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Enrollment
693
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000741
Ebinger Elementary School
7350 W Pratt Ave, Chicago, IL 60631 · (773) 534-1070 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
102 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 12% smaller than its 8th grade class (81).
Student demographics
38%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
Ebinger Elementary School→Taft 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
70.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
58.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 58.6% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 43.1% |
% 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
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Ebinger Elementary School
Ebinger Elementary School's state test result (63.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ebinger Elementary School this school | 693 | 14.7% | 63.4% |
| Oakwood School Lemont | 629 | 14.5% | N/A |
| Elmwood Elementary School Naperville | 726 | 13.6% | 69.1% |
| River Valley School Lemont | 588 | 18.4% | 65.1% |
| Coonley Elementary School Chicago | 723 | 10.7% | 76.5% |
| Westgate Elementary School Arlington Heights | 633 | 14.7% | 65.2% |
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 Ebinger Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #244 of 1,925 | #83 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #446 of 2,077 ▲ 24 | #144 of 829 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #346 of 2,077 ▼ 119 | #126 of 829 ▼ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #133 of 2,419 | #86 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,324 of 2,035 | #594 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.0% | #1,205 of 2,042 | #449 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.7% | #2,035 of 2,132 | #770 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #585 of 1,461 | #327 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
693
-192 (-22%) vs 2020
+127% since 1990-91, when it was 305
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 | 693 | 48.5 | 14.3:1 | 15% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 699 | 52.5 | 13.3:1 | 15% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 749 | 52.5 | 14.3:1 | 16% (122) |
| 2020-21 | 885 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 831 | 38.3 | 21.7:1 | 18% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 34 | 22.8:1 | 13% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 31 | 20.4:1 | 18% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 430 | 23 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 305 | 18 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ebinger Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (831 to 693); teachers up 27% (38.3 to 48.5).
About Ebinger Elementary School
Ebinger Elementary School is a large elementary school that serves part of Chicago, Illinois. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 8, with 693 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 82% larger than that mark.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 324,396 students spread across 622 schools.
The student body at Ebinger Elementary School is 77% White. It is also 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Cook County's residents are about 44% White, 34 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at Ebinger Elementary School are from different groups.
Ebinger Elementary School reported 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is similar, at 13.9:1. There are 102 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 15% of enrollment. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ebinger Elementary School is +0.4 points: 63.4% actual, 63.0% predicted.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
About 0.8 miles separate Ebinger Elementary School from the closest public school, Edison Park Elementary School. The five-mile area around Ebinger Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Ebinger Elementary School ranks 2nd of 6 nearby schools, at 63.4% versus a 58.2% average.
Ebinger Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The school's student count fell 22% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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
- Edison Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 411
- Stock Early Childhood Center0.8 mi · 194
- Norwood Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 314
- Onahan Elementary School1.2 mi · 657
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School1.3 mi · 677
- Eugene Field Elementary School1.3 mi · 626
Frequently asked questions
About Ebinger Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ebinger Elementary School?
Ebinger Elementary School enrolls approximately 693 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Ebinger Elementary School serve?
Ebinger Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ebinger Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ebinger Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ebinger Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ebinger Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Ebinger Elementary School?
Ebinger 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.