Enrollment
195
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000859
Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School
1710 E 93rd St, Chicago, IL 60617 · (773) 535-6416 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL195 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
139 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (20).
Student demographics
7%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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
66.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.7pp since 2023
Math
37.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.7% | 37.1% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 21.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School
Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School this school | 195 | 71.3% | 47.5% |
| Pirie Elementary Fine Arts & Academic C Chicago | 216 | 72.7% | 17.2% |
| Hoyne Elementary School Chicago | 230 | 69.6% | 33.9% |
| Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy Chicago | 194 | 77.8% | 39.1% |
| Mount Vernon Elementary School Chicago | 245 | 75.5% | 26.9% |
| Woodgate Elementary School Matteson | 260 | 72.7% | 33.7% |
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 Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #662 of 1,925 | #173 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #1,055 of 2,077 ▲ 69 | #311 of 829 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #443 of 2,077 ▼ 112 | #156 of 829 ▼ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 195 | #2,055 of 2,419 | #825 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #707 of 2,132 | #444 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #511 of 1,461 | #295 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
195
-42 (-18%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 152
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 | 195 | 16 | 12.2:1 | 71% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 200 | 13.3 | 15.1:1 | 75% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 193 | 13.5 | 14.3:1 | 68% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 239 | 11 | 21.7:1 | 74% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 12 | 21.6:1 | 72% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 269 | 15 | 17.9:1 | 74% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 247 | 14 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 152 | 6 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (239 to 195); teachers up 45% (11 to 16).
About Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School
Among the schools in Chicago, Illinois, is Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School, a small elementary school. It had 195 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 49% lower.
Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School is run by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, whose 622 schools enroll 324,396 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School is Black, at 96%. The school is also 4% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 22%. The diversity index for Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 71% of the student body.
Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School is 17.1 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Illinois.
In the wider Cook County area, median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Black Magnet Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 18% over 4 years, reaching 195 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
Nearby schools
- Black Magnet Elementary School0.4 mi · 336
- Warren Elementary School0.4 mi · 317
- Burnham Elementary Inclusive Academy0.5 mi · 374
- McDowell Elementary School0.6 mi · 112
- Washington H Elementary School0.7 mi · 273
- Daisy Bates Academy of Social Justic0.9 mi · 225
Frequently asked questions
About Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl SchoolHow large is Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School?
Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School enrolls approximately 195 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School serve?
Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School is approximately 12.2:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School?
Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School reports a student body of 4% Hispanic, 96% Black.
Who oversees Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School?
Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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