Enrollment
134
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001210
Clark G R Elementary School
1045 S Monitor Ave, Chicago, IL 60644 · (773) 534-6225 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL134 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
108 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 | 9 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 9 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (19).
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
Clark G R Elementary School→Austin College and Career 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
43.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +21.6pp since 2023
Math
19.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 19.2% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 8.8% |
% 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
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Clark G R Elementary School
Clark G R Elementary School's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark G R Elementary School this school | 134 | 80.6% | 30.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Chicago Heights | 157 | 92.4% | 27.5% |
| Lorenzo R Smith Elementary School Pembroke Township | 193 | 91.7% | 19.8% |
| Lakeview School Zion | 249 | 82.7% | N/A |
| Burnham Elementary School Burnham | 141 | 95.0% | 28.0% |
| Henderson Elementary School Chicago | 246 | 76.0% | 13.4% |
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 Clark G R Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #1,263 of 1,925 | #394 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #1,625 of 2,077 ▲ 48 | #546 of 829 ▲ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #1,222 of 2,077 ▲ 277 | #404 of 829 ▲ 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 134 | #2,261 of 2,419 | #880 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.6% | #491 of 2,132 | #338 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.0% | #38 of 1,461 | #25 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
134
-55 (-29%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 161
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 | 134 | 14 | 9.6:1 | 81% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 144 | 14.5 | 9.9:1 | 88% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 155 | 18.5 | 8.4:1 | 81% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 189 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 235 | 13.4 | 17.6:1 | 94% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 268 | 16 | 16.8:1 | 95% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 304 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 95% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 406 | 24 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 161 | 7 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clark G R Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (235 to 134); teachers up 5% (13.4 to 14).
About Clark G R Elementary School
Clark G R Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. The school covers pre-K through 8 and reported 134 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Clark G R Elementary School is one school in a 622-school district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which enrolls 324,396 students.
Hispanic students are 51% of those enrolled at Clark G R Elementary School. The remaining shares are 43% Black and 5% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Cook County's population at about 27%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 14 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 9.6:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Of all students at Clark G R Elementary School, 81% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Clark G R Elementary School is 5.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (30.3% versus 25.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
For Cook County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $83,498 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Clark G R Elementary School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Warren Park School is about 0.3 miles from Clark G R Elementary School. The five-mile area around Clark G R Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Clark G R Elementary School comes in 4th of 7 nearby schools 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.
The school shrank from 189 students in 2020-21 to 134 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Clark G R Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Warren Park School0.3 mi · 695
- Daniel Burnham Elementary School0.4 mi · 185
- Plato Learning Academy Elementary School0.5 mi · 157
- Irving Elementary School0.7 mi · 509
- Depriest Elementary School0.7 mi · 419
- Longfellow Elementary School0.8 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Clark G R Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Clark G R Elementary School?
Clark G R Elementary School enrolls approximately 134 students in grades PK-08.
Is Clark G R Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clark G R Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clark G R Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clark G R Elementary School is approximately 9.6:1 (14 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Clark G R Elementary School?
Clark G R Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 51% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Clark G R Elementary School public or private?
Clark G R Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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