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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000659
Chase Elementary School
2021 N Point St, Chicago, IL 60647 · (773) 534-4185 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
224 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
4
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 | 88 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 67% larger than its 8th grade class (30).
Student demographics
55%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
Chase Elementary School→Clemente Community 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
55.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +21.3pp since 2023
Math
31.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.9% | 31.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 12.1% |
% 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Chase Elementary School
Chase Elementary School's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Elementary School this school | 415 | 54.0% | 39.9% |
| Schneider Elementary School North Aurora | 361 | 51.5% | 31.5% |
| North Elementary School Villa Park | 434 | 56.5% | 44.9% |
| Willard Elementary School South Elgin | 370 | 55.4% | 38.9% |
| River Trail School Gurnee | 471 | 51.8% | 28.8% |
| Avon Center Elementary School Round Lake Beach | 361 | 53.7% | 38.2% |
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 Chase Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #917 of 1,925 | #244 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #1,232 of 2,077 ▲ 291 | #376 of 829 ▲ 127 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #809 of 2,077 ▲ 179 | #253 of 829 ▲ 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #933 of 2,419 | #402 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #175 of 2,035 | #106 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #759 of 2,042 | #270 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.0% | #1,189 of 2,132 | #582 of 804 |
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
415
+84 (+25%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 770
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 | 415 | 40 | 10.4:1 | 54% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 39 | 10.1:1 | 69% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 41 | 9.1:1 | 56% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 31.5 | 13.2:1 | 91% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 96% (443) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 95% (476) |
| 2000-01 | 906 | 46 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 770 | 42 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chase Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (415 to 415); teachers up 27% (31.5 to 40).
About Chase Elementary School
Chase Elementary School sits in Chicago, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. Total enrollment is 415 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 8.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 serves 324,396 students across 622 schools.
At Chase Elementary School, 63% of students are Hispanic. It is also 22% White, 8% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 27% Hispanic. The diversity index for Chase Elementary School is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 40 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. At Chase Elementary School, 54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, higher than here.
Chase Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (39.9%) and its predicted rate (40.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Looking at the county, Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Chase Elementary School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Chase Elementary School's nearest public school is Goethe Elementary School (about 0.3 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Chase Elementary School. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Chase Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment rose 25% over 4 years, reaching 415 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. 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
Other Chase Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Chase Elementary. Chase Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Chase ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Goethe Elementary School0.3 mi · 711
- Yates Elementary School0.4 mi · 268
- Moos Elementary School0.4 mi · 434
- Pulaski Intl School of Chicago0.5 mi · 889
- Darwin Elementary School0.7 mi · 502
- CICS - Bucktown Campus0.8 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Chase Elementary SchoolHow large is Chase Elementary School?
Chase Elementary School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Chase Elementary School serve?
Chase Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chase Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chase Elementary School is approximately 10.4:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chase Elementary School?
At Chase Elementary School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 63% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Chase Elementary School in?
Chase 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.