1
Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993002631
Fairfield Elementary Academy
6201 S Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60629 · (773) 535-9500 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
483 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 24% smaller than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
26%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
Fairfield Elementary Academy→Gage 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
25.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.8pp since 2023
Math
4.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.9% | 4.9% |
| 2023-24 | 9.1% | 2.2% |
% 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
14.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% 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 Fairfield Elementary Academy
Fairfield Elementary Academy's state test result (14.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Elementary Academy this school | 492 | 98.2% | 14.4% |
| West Park Elementary Academy Chicago | 442 | 97.7% | 23.4% |
| Funston Elementary School Chicago | 440 | 97.3% | 16.2% |
| Daley Elementary Academy Chicago | 511 | 94.1% | 17.2% |
| Nobel Elementary School Chicago | 592 | 96.3% | 18.3% |
| M J Cunningham Elementary School Joliet | 484 | 94.0% | 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 Fairfield Elementary Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #1,771 of 1,925 | #670 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.9% | #2,035 of 2,077 ▼ 18 | #799 of 829 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #1,780 of 2,077 ▲ 172 | #680 of 829 ▲ 103 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #583 of 2,419 | #282 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,265 of 2,035 | #564 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.8% | #1,481 of 2,042 | #550 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #65 of 2,132 | #44 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #714 of 1,461 | #379 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
492
-39 (-7%) vs 2020
-44% since 2000-01, when it was 883
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 | 492 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 98% (483) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 35.5 | 13.2:1 | 97% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 30.5 | 14.9:1 | 98% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 17 | 33.7:1 | 98% (560) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 25 | 24.0:1 | 97% (584) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 30 | 20.5:1 | 97% (595) |
| 2000-01 | 883 | 40 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairfield Elementary Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (572 to 492); teachers up 106% (17 to 35).
About Fairfield Elementary Academy
Fairfield Elementary Academy sits in Chicago, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 8, with 492 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 29% larger than that mark.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools with a combined 324,396 students. Fairfield Elementary Academy is one of them.
Fairfield Elementary Academy is 85% Hispanic by enrollment. Next come 13% Black. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Cook County residents. The diversity index for Fairfield Elementary Academy is 26%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 13.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Fairfield Elementary Academy, 98% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Fairfield Elementary Academy is 14.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 14.4%.
In the surrounding county, Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Fairfield Elementary Academy, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School is the nearest public school to Fairfield Elementary Academy, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 17.7% proficiency; Fairfield Elementary Academy posts 14.4%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% decline, from 531 to 492.
This page collects posts and questions about Fairfield Elementary Academy, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School0.3 mi · 600
- Marquette Elementary School0.5 mi · 1,030
- Claremont Magnet Elementary School0.6 mi · 335
- Catalyst Charter - Maria Elementary School0.7 mi · 1,107
- Gage Park High School0.7 mi · 392
- ACE Amandla Charter School0.8 mi · 137
Frequently asked questions
About Fairfield Elementary AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Fairfield Elementary Academy?
Fairfield Elementary Academy enrolls approximately 492 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Fairfield Elementary Academy serve?
Fairfield Elementary Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Fairfield Elementary Academy?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Fairfield Elementary Academy.
How diverse is Fairfield Elementary Academy?
Fairfield Elementary Academy reports a student body of 0% White, 85% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Fairfield Elementary Academy public or private?
Fairfield Elementary Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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