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What tradition at Dulles Elem School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
651
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000682
Dulles Elementary School
6311 S Calumet Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 · (773) 535-0690 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
623 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 | 47 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 11 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
12%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
Dulles Elementary School→Phillips 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
13.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
3.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.8% | 3.9% |
| 2023-24 | 6.5% | 1.3% |
% 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
8.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 →
Where Dulles Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #1,898 of 1,925 | #749 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.9% | #2,050 of 2,077 | #809 of 829 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #2,023 of 2,077 | #811 of 829 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #184 of 2,419 | #113 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,909 of 2,035 | #777 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #1,857 of 2,042 | #707 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #130 of 2,132 | #101 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #1,436 of 1,461 | #653 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
651
-81 (-11%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 767
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 | 651 | 36.5 | 17.8:1 | 96% (623) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 35 | 19.0:1 | 97% (647) |
| 2022-23 | 665 | 41 | 16.2:1 | 81% (538) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 26.1 | 25.1:1 | 100% (655) |
| 2015-16 | 727 | 35 | 20.8:1 | 99% (721) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 26 | 19.2:1 | 99% (496) |
| 2000-01 | 861 | 42 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 767 | 38 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dulles Elementary School.
About Dulles Elementary School
Dulles Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It teaches 651 students in pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 71% higher.
District-wide, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Black students are 94% of those enrolled at Dulles Elementary School. Next come 6% Hispanic. That compares with about 22% Black among all Cook County residents. A diversity index of 12% means there is a 12% chance two randomly chosen students at Dulles Elementary School are from different groups.
The school has 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.8 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 3.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Dulles Elementary School, 96% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
Dulles Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 8.8% is 7.5 points below the 16.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Cook County, where the school is located, 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%. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Dulles Elementary School among them.
Measured in a straight line, CICS - Washington Pk Campus is about 0.4 miles from Dulles Elementary School. The five-mile area around Dulles Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Dulles Elementary School comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 651 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 732.
This page is set up for the Dulles Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- CICS - Washington Pk Campus0.4 mi · 493
- YCCS-Progressive Leadership Academy0.4 mi · 122
- Till Elementary Math & Science Academy0.5 mi · 370
- Fiske Elementary School0.6 mi · 373
- Brownell Elementary School0.6 mi · 165
- Carter Elementary School0.8 mi · 279
Frequently asked questions
About Dulles Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dulles Elementary School?
Dulles Elementary School enrolls approximately 651 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Dulles Elementary School serve?
Dulles Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dulles Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dulles Elementary School is approximately 17.8:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Dulles Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dulles Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 6% Hispanic, 94% Black.
What district is Dulles Elementary School in?
Dulles 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.