Enrollment
206
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000734
Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School
10845 S Union Ave, Chicago, IL 60628 · (773) 535-5517 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL206 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
163 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 | 16 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
6%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
Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School→Julian High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
50.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.5pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.4% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 10.7% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School
Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School this school | 206 | 79.1% | 33.9% |
| Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy Chicago | 203 | 78.8% | 35.8% |
| Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy Chicago | 194 | 77.8% | 39.1% |
| Revere Elementary School Chicago | 184 | 78.8% | 13.2% |
| McKinley Elementary School South Holland | 176 | 80.1% | 34.3% |
| Colemon J Elementary Academy Chicago | 166 | 77.7% | 38.6% |
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 Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #1,128 of 1,925 | #334 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #1,488 of 2,077 ▲ 93 | #480 of 829 ▲ 57 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #991 of 2,077 ▲ 24 | #318 of 829 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 206 | #2,026 of 2,419 | #813 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #164 of 2,035 | #99 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.7% | #1,982 of 2,042 | #780 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #530 of 2,132 | #363 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #434 of 1,461 | #255 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
206
-9 (-4%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 485
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 | 206 | 20 | 10.3:1 | 79% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 198 | 18 | 11.0:1 | 86% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 206 | 19 | 10.8:1 | 86% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 215 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 258 | 13.6 | 19.0:1 | 93% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 251 | 13 | 19.3:1 | 94% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 97% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 27 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 485 | 26 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (258 to 206); teachers up 47% (13.6 to 20).
About Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School
As a small elementary school, Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School serves students in Chicago, Illinois. It educates 206 students in pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School is part of a district of 622 schools: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students.
Black students make up 97% of enrollment at Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 22% Black. The school's diversity index is 6%, meaning two students picked at random have a 6% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 20 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.3:1. This ratio sits 3.6 below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Roughly 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School is 25.8%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
Fenger Academy High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 206 students in 2024-25, 9 fewer than the 215 it had in 2020-21.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Fenger Academy High School0.5 mi · 312
- Mount Vernon Elementary School0.6 mi · 245
- Lavizzo Elementary School0.7 mi · 394
- Haley Elementary Academy0.8 mi · 458
- Chicago Excel Academy High School0.8 mi · 266
- Garvey M Elementary School0.8 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About Dunne Technology Academy Elementary SchoolHow large is Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School?
Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School enrolls approximately 206 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School serve?
Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School.
How diverse is Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School?
Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School reports a student body of 2% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School public or private?
Dunne Technology Academy 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.