Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000729
Drummond Elementary School
1845 W Cortland St, Chicago, IL 60622 · (773) 534-4120 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
55 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 | 42 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 108% larger than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
70%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
52.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
44.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 44.7% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 32.3% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Drummond Elementary School
Drummond Elementary School's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drummond Elementary School this school | 339 | 16.2% | 50.5% |
| Meadowview School Grayslake | 351 | 19.4% | 64.0% |
| Norwood Park Elementary School Chicago | 314 | 14.0% | 57.7% |
| Westfield Elementary School Glen Ellyn | 311 | 18.6% | 60.9% |
| Hunt Club Elementary School Oswego | 357 | 17.4% | 44.3% |
| Churchill Elementary School Oswego | 425 | 22.1% | 56.4% |
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 Drummond Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #585 of 1,925 | #160 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #822 of 2,077 ▼ 90 | #244 of 829 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #934 of 2,077 ▼ 242 | #298 of 829 ▼ 71 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #1,320 of 2,419 | #547 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,373 of 2,035 | #612 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #154 of 2,042 | #72 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.2% | #2,023 of 2,132 | #765 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #1,309 of 1,461 | #601 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
339
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 448
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 | 339 | 23.5 | 14.4:1 | 16% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 15% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 23.5 | 12.8:1 | 15% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 17.9 | 19.5:1 | 26% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 333 | 18 | 18.5:1 | 33% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 315 | 17 | 18.5:1 | 37% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 21 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 24 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Drummond Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (349 to 339); teachers up 32% (17.9 to 23.5).
About Drummond Elementary School
Drummond Elementary School sits in Chicago, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. Federal data show 339 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.
Drummond Elementary School is one of the 622 schools that make up Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students in total).
White students account for 44% of enrollment at Drummond Elementary School, more than any other group. Other students are 29% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 7% Black. Cook County residents are about 44% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Drummond Elementary School scores 70%.
There are 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 13.9:1. Of all students at Drummond Elementary School, 16% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Drummond Elementary School, the prediction is 62.1% and the result is 50.5%.
In the wider Cook County area, 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%. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Burr Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Drummond Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
In 2020-21, Drummond Elementary School enrolled 343; in 2024-25, 339.
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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 Drummond Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Drummond Elementary. Drummond Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Drummond Elementary SchoolDrummond, OK · 236 students
- Drummond ElementaryDrummond, WI · 156 students
Nearby schools
- Burr Elementary School0.4 mi · 465
- Pulaski Intl School of Chicago0.5 mi · 889
- CICS - Bucktown Campus0.6 mi · 518
- Pritzker Elementary School0.7 mi · 674
- Lozano Elementary Bilingual & Intl Center0.7 mi · 256
- Sabin Elementary Magnet School0.7 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Drummond Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Drummond Elementary School?
Drummond Elementary School enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-08.
Is Drummond Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Drummond Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Drummond Elementary School have?
Drummond Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is Drummond Elementary School?
Drummond Elementary School reports a student body of 44% White, 29% Hispanic, 7% Black, 8% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Drummond Elementary School?
Drummond Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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