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Alumni: what's one memory from Christopher House Chrt ES that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006311
Christopher House Chrt Elementary School
5235 W Belden St, Chicago, IL 60639 · (773) 922-7542 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
395 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 | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 6% larger than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
8%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
27.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.8pp since 2023
Math
11.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.3% | 11.7% |
| 2023-24 | 19.5% | 9.8% |
% 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
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 House Chrt Elementary School
Christopher House Chrt Elementary School's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher House Chrt Elementary School this school | 502 | 78.7% | 19.6% |
| Belmont-Cragin Elementary School Chicago | 518 | 77.6% | 18.0% |
| Liberty Elementary School Cicero | 453 | 78.6% | 33.8% |
| Addams Elementary School Chicago | 544 | 78.3% | 36.6% |
| Goodwin Elementary School Cicero | 502 | 82.1% | 26.0% |
| Schubert Elementary School Chicago | 568 | 80.3% | 18.9% |
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 House Chrt Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #1,620 of 1,925 | #574 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #1,849 of 2,077 ▼ 228 | #675 of 829 ▼ 114 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #1,733 of 2,077 ▼ 150 | #647 of 829 ▼ 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #549 of 2,419 | #267 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,914 of 2,035 | #779 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.1% | #1,931 of 2,042 | #748 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.7% | #544 of 2,132 | #371 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +47.2% | #33 of 615 | #5 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
502
-56 (-10%) vs 2020
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 | 502 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 79% (395) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 83% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 5 | 88.8:1 | 75% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 19 | 18.0:1 | 94% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 220 | 12 | 18.3:1 | 90% (199) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christopher House Chrt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 47% (341 to 502); teachers up 47% (19 to 28).
About Christopher House Chrt Elementary School
Christopher House Chrt Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Chicago, Illinois. The school's enrollment of 502 students covers pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 32% higher than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
Christopher House Chrt Elementary School is in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district with 324,396 students across 622 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Christopher House Chrt Elementary School is 96% Hispanic. Other groups make up 3% Black. Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is an 8% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.9:1, with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Christopher House Chrt Elementary School is 79%. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.1% for Christopher House Chrt Elementary School. The school posts 19.6%, 6.5 points below the prediction.
Cook County census figures show that the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
The closest other public school is Northwest Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Christopher House Chrt Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics. Christopher House Chrt Elementary School is one of the charter schools in Illinois.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 56 fewer students in 2024-25.
Community posts for Christopher House Chrt Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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
- Northwest Middle School0.1 mi · 532
- Hanson Park Elementary School0.2 mi · 1,125
- Prieto Math-Science Elementary School0.3 mi · 733
- Prosser Career Academy High School0.3 mi · 1,185
- Noble St Chtr-ITW Speer Academy0.3 mi · 1,135
- Schubert Elementary School0.6 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About Christopher House Chrt Elementary SchoolHow large is Christopher House Chrt Elementary School?
Christopher House Chrt Elementary School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades PK-08.
Is Christopher House Chrt Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Christopher House Chrt Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Christopher House Chrt Elementary School have?
Christopher House Chrt Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
How diverse is Christopher House Chrt Elementary School?
Christopher House Chrt Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 3% Black.
Who oversees Christopher House Chrt Elementary School?
Christopher House Chrt Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.