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Enrollment
846
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000759
Falconer Elementary School
3020 N Lamon Ave, Chicago, IL 60641 · (773) 534-3560 · Cook County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL846 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
765 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 | 53 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
11%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
Falconer Elementary School→Foreman 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
34.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
28.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.6% | 28.3% |
| 2023-24 | 25.6% | 17.6% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Falconer Elementary School
Falconer Elementary School's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falconer Elementary School this school | 846 | 90.4% | 29.5% |
| Lloyd Elementary School Chicago | 844 | 91.7% | 21.7% |
| Monarcas Academy Chicago | 797 | 91.5% | 40.3% |
| Nightingale Elementary School Chicago | 917 | 90.6% | 24.1% |
| Peck Elementary School Chicago | 777 | 91.4% | 28.8% |
| Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy Chicago | 922 | 91.2% | 18.8% |
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 Falconer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #1,288 of 1,925 | #406 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #1,343 of 2,077 ▼ 61 | #414 of 829 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,528 of 2,077 ▼ 178 | #547 of 829 ▼ 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 846 | #48 of 2,419 | #37 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #895 of 2,035 | #417 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.4% | #1,862 of 2,042 | #710 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #268 of 2,132 | #195 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #199 of 1,461 | #124 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
846
-149 (-15%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 802
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 | 846 | 65 | 13.0:1 | 90% (765) |
| 2023-24 | 847 | 70 | 12.1:1 | 94% (796) |
| 2022-23 | 896 | 68.5 | 13.1:1 | 93% (829) |
| 2020-21 | 995 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,190 | 63.5 | 18.7:1 | 93% (1,103) |
| 2015-16 | 1,306 | 68 | 19.2:1 | 95% (1,242) |
| 2010-11 | 1,525 | 71 | 21.5:1 | 97% (1,483) |
| 2000-01 | 1,241 | 69 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 802 | 40 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Falconer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (1,190 to 846); teachers up 2% (63.5 to 65).
About Falconer Elementary School
Falconer Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Chicago, Illinois. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 846 students. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 122% above average.
Falconer Elementary School reports to Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
The student body at Falconer Elementary School is 94% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 27%. Falconer Elementary School's diversity index is 11%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 65 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.0:1. That is lower than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 90%. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
Falconer Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.5%, compared with a predicted 19.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
The closest public school to Falconer Elementary School is Foreman High School, about 0.3 miles away. Falconer Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Falconer Elementary School comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Falconer Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment at Falconer Elementary School declined 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 995 to 846 students.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Foreman High School0.3 mi · 650
- Intrinsic Charter High School0.5 mi · 993
- Barry Elementary School0.6 mi · 473
- Schubert Elementary School0.7 mi · 568
- Kelvyn Park High School0.9 mi · 577
- Scammon Elementary School1.0 mi · 620
Frequently asked questions
About Falconer Elementary SchoolHow large is Falconer Elementary School?
Falconer Elementary School enrolls approximately 846 students in grades PK-06.
Is Falconer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Falconer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Falconer Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Falconer Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Falconer Elementary School?
Student demographics at Falconer Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Falconer Elementary School public or private?
Falconer Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.