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Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000663
Cleveland Elementary School
3121 W Byron St, Chicago, IL 60618 · (773) 534-5130 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
378 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 | 81 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 25% smaller than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
39%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
Cleveland Elementary School→Schurz 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
50.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +24.4pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.5% | 8.4% |
% 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
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Cleveland Elementary School
Cleveland Elementary School's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Elementary School this school | 507 | 74.6% | 33.2% |
| Century Oaks Elementary School Elgin | 542 | 74.0% | 24.5% |
| Darwin Elementary School Chicago | 502 | 74.9% | 29.5% |
| Karel Havlicek Elementary School Berwyn | 490 | 75.7% | 36.4% |
| Talcott Elementary School Chicago | 487 | 71.3% | 25.9% |
| Ontarioville Elementary School Hanover Park | 430 | 74.4% | 34.7% |
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 Cleveland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #1,149 of 1,925 | #344 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #1,518 of 2,077 ▲ 182 | #497 of 829 ▲ 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #973 of 2,077 ▲ 336 | #311 of 829 ▲ 145 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #529 of 2,419 | #258 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #173 of 2,035 | #104 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.4% | #1,168 of 2,042 | #436 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #640 of 2,132 | #414 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #961 of 1,461 | #478 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
507
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 546
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 | 507 | 49 | 10.3:1 | 75% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 44 | 11.0:1 | 78% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 48 | 9.9:1 | 80% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 36.8 | 15.2:1 | 88% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 90% (599) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 97% (671) |
| 2000-01 | 798 | 39 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 32 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cleveland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (558 to 507); teachers up 33% (36.8 to 49).
About Cleveland Elementary School
Cleveland Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Illinois, located in Chicago. The school teaches pre-K through 8 and enrolls 507 students. That is 33% larger than the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Cleveland Elementary School is run by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, whose 622 schools enroll 324,396 students.
More than half of enrollment at Cleveland Elementary School is Hispanic: 77%. Next come 11% White, 5% Black, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. The diversity index for Cleveland Elementary School is 39%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 49 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 3.6 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 28.5% at Cleveland Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.2%.
In the surrounding 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 roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Cook County has 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students, including Cleveland Elementary School.
CICS - Irving Park Campus is the nearest public school to Cleveland Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Cleveland Elementary School is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
Cleveland Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Cleveland Elementary School had 499 students in 2020-21 and 507 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Cleveland Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Cleveland Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Cleveland Elementary. Cleveland Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 23.
- Cleveland ElementaryClayton, NC · 851 students
- Cleveland ElementaryStockton, CA · 587 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolElkhart, IN · 519 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolNorman, OK · 514 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolCleveland, AL · 499 students
Nearby schools
- CICS - Irving Park Campus0.2 mi · 453
- Bateman Elementary School0.5 mi · 904
- Murphy Elementary School0.6 mi · 514
- Henry Elementary School0.7 mi · 445
- Disney II Magnet High School0.7 mi · 738
- Linne Elementary School0.8 mi · 687
Frequently asked questions
About Cleveland Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cleveland Elementary School?
Cleveland Elementary School enrolls approximately 507 students in grades PK-08.
Is Cleveland Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cleveland Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Cleveland Elementary School have?
Cleveland Elementary School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cleveland Elementary School?
At Cleveland Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 77% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Cleveland Elementary School?
Cleveland 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.