Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993004376
Christopher Elementary School
5042 S Artesian Ave, Chicago, IL 60632 · (773) 535-9375 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
302 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 23 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 48% smaller than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
31%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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
25.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.8pp since 2023
Math
10.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.6% | 10.7% |
| 2023-24 | 7.8% | 5.7% |
% 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Christopher Elementary School
Christopher Elementary School's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Elementary School this school | 315 | 95.9% | 17.0% |
| Fulton Elementary School Chicago | 321 | 98.1% | 12.7% |
| Isaac Singleton Elementary School Joliet | 304 | 95.1% | 18.9% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Chicago Heights | 353 | 98.9% | 33.6% |
| Woodland Elementary School Joliet | 368 | 95.1% | 19.7% |
| Salazar Elementary Bilingual Center Chicago | 351 | 93.7% | 20.7% |
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 Christopher Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,702 of 1,925 | #630 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #1,877 of 2,077 ▼ 48 | #695 of 829 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #1,793 of 2,077 ▲ 198 | #689 of 829 ▲ 112 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #1,453 of 2,419 | #604 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #27 of 2,035 | #18 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.9% | #1,376 of 2,042 | #513 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.9% | #123 of 2,132 | #95 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #561 of 1,461 | #318 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
315
+122 (+63%) vs 2020
+246% since 1990-91, when it was 91
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 | 315 | 37.5 | 8.4:1 | 96% (302) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 37 | 8.3:1 | 94% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 37 | 8.6:1 | 93% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 193 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 30.9 | 12.3:1 | 94% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 32 | 11.7:1 | 91% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 272 | 33 | 8.2:1 | 85% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 45 | 5.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 91 | 24 | 3.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christopher Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (381 to 315); teachers up 21% (30.9 to 37.5).
About Christopher Elementary School
The public elementary school Christopher Elementary School is located in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment is 315 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 8.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 is responsible for 622 schools, Christopher Elementary School included, with 324,396 students in all.
The student body at Christopher Elementary School is 82% Hispanic. Other groups include 16% Black. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 27% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 31% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.4:1. That is lower than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 96%. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 16.1%. Christopher Elementary School scores 17.0%.
In Cook County (population about 5,182,090), the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 1,406 public schools in Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
The closest other public school is Nightingale Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Christopher Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Christopher Elementary School ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 17.0% against a local average of 31.0%.
Christopher Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Federal counts for Christopher Elementary School: 193 students in 2020-21, 315 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Christopher Elementary School. 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
Other Christopher Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Christopher Elementary. Christopher Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Christopher Elementary SchoolChristopher, IL · 510 students
- Christopher ElementarySan Jose, CA · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Nightingale Elementary School0.3 mi · 917
- Shields Middle School0.4 mi · 330
- Acero Chtr - Rufino Tamayo Elementary School0.4 mi · 266
- Horizon Sci Academy - Southwest Chtr0.5 mi · 712
- Talman Elementary School0.6 mi · 332
- Carson Elementary School0.6 mi · 724
Frequently asked questions
About Christopher Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Christopher Elementary School?
Christopher Elementary School enrolls approximately 315 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Christopher Elementary School serve?
Christopher Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Christopher Elementary School?
Approximately 8.4:1 students per teacher at Christopher Elementary School.
How diverse is Christopher Elementary School?
Christopher Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 82% Hispanic, 16% Black.
Who oversees Christopher Elementary School?
Christopher Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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