Enrollment
201
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000731
Dubois Elementary School
330 E 133rd St, Chicago, IL 60827 · (773) 535-5582 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL201 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
191 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 | 20 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 12 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (26).
Student demographics
9%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
Dubois Elementary School→Fenger 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
28.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
17.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.4% | 17.4% |
| 2023-24 | 18.4% | 5.3% |
% 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Dubois Elementary School
Dubois Elementary School's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubois Elementary School this school | 201 | 95.0% | 22.4% |
| Kellman Corporate Community Elementary School Chicago | 209 | 95.2% | 12.4% |
| Park Elementary School Riverdale | 197 | 95.4% | 30.4% |
| Esmond Elementary School Chicago | 221 | 92.8% | 19.7% |
| Schmid Elementary School Chicago | 195 | 97.9% | 15.6% |
| Cullen Elementary School Chicago | 176 | 97.2% | 24.1% |
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 Dubois Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #1,527 of 1,925 | #518 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #1,674 of 2,077 ▲ 173 | #572 of 829 ▲ 109 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #1,703 of 2,077 ▼ 66 | #628 of 829 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 201 | #2,038 of 2,419 | #819 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #130 of 2,035 | #77 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.5% | #1,901 of 2,042 | #731 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #153 of 2,132 | #116 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #708 of 1,461 | #374 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
201
-17 (-8%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 455
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 | 201 | 20 | 10.1:1 | 95% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 192 | 15 | 12.8:1 | 98% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 201 | 17.5 | 11.5:1 | 97% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 218 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 234 | 14.8 | 15.8:1 | 98% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 202 | 11 | 18.4:1 | 94% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 218 | 14 | 15.6:1 | 99% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 26 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 455 | 27 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dubois Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (234 to 201); teachers up 35% (14.8 to 20).
About Dubois Elementary School
Dubois Elementary School is an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, reachable at (773) 535-5582. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 201 students. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Federal data list 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students enrolled.
At Dubois Elementary School, 95% of students are Black. The remaining students are 5% Hispanic. Census figures show Cook County is about 22% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dubois Elementary School scores 9%.
Dubois Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 95% at Dubois Elementary School. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 16.6%.
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Dubois Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, CICS - Bond Campus is closest at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Dubois Elementary School. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Dubois Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Dubois Elementary School as City: Large.
Enrollment decreased 8% over 4 years, reaching 201 in 2024-25.
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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 Dubois Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Dubois Elementary. Dubois Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Dubois Elementary SchoolSpringfield, IL · 469 students
- Dubois ElementaryDubois, WY · 72 students
Nearby schools
- CICS - Bond Campus0.5 mi · 279
- Aldridge Elementary School0.5 mi · 257
- Carver Primary School0.7 mi · 467
- Gen George Patton Elementary School1.0 mi · 184
- Washington Elementary School1.1 mi · 282
- Washington Junior High1.1 mi · 118
Frequently asked questions
About Dubois Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dubois Elementary School?
Dubois Elementary School enrolls approximately 201 students in grades PK-08.
Is Dubois Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dubois Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Dubois Elementary School?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at Dubois Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dubois Elementary School?
At Dubois Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% Hispanic, 95% Black.
Is Dubois Elementary School public or private?
Dubois Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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