Enrollment
323
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000697
Chopin Elementary School
2450 W Rice St, Chicago, IL 60622 · (773) 534-4080 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
292 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 | 27 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 33% smaller than its 8th grade class (43).
Student demographics
62%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
Chopin 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
20.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
7.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.1% | 7.3% |
| 2023-24 | 13.3% | 2.8% |
% 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
14.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Chopin Elementary School
Chopin Elementary School's state test result (14.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chopin Elementary School this school | 323 | 90.4% | 14.3% |
| Pleasant Acres Elementary School Rantoul | 293 | 94.5% | 13.7% |
| Eastlawn Elementary School Rantoul | 276 | 89.1% | 7.3% |
| Elmwood Elementary School Zion | 336 | 87.5% | 13.3% |
| Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center Chicago | 266 | 92.9% | 18.2% |
| Hillcrest Elementary School East Moline | 353 | 94.6% | 12.5% |
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 Chopin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #1,773 of 1,925 | #671 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.3% | #1,981 of 2,077 ▲ 2 | #763 of 829 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #1,922 of 2,077 ▼ 98 | #760 of 829 ▼ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #1,405 of 2,419 | #581 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #157 of 2,035 | #95 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #485 of 2,042 | #185 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #269 of 2,132 | #196 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #334 of 1,461 | #207 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
323
+12 (+4%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 828
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 | 323 | 31.5 | 10.3:1 | 90% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 27.5 | 11.6:1 | 91% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 29 | 9.4:1 | 93% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 311 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 30.9 | 13.7:1 | 94% (397) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 32 | 16.0:1 | 94% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | 16 | 18.8:1 | 99% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 611 | 35 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 828 | 41 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chopin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (423 to 323); teachers up 2% (30.9 to 31.5).
About Chopin Elementary School
Chopin Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. A federal count lists 323 students at the school, in pre-K through 8.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 counts 622 schools and 324,396 students, including Chopin Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, Chopin Elementary School is 50% Hispanic. It is also 31% Black and 16% White. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 27% Hispanic. Chopin Elementary School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.3:1, with 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 90% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Chopin Elementary School's results are 5.0 points below predicted: 14.3% against 19.3%.
Within 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. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
The shortest distance from Chopin Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Acero Chtr - Esmera Santiago Cmps. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Chopin Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 4%, from 311 to 323.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Acero Chtr - Esmera Santiago Cmps0.2 mi · 224
- Chicago HS for the Arts0.4 mi · 578
- Clemente Community Academy High School0.4 mi · 745
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary0.4 mi · 260
- Mitchell Elementary School0.5 mi · 446
- YCCS-Albizu Campos Puerto Rican0.5 mi · 184
Frequently asked questions
About Chopin Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chopin Elementary School?
Chopin Elementary School enrolls approximately 323 students in grades PK-08.
Is Chopin Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chopin Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chopin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chopin Elementary School is approximately 10.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chopin Elementary School?
At Chopin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 16% White, 50% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Chopin Elementary School public or private?
Chopin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.