Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000650
Curtis Elementary School
32 E 115th St, Chicago, IL 60628 · (773) 535-5050 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
347 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 | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 21% smaller than its 8th grade class (34).
Student demographics
27%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
15.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.7pp since 2023
Math
8.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.4% | 8.9% |
| 2023-24 | 2.7% | 3.2% |
% 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
9.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Curtis Elementary School
Curtis Elementary School's state test result (9.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Elementary School this school | 356 | 97.5% | 9.4% |
| Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 354 | 95.5% | 14.2% |
| Leland Elementary School Chicago | 344 | 95.6% | 10.4% |
| James Avant Elementary School Washington Pk | 342 | 99.4% | 32.1% |
| Till Elementary Math & Science Academy Chicago | 370 | 97.0% | 8.1% |
| Mae Jemison School Hazel Crest | 368 | 94.8% | 12.4% |
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 Curtis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #1,891 of 1,925 | #742 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #1,945 of 2,077 ▲ 11 | #735 of 829 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #2,009 of 2,077 ▲ 54 | #803 of 829 ▲ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #1,230 of 2,419 | #506 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,497 of 2,035 | #652 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.1% | #1,463 of 2,042 | #541 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #81 of 2,132 | #57 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.1% | #139 of 1,461 | #90 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
356
-91 (-20%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 931
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 | 356 | 24 | 14.8:1 | 97% (347) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 24 | 13.1:1 | 97% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 97% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 27.5 | 19.1:1 | 95% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 606 | 30 | 20.2:1 | 99% (597) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 99% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 820 | 37 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 931 | 48 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Curtis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (524 to 356); teachers down 13% (27.5 to 24).
About Curtis Elementary School
Curtis Elementary School is an elementary school located in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. Students in pre-K through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 356 students.
Curtis Elementary School is part of a district of 622 schools: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students.
At Curtis Elementary School, 84% of students are Black. It is also 15% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 22% Black. The diversity index for Curtis Elementary School is 27%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 14.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Curtis Elementary School, which has 24. The school's 14.8:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 97%. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 31 points.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 9.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 15.2%.
For the population of Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include Curtis Elementary School.
About 0.3 miles separate Curtis Elementary School from the closest public school, CICS - Prairie Campus. The five-mile area around Curtis Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Curtis Elementary School's average proficiency of 9.4% compares with 22.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Curtis Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 20%.
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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
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 Curtis Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Curtis Elementary. Curtis Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Curtis Elementary SchoolWEATHERFORD, TX · 585 students
- Curtis Elementary SchoolBEAUMONT, TX · 509 students
- Curtis Elementary SchoolBossier City, LA · 441 students
Nearby schools
- CICS - Prairie Campus0.3 mi · 412
- Chicago Collegiate Charter School0.5 mi · 255
- Haley Elementary Academy0.6 mi · 458
- Brooks College Prep Academy High School0.6 mi · 1,007
- Pullman Elementary School0.7 mi · 303
- Lavizzo Elementary School0.8 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Curtis Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Curtis Elementary School?
Curtis Elementary School enrolls approximately 356 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Curtis Elementary School serve?
Curtis Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Curtis Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Curtis Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Curtis Elementary School?
At Curtis Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 15% Hispanic, 84% Black.
Is Curtis Elementary School public or private?
Curtis Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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