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What's the one class at Clinton Elem School every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,050
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000664
Clinton Elementary School
6110 N Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60659 · (773) 534-2025 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,050 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
935 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 | 39 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 125 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 117 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 118 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (118).
Student demographics
68%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
Clinton Elementary School→Mather 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
36.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.5pp since 2023
Math
28.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.6% | 28.3% |
| 2023-24 | 26.1% | 18.5% |
% 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
20.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Clinton Elementary School
Clinton Elementary School's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Elementary School this school | 1,050 | 89.0% | 30.3% |
| Mosaic School of Fine Arts Chicago | 746 | 88.9% | 28.0% |
| West Ridge Elementary School Chicago | 683 | 84.8% | 33.1% |
| North Elementary School Des Plaines | 599 | 71.1% | 32.8% |
| Apollo Elementary School Des Plaines | 536 | 68.3% | 33.4% |
| Jamieson Elementary School Chicago | 825 | 67.6% | 47.0% |
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 Clinton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #1,262 of 1,925 | #393 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #1,342 of 2,077 ▼ 92 | #413 of 829 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #1,459 of 2,077 ▼ 131 | #516 of 829 ▼ 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,050 | #17 of 2,419 | #15 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,685 of 2,035 | #707 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #216 of 2,042 | #93 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #302 of 2,132 | #216 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #707 of 1,461 | #373 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
1,050
-88 (-8%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,082
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 | 1,050 | 66.5 | 15.8:1 | 89% (935) |
| 2023-24 | 1,039 | 67.5 | 15.4:1 | 88% (914) |
| 2022-23 | 1,016 | 71 | 14.3:1 | 91% (920) |
| 2020-21 | 1,138 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,223 | 60.5 | 20.2:1 | 93% (1,134) |
| 2015-16 | 1,117 | 56 | 19.9:1 | 91% (1,019) |
| 2010-11 | 1,070 | 55 | 19.4:1 | 93% (999) |
| 2000-01 | 1,586 | 76 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,082 | 52 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clinton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,223 to 1,050); teachers up 10% (60.5 to 66.5).
About Clinton Elementary School
A large elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, Clinton Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It educates 1,050 students in pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 counts 622 schools and 324,396 students, including Clinton Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Clinton Elementary School is Asian (47%). Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 13% White. The county population is about 8% Asian. Clinton Elementary School has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1 at Clinton Elementary School, with 66.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 89% of enrollment. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
The allk12 Grade for Clinton Elementary School is B-. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 50% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Clinton Elementary School is 20.1%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 30.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Clinton Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in Cook County, which together enroll about 697,934 students.
Of nearby public schools, Mather High School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Clinton Elementary School is behind the 53.0% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
Clinton Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,050 was 8% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 1,138.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Clinton Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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 Clinton Elementary schools
18 other US public schools in 14 states are named Clinton Elementary. Clinton Elementary School is the largest of the 19.
- Clinton Elementary SchoolSouth Elgin, IL · 596 students
- Clinton Elementary SchoolClinton, IL · 506 students
- Clinton ElementaryClinton, MA · 870 students
- CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWEST SENECA, NY · 629 students
- Clinton Elementary SchoolCLINTON, MI · 569 students
Nearby schools
- Mather High School0.4 mi · 1,777
- Jamieson Elementary School0.6 mi · 825
- Mosaic School of Fine Arts0.7 mi · 746
- Stone Elementary Scholastic Academy0.8 mi · 553
- West Ridge Elementary School0.8 mi · 683
- Northside College Preparatory High School0.9 mi · 1,061
Frequently asked questions
About Clinton Elementary SchoolHow large is Clinton Elementary School?
Clinton Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,050 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Clinton Elementary School serve?
Clinton Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Clinton Elementary School have?
Clinton Elementary School employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
How diverse is Clinton Elementary School?
Clinton Elementary School reports a student body of 13% White, 25% Hispanic, 13% Black, 47% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Clinton Elementary School?
Clinton 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.