Enrollment
205
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000657
Chalmers STEAM Elementary
2745 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60608 · (773) 534-1720 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
202 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 | 19 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 11 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (25).
Student demographics
18%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
Chalmers STEAM Elementary→Manley Career 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
32.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.4pp since 2023
Math
9.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.8% | 9.5% |
| 2023-24 | 17.4% | 3.5% |
% 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
18.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Chalmers STEAM Elementary
Chalmers STEAM Elementary's state test result (18.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalmers STEAM Elementary this school | 205 | 98.5% | 18.1% |
| Schmid Elementary School Chicago | 195 | 97.9% | 15.6% |
| Early Childhood Cntr Dolton | 196 | 99.5% | N/A |
| Johnson STEAM Elementary Chicago | 209 | 99.5% | 13.5% |
| Diekman Elementary School Dolton | 227 | 97.8% | 20.4% |
| Park Elementary School Riverdale | 197 | 95.4% | 30.4% |
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 Chalmers STEAM Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #1,672 of 1,925 | #611 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #1,926 of 2,077 ▲ 18 | #724 of 829 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #1,592 of 2,077 ▲ 70 | #573 of 829 ▲ 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 205 | #2,029 of 2,419 | #815 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #46 of 2,035 | #29 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #1,683 of 2,042 | #635 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #55 of 2,132 | #36 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.7% | #29 of 1,461 | #18 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
205
-79 (-28%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 497
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 | 205 | 23 | 8.9:1 | 99% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 224 | 22 | 10.2:1 | 97% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 209 | 22 | 9.5:1 | 93% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 21 | 17.6:1 | 96% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 22 | 17.5:1 | 97% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 261 | 13 | 20.1:1 | 99% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 497 | 29 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chalmers STEAM Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 45% (371 to 205); teachers up 9% (21 to 23).
About Chalmers STEAM Elementary
At 2745 W Roosevelt Rd in Chicago, Illinois, Chalmers STEAM Elementary operates as a small elementary school. It reported 205 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 46% lower.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools with a combined 324,396 students. Chalmers STEAM Elementary is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Chalmers STEAM Elementary, about 90 are Black. The school is also 6% Hispanic. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Cook County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 18%.
Staffing at Chalmers STEAM Elementary comes to 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 8.9:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 14.6%. Chalmers STEAM Elementary scores 18.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Cook County show that the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Chalmers STEAM Elementary's nearest public school is North Lawndale Prep Chtr-Collins (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Chalmers STEAM Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Chalmers STEAM Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 28% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Chalmers STEAM Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- North Lawndale Prep Chtr-Collins0.3 mi · 276
- Collins Academy STEAM High School0.3 mi · 228
- Manley Career Academy High School0.4 mi · 193
- Plamondon Elementary School0.4 mi · 92
- Kellman Corporate Community Elementary School0.5 mi · 209
- Johnson STEAM Elementary0.5 mi · 209
Frequently asked questions
About Chalmers STEAM ElementaryHow large is Chalmers STEAM Elementary?
Chalmers STEAM Elementary enrolls approximately 205 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Chalmers STEAM Elementary serve?
Chalmers STEAM Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Chalmers STEAM Elementary?
Approximately 8.9:1 students per teacher at Chalmers STEAM Elementary.
How diverse is Chalmers STEAM Elementary?
Chalmers STEAM Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 6% Hispanic, 90% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Chalmers STEAM Elementary?
Chalmers STEAM Elementary is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.