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Enrollment
598
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000658
Chappell Elementary School
2135 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60625 · (773) 534-2390 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL598 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
186 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 | 56 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
63%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
Chappell Elementary School→Amundsen 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
67.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.9pp since 2023
Math
49.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.4% | 49.4% |
| 2023-24 | 52.5% | 36.8% |
% 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Chappell Elementary School
Chappell Elementary School's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chappell Elementary School this school | 598 | 31.1% | 57.7% |
| Autumn Creek Elementary School Yorkville | 529 | 31.6% | 45.9% |
| Ravenswood Elementary School Chicago | 522 | 32.2% | 66.0% |
| Bristol Bay Elementary School Yorkville | 695 | 29.5% | 53.5% |
| Onahan Elementary School Chicago | 657 | 31.4% | 57.1% |
| William L Thompson School Lake Villa | 488 | 31.8% | 48.8% |
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 Chappell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #380 of 1,925 | #114 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #681 of 2,077 ▼ 66 | #202 of 829 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #421 of 2,077 ▼ 12 | #152 of 829 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 598 | #276 of 2,419 | #158 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,122 of 2,035 | #501 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #437 of 2,042 | #166 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.1% | #1,753 of 2,132 | #709 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #450 of 615 | #138 of 186 |
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
598
+64 (+12%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 439
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 | 598 | 43.8 | 13.7:1 | 31% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 33% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 38.5 | 14.0:1 | 39% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 35 | 16.3:1 | 66% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 76% (425) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 26 | 17.2:1 | 80% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 568 | 29 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 439 | 26 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chappell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (572 to 598); teachers up 25% (35 to 43.8).
About Chappell Elementary School
Chappell Elementary School is the name of a large elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. The latest federal count shows 598 students in pre-K through 8. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 57% higher.
Federal data list 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Chappell Elementary School is White (49%). Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. By the diversity index, Chappell Elementary School comes in at 63%.
Chappell Elementary School operates with 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.7:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is about 13.9:1. About 31% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 53.6% at Chappell Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.7%.
Within Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
Amundsen High School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Chappell Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Chappell Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 598 was 12% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 534.
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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
Other Chappell Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Chappell Elementary. Chappell Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Chappell ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Amundsen High School0.2 mi · 1,507
- Devry Advantage Academy High Schl0.5 mi · 152
- McPherson Elementary School0.6 mi · 794
- Budlong Elementary School0.7 mi · 776
- Asian Human Srvcs-Passage Chrtr0.8 mi · 379
- Waters Elementary School0.9 mi · 702
Frequently asked questions
About Chappell Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Chappell Elementary School?
Chappell Elementary School enrolls approximately 598 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Chappell Elementary School serve?
Chappell Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chappell Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chappell Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chappell Elementary School?
At Chappell Elementary School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 34% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Chappell Elementary School in?
Chappell Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.