Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000738
Earle Elementary School
2040 W 62nd St, Chicago, IL 60636 · (773) 535-9130 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
281 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 | 41 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 7% smaller than its 8th grade class (29).
Student demographics
45%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
Earle Elementary School→Englewood STEM 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
23.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.7pp since 2023
Math
8.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.3% | 8.0% |
| 2023-24 | 10.6% | 1.9% |
% 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
14.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Earle Elementary School
Earle Elementary School's state test result (14.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earle Elementary School this school | 286 | 98.3% | 14.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Bellwood | 310 | 99.4% | 26.0% |
| Eisenhower School South Holland | 274 | 99.6% | 34.9% |
| Madison School South Holland | 277 | 99.6% | 34.5% |
| Taft School Harvey | 308 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Hay Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 247 | 97.6% | 21.3% |
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 Earle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #1,767 of 1,925 | #667 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #1,964 of 2,077 ▲ 65 | #751 of 829 ▲ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #1,854 of 2,077 ▲ 53 | #723 of 829 ▲ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #1,624 of 2,419 | #666 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #282 of 2,035 | #156 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #1,040 of 2,042 | #385 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #61 of 2,132 | #41 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.1% | #150 of 1,461 | #95 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
286
-27 (-9%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 876
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 | 286 | 26 | 11.0:1 | 98% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 262 | 24.5 | 10.7:1 | 99% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 19 | 12.8:1 | 99% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 23.8 | 17.4:1 | 99% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 28 | 17.1:1 | 92% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 310 | 16 | 19.4:1 | 99% (307) |
| 2000-01 | 756 | 40 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 876 | 49 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Earle Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (415 to 286); teachers up 9% (23.8 to 26).
About Earle Elementary School
Earle Elementary School, located in Chicago, Illinois, is a small elementary school. The school has 286 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 25% lower.
Enrollment across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 totals 324,396 students.
More than half of enrollment at Earle Elementary School is Black: 68%. The next largest groups are 30% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 46 points above the 22% share among Cook County residents. The diversity index for Earle Elementary School is 45%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Earle Elementary School totals 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Federal data show 98% of students (281) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Earle Elementary School is -0.2 points: 14.6% actual, 14.8% predicted.
In Cook County, 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%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Earle Elementary School is 7th among 9 schools close by.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Earle Elementary School enrolled 313 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 286.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. 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
Other Earle Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Earle Elementary. Earle Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLEARLE, AR · 195 students
Nearby schools
- Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School0.2 mi · 1,316
- Claremont Magnet Elementary School0.4 mi · 335
- OToole Elementary School0.5 mi · 309
- Henderson Elementary School0.7 mi · 246
- Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School0.7 mi · 600
- Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter0.8 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Earle Elementary SchoolHow large is Earle Elementary School?
Earle Elementary School enrolls approximately 286 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Earle Elementary School serve?
Earle Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Earle Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Earle Elementary School is approximately 11.0:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Earle Elementary School?
At Earle Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 30% Hispanic, 68% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Earle Elementary School?
Earle Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.