Enrollment
92
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000678
Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center
2128 S Saint Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60623 · (773) 534-1680 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL92 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
6.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
80 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 | 4 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 8 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 9 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 10 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 12 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 8 | 9% |
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
Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center→Farragut Career Academy High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
31.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +23.3pp since 2023
Math
6.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.7% | 6.3% |
| 2023-24 | 8.4% | 1.2% |
% 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
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center
Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center this school | 92 | 87.0% | 18.5% |
| Davis M Magnet Elementary School Chicago | 120 | 81.7% | 33.7% |
| Frazier Perspectives Magnet Elementary School Chicago | 129 | 88.4% | 19.3% |
| Algonquin Primary Center Park Forest | 127 | 76.4% | N/A |
| Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy Markham | 102 | 98.0% | 30.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Chicago Heights | 84 | 100.0% | 42.1% |
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 Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 92 | #2,346 of 2,419 | #895 of 901 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -64.1% | #4 of 1,461 | #3 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
92
-94 (-51%) vs 2020
-86% since 1990-91, when it was 669
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 | 92 | 14 | 6.6:1 | 87% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 103 | 13 | 7.9:1 | 77% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 120 | 11.5 | 10.4:1 | 97% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 186 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 256 | 18 | 14.2:1 | 96% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 313 | 20 | 15.7:1 | 86% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 21 | 16.1:1 | 97% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 26 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 34 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 64% (256 to 92); teachers down 22% (18 to 14).
About Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center
Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Chicago, Illinois. Classes run from kindergarten through 8, and the school has 92 students. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 76% lower.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 serves 324,396 students across 622 schools.
Roughly 74% of students at Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center are Black. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic. County-wide, 22% of Cook County residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers at Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center in 2024-25, for a ratio of 6.6:1. That is 7.4 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 87%. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center is -2.8 points: 18.5% actual, 21.3% predicted.
Cook County has about 5,182,090 residents, and the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
Farragut Career Academy High School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 186 to 92. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served.
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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
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- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
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- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
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- 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
- Farragut Career Academy High School0.3 mi · 490
- Cardenas Elementary School0.3 mi · 764
- Legacy Elementary Charter School0.4 mi · 458
- Dvorak Technology Academy Elementary School0.4 mi · 276
- Kanoon Elementary Magnet School0.5 mi · 389
- North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ0.5 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts CenterHow many students attend Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center?
Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center enrolls approximately 92 students in grades KG-08.
Is Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center have?
Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center?
Student demographics at Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center are roughly 25% Hispanic, 74% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center in?
Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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