Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000752
Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy
3600 W 5th Ave, Chicago, IL 60624 · (773) 534-6660 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
275 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 | 39 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 10% smaller than its 8th grade class (30).
Student demographics
5%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
39.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.9pp since 2023
Math
11.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 1 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.3% | 11.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 10.1% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy
Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy this school | 318 | 86.5% | 21.8% |
| Jackson M Elementary School Chicago | 305 | 85.6% | 13.1% |
| Locke A Elementary Charter Academy Chicago | 346 | 87.0% | 38.5% |
| Wells Preparatory Elementary Academy Chicago | 308 | 82.8% | 32.8% |
| CICS - Loomis Primary Campus Chicago | 333 | 90.7% | N/A |
| Parkside Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 283 | 88.3% | 17.4% |
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 Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #1,549 of 1,925 | #535 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #1,860 of 2,077 ▼ 249 | #684 of 829 ▼ 130 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #1,366 of 2,077 ▼ 127 | #471 of 829 ▼ 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #1,439 of 2,419 | #597 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,174 of 2,035 | #524 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.9% | #2,004 of 2,042 | #798 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #373 of 2,132 | #266 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.8% | #126 of 1,461 | #82 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
318
-132 (-29%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 748
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 | 318 | 23 | 13.8:1 | 86% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 31 | 10.1:1 | 86% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 27 | 13.4:1 | 88% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 26.3 | 18.0:1 | 95% (451) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 27 | 17.4:1 | 95% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 519 | 26 | 20.0:1 | 95% (491) |
| 2000-01 | 751 | 31 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 748 | 38 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (473 to 318); teachers down 13% (26.3 to 23).
About Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy
Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy sits in Chicago, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. Its 318 students are spread across pre-K through 8.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has a total of 622 schools and 324,396 students, Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy among them.
About 97% of the student body at Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy is Black. In Cook County overall, about 22% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 5% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 23 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy and a ratio of 13.8:1. That matches the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois fairly closely. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 86% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 21.8% actual against 21.6% predicted.
Census estimates describe Cook County this way: the median household income is $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Gregory Math & Sci Elementary Academy, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy declined 29% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 450 to 318 students.
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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
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- Gregory Math & Sci Elementary Academy0.4 mi · 287
- Melody Elementary School0.5 mi · 341
- Marshall Metropolitan High School0.5 mi · 239
- Faraday Elementary School0.5 mi · 178
- Noble St Chtr-DRW Trading Col0.6 mi · 323
- Locke A Elementary Charter Academy0.6 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Ericson Elementary Scholastic AcademyHow large is Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy?
Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy enrolls approximately 318 students in grades PK-08.
Is Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy.
What is the student diversity at Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy?
Student demographics at Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy are roughly 2% Hispanic, 97% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy public or private?
Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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