Enrollment
191
Middle
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993005489
Evergreen Academy Elementary School
3537 S Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60609 · (773) 535-4836 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL191 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
170 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 57 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 35% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
18%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
54.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.9pp since 2023
Math
19.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.7% | 19.1% |
| 2023-24 | 34.8% | 8.8% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 20% 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 14 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 Evergreen Academy Elementary School
Evergreen Academy Elementary School's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Academy Elementary School this school | 191 | 89.0% | 34.0% |
| Albany Park Multicultural Elementary School Chicago | 243 | 92.2% | 28.0% |
| Northlake Middle School Northlake | 378 | 84.4% | 26.4% |
| Shields Middle School Chicago | 330 | 96.7% | 24.7% |
| Everett F Kerr Middle School Blue Island | 304 | 81.9% | 32.2% |
| ASPIRA Charter - Haugan Campus Chicago | 83 | 95.2% | 28.5% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Evergreen Academy Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #393 of 578 | #60 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #491 of 640 ▲ 67 | #103 of 146 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #350 of 640 ▲ 102 | #74 of 146 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 191 | #570 of 691 | #139 of 148 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #42 of 581 | #24 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.6% | #10 of 440 | #7 of 97 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
191
-67 (-26%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 304
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 | 191 | 21 | 9.1:1 | 89% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 200 | 18 | 11.1:1 | 91% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 204 | 18.5 | 11.0:1 | 89% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 316 | 18 | 17.6:1 | 93% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 19 | 16.5:1 | 96% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 23 | 16.5:1 | 98% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 414 | 21 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 304 | 11 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Evergreen Academy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (316 to 191); teachers up 17% (18 to 21).
About Evergreen Academy Elementary School
At 3537 S Paulina St in Chicago, Illinois, Evergreen Academy Elementary School operates as a small middle school. Enrolled students number 191 students, in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 59% lower than the average for middle schools in Illinois, which is about 462.
Evergreen Academy Elementary School sits within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
The student body at Evergreen Academy Elementary School is 90% Hispanic. Other groups make up 4% Asian, 3% White, and 2% Black. County-wide, 27% of Cook County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 9.1 students per teacher and 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.9 below the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 89%. That rate is above the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Evergreen Academy Elementary School would score about 20.1%. It scores 34.0%, a top-10% result among Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Cook County has about 5,182,090 residents, and the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Evergreen Academy Elementary School, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
The closest public school, Greene N Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles from Evergreen Academy Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Evergreen Academy Elementary School places 7th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place Evergreen Academy Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Evergreen Academy Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 258 in 2020-21 to 191 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
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Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
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- 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
- Greene N Elementary School0.2 mi · 325
- Namaste Elementary Charter School0.2 mi · 364
- Thomas Early Childhood Center0.5 mi · 123
- Everett Elementary School0.7 mi · 89
- Horizon Science Academy-McKinley Pk0.9 mi · 873
- Holden Elementary School0.9 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About Evergreen Academy Elementary SchoolHow large is Evergreen Academy Elementary School?
Evergreen Academy Elementary School enrolls approximately 191 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Evergreen Academy Elementary School serve?
Evergreen Academy Elementary School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Evergreen Academy Elementary School have?
Evergreen Academy Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Evergreen Academy Elementary School?
Student demographics at Evergreen Academy Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Evergreen Academy Elementary School in?
Evergreen Academy Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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