Enrollment
262
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL STICKNEY SD 110·NCES 173786003888
Charles J Sahs Elementary School
5001 S Long Ave, Chicago, IL 60638 · (708) 458-1152 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
29 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
175 students
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 | 23 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 25% smaller than its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
60.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.6pp since 2023
Math
49.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.2% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 46.6% | 34.0% |
% 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% 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 17 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 Charles J Sahs Elementary School
Charles J Sahs Elementary School's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles J Sahs Elementary School this school | 262 | 66.8% | 50.3% |
| Home Elementary School Stickney | 256 | 71.5% | 39.6% |
| L D Brady Elementary School Aurora | 310 | 67.7% | 10.9% |
| Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences Chicago | 280 | 72.9% | 43.9% |
| Piper School Berwyn | 292 | 70.2% | 47.4% |
| W S Beaupre Elementary School Aurora | 226 | 63.3% | 15.3% |
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 Charles J Sahs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #590 of 1,925 | #161 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #675 of 2,077 ▲ 4 | #198 of 829 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #673 of 2,077 ▼ 82 | #220 of 829 ▼ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #1,761 of 2,419 | #722 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #58 of 2,035 | #39 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.8% | #1,763 of 2,042 | #666 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.8% | #819 of 2,132 | #486 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.8% | #130 of 1,461 | #86 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
262
-79 (-23%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 300
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 | 262 | 28.5 | 9.2:1 | 67% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 31 | 9.8:1 | 63% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 30 | 10.4:1 | 61% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 76% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 36% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 24 | 19.0:1 | 58% (266) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 23 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 300 | 21 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles J Sahs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (390 to 262); teachers down 2% (29 to 28.5).
About Charles J Sahs Elementary School
Charles J Sahs Elementary School is one of the public schools in Chicago, Illinois. It is a small elementary school. It educates 262 students in pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Charles J Sahs Elementary School is a school in Central Stickney SD 110.
Most students at Charles J Sahs Elementary School are Hispanic: 92% of enrollment. Other groups make up 8% White. Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Charles J Sahs Elementary School has a diversity index of 15%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Charles J Sahs Elementary School's 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 9.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 67%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is about the same, 66%.
Charles J Sahs Elementary School is a top-10% school in Illinois on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.9% with an actual 50.3%.
Across Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Charles J Sahs Elementary School is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
The school nearest to Charles J Sahs Elementary School is Twain Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Charles J Sahs Elementary School places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Charles J Sahs Elementary School saw enrollment fall 23% between 2020-21 and 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Charles J Sahs Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Charles J Sahs Elementary School?
Charles J Sahs Elementary School enrolls approximately 262 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Charles J Sahs Elementary School serve?
Charles J Sahs Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Charles J Sahs Elementary School?
Approximately 9.2:1 students per teacher at Charles J Sahs Elementary School.
How diverse is Charles J Sahs Elementary School?
Charles J Sahs Elementary School reports a student body of 8% White, 92% Hispanic.
Who oversees Charles J Sahs Elementary School?
Charles J Sahs Elementary School is overseen by Central Stickney SD 110 in Cook County.
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