Enrollment
221
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000753
Esmond Elementary School
1865 W Montvale Ave, Chicago, IL 60643 · (773) 535-2650 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL221 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
205 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 | 10 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 20% smaller than its 8th grade class (25).
Student demographics
10%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
Esmond Elementary School→Morgan Park 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
25.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.2% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.7% | 7.1% |
% 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
19.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Esmond Elementary School
Esmond Elementary School's state test result (19.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esmond Elementary School this school | 221 | 92.8% | 19.7% |
| Kellman Corporate Community Elementary School Chicago | 209 | 95.2% | 12.4% |
| Dubois Elementary School Chicago | 201 | 95.0% | 22.4% |
| Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 255 | 94.5% | 21.8% |
| Kershaw Elementary School Chicago | 226 | 88.9% | 25.9% |
| Garvey M Elementary School Chicago | 262 | 92.7% | 20.2% |
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 Esmond Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #1,617 of 1,925 | #572 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #1,455 of 2,077 ▲ 301 | #460 of 829 ▲ 167 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #1,803 of 2,077 ▼ 339 | #693 of 829 ▼ 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #1,970 of 2,419 | #796 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #292 of 2,035 | #161 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.5% | #1,899 of 2,042 | #730 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #213 of 2,132 | #154 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #414 of 1,461 | #246 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
221
-33 (-13%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 598
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 | 221 | 20 | 11.1:1 | 93% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 19 | 13.6:1 | 92% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 19 | 13.0:1 | 95% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 14.8 | 18.8:1 | 94% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 286 | 15 | 19.1:1 | 98% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 21 | 17.1:1 | 93% (335) |
| 2000-01 | 646 | 32 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 598 | 32 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Esmond Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (279 to 221); teachers up 35% (14.8 to 20).
About Esmond Elementary School
Esmond Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Chicago, Illinois. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 221 students. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 42% lower.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enrolls 324,396 students, and its 622 schools include Esmond Elementary School.
Of every 100 students at Esmond Elementary School, about 95 are Black. It is also 4% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 22% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 10%.
For every teacher at Esmond Elementary School, there are about 11.1 students; the school has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. There are 205 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 93% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
A school with Esmond Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 17.9%. Esmond Elementary School scores 19.7%, 1.7 points above that line.
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Cook County number 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Morgan Park High School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Esmond Elementary School is 7th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Esmond Elementary School had a net loss of 33 students, or 13%.
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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
- Morgan Park High School0.3 mi · 1,349
- Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy0.5 mi · 515
- Clissold Elementary School0.6 mi · 508
- Whistler Elementary School0.8 mi · 242
- Vick Early Childhood & Family Center0.8 mi · 417
- Chicago Excel Academy High School0.8 mi · 266
Frequently asked questions
About Esmond Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Esmond Elementary School?
Esmond Elementary School enrolls approximately 221 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Esmond Elementary School serve?
Esmond Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Esmond Elementary School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Esmond Elementary School.
How diverse is Esmond Elementary School?
Esmond Elementary School reports a student body of 4% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Esmond Elementary School public or private?
Esmond Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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