenox | 358 | 20.1% | 54.5% |
| Briargate Elementary School Cary | 400 | 23.3% | 55.3% |
| H C Storm Elementary School Batavia | 388 | 25.3% | 63.0% |
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 Cassell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #266 of 1,925 | #88 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #520 of 2,077 ▲ 77 | #160 of 829 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #308 of 2,077 ▼ 23 | #116 of 829 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #1,178 of 2,419 | #486 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #179 of 2,035 | #109 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #913 of 2,042 | #332 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.8% | #1,959 of 2,132 | #746 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #854 of 1,461 | #436 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
364
-27 (-7%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 230
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 | 364 | 35 | 10.4:1 | 20% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 32 | 11.1:1 | 23% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 30.5 | 11.5:1 | 22% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 22.6 | 18.2:1 | 26% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 23 | 17.4:1 | 21% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 27% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 299 | 19 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 230 | 11 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cassell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (411 to 364); teachers up 55% (22.6 to 35).
About Cassell Elementary School
Located in Chicago, Illinois, Cassell Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 364 students in kindergarten through 8.
Cassell Elementary School falls under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools enrolling 324,396 students.
More than half of the students at Cassell Elementary School are White (66%). The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Cook County's population at about 44%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cassell Elementary School scores 50%.
On staff are 35 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.4:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. About 20% of students at Cassell Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Cassell Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.3% is 2.2 points above the 60.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Cook County, 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 Cassell Elementary School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Mount Greenwood Elementary School is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Cassell Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 49.1% on proficiency, and Cassell Elementary School is above that at 62.3%.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% decrease, from 391 to 364.
On allk12, people connected to Cassell Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Cassell Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cassell Elementary. Cassell Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Cassell ElementaryWaynesboro, VA · 634 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Greenwood Elementary School0.6 mi · 1,182
- Chicago HS for Agricult Sciences0.7 mi · 827
- Meadow Lane School0.7 mi · 197
- Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School0.8 mi · 222
- Vick Early Childhood & Family Center1.0 mi · 417
- Hamlin Upper Grade Center1.2 mi · 182
Frequently asked questions
About Cassell Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cassell Elementary School?
Cassell Elementary School enrolls approximately 364 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Cassell Elementary School serve?
Cassell Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Cassell Elementary School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Cassell Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cassell Elementary School?
At Cassell Elementary School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 24% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Cassell Elementary School?
Cassell Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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