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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001177
Depriest Elementary School
139 S Parkside Ave, Chicago, IL 60644 · (773) 534-6800 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
320 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 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (39).
Student demographics
22%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
Depriest 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
11.2%
IL avg 51.0% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
2.9%
IL avg 37.9% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.2% | 2.9% |
| 2023-24 | 13.9% | 3.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 27% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Depriest Elementary School
Depriest Elementary School's state test result (8.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depriest Elementary School this school | 419 | 76.4% | 8.4% |
| Westcott Elementary School Chicago | 387 | 76.7% | 12.8% |
| Illinois School Park Forest | 391 | 79.3% | 37.1% |
| Fiske Elementary School Chicago | 373 | 75.1% | 9.7% |
| Dixon Elementary School Chicago | 412 | 75.2% | 31.7% |
| Carnegie Elementary School Chicago | 389 | 79.7% | 30.1% |
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 Depriest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.4% | #1,903 of 1,925 | #752 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.9% | #2,066 of 2,077 ▼ 126 | #821 of 829 ▼ 78 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #2,053 of 2,077 ▼ 251 | #825 of 829 ▼ 122 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #911 of 2,419 | #392 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #288 of 2,035 | #159 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #1,557 of 2,042 | #585 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.4% | #594 of 2,132 | #390 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #380 of 1,461 | #232 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
419
-30 (-7%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 660
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 | 419 | 38 | 11.0:1 | 76% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 92% (437) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 40 | 11.4:1 | 93% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 37.1 | 14.5:1 | 97% (522) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 98% (660) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | 30 | 19.1:1 | 99% (565) |
| 2000-01 | 601 | 26 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 660 | 30 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Depriest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (537 to 419); teachers up 2% (37.1 to 38).
About Depriest Elementary School
Depriest Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in Chicago, Illinois. It had 419 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 8.
Depriest Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, where 622 schools serve 324,396 students.
At Depriest Elementary School, 87% of students are Black. Other students are 12% Hispanic. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Cook County residents. The diversity index for Depriest Elementary School is 22%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 38 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.0:1. The school's 11.0:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 76%. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, lower than here.
BeatsExpectations places Depriest Elementary School in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 19.0 points below it (8.4% actual, 27.4% predicted).
In the surrounding county, Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Depriest Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Depriest Elementary School is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
Federal data place Depriest Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 419, down from 449 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Depriest 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
- Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School0.3 mi · 512
- Plato Learning Academy Elementary School0.4 mi · 157
- Ellington Elementary School0.5 mi · 510
- Austin College and Career Academy High School0.5 mi · 190
- Clark G R Elementary School0.7 mi · 134
- Clark Academy Prep Magnet High Schl0.8 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Depriest Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Depriest Elementary School?
Depriest Elementary School enrolls approximately 419 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Depriest Elementary School serve?
Depriest Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Depriest Elementary School have?
Depriest Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Depriest Elementary School?
At Depriest Elementary School, the student body is approximately 12% Hispanic, 87% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Depriest Elementary School public or private?
Depriest Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.