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Enrollment
745
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000725
Dore Elementary School
7134 W 65Th St, Chicago, IL 60638 · (773) 535-2080 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL745 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
355 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 | 86 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 77 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 14% smaller than its 8th grade class (79).
Student demographics
35%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
Dore Elementary School→Kennedy 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
44.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
30.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.1% | 30.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.2% | 23.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Dore Elementary School
Dore Elementary School's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dore Elementary School this school | 745 | 47.7% | 35.7% |
| Byrne Elementary School Chicago | 619 | 47.2% | 36.5% |
| Linne Elementary School Chicago | 687 | 52.5% | 39.2% |
| Goethe Elementary School Chicago | 711 | 42.9% | 43.5% |
| Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Chicago | 542 | 48.5% | 68.8% |
| International Prep Academy Champaign | 681 | 55.8% | 34.6% |
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 Dore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #1,066 of 1,925 | #306 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #1,264 of 2,077 ▼ 225 | #386 of 829 ▼ 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #1,206 of 2,077 ▼ 203 | #398 of 829 ▼ 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 745 | #92 of 2,419 | #63 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #877 of 2,035 | #410 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #1,286 of 2,042 | #475 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.7% | #1,359 of 2,132 | #621 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #451 of 615 | #139 of 186 |
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
745
+30 (+4%) vs 2020
+265% since 1990-91, when it was 204
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 | 745 | 57.5 | 13.0:1 | 48% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 739 | 55 | 13.4:1 | 53% (391) |
| 2022-23 | 720 | 53 | 13.6:1 | 52% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 715 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 37.4 | 19.1:1 | 45% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 33 | 21.5:1 | 55% (387) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 29 | 20.5:1 | 61% (360) |
| 2000-01 | 468 | 24 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 204 | 13 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (713 to 745); teachers up 54% (37.4 to 57.5).
About Dore Elementary School
Dore Elementary School is a public large elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment totals 745 students across pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 96% above the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Across its 622 schools, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enrolls 324,396 students. Dore Elementary School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are 79% of those enrolled at Dore Elementary School. Next come 16% White and 2% Black. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dore Elementary School scores 35%.
Its staff includes 57.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.0 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Dore Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 48%. That is 18 points below the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
In Illinois, Dore Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 35.7% actual against a predicted 44.0%.
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Cook County number 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Of the public schools around it, Dore Elementary School is closest to Argo Community High School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 34.4% on proficiency, and Dore Elementary School is above that at 35.7%.
Dore Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 745 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 715.
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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
Nearby schools
- Argo Community High School0.3 mi · 1,817
- Dr Donald Wharton Elementary School0.5 mi · 114
- Blair Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 164
- Heritage Middle School0.7 mi · 447
- Otis P Graves Elementary School0.7 mi · 562
- W W Walker Elementary School0.8 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About Dore Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dore Elementary School?
Dore Elementary School enrolls approximately 745 students in grades PK-08.
Is Dore Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dore Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Dore Elementary School have?
Dore Elementary School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Dore Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dore Elementary School are roughly 16% White, 79% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Dore Elementary School in?
Dore Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.