Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001351
Finkl Elementary School
2332 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60608 · (773) 535-5850 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
211 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 | 13 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 29% smaller than its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
35%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
29.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.9pp since 2023
Math
14.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.8% | 14.4% |
| 2023-24 | 18.9% | 10.7% |
% 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Finkl Elementary School
Finkl Elementary School's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finkl Elementary School this school | 240 | 87.9% | 21.0% |
| Perry Elementary School Carpentersville | 278 | 90.3% | 24.1% |
| Yates Elementary School Chicago | 268 | 88.1% | 18.5% |
| J W Robinson Jr Elementary School Lyons | 251 | 86.5% | 35.2% |
| Acero Chtr - Esmera Santiago Cmps Chicago | 224 | 88.8% | 28.0% |
| Gordon School Posen | 312 | 88.5% | 35.6% |
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 Finkl Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,575 of 1,925 | #548 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #1,756 of 2,077 ▼ 171 | #621 of 829 ▼ 81 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #1,674 of 2,077 ▼ 58 | #611 of 829 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #1,884 of 2,419 | #766 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.3:1 | #4 of 2,035 | #3 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.8% | #1,277 of 2,042 | #470 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #336 of 2,132 | #242 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.1% | #121 of 1,461 | #78 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
240
+25 (+12%) vs 2020
-66% since 2000-01, when it was 715
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 | 240 | 33 | 7.3:1 | 88% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 24.5 | 8.5:1 | 90% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 206 | 28 | 7.4:1 | 94% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 215 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 359 | 23.4 | 15.3:1 | 96% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 23 | 19.7:1 | 99% (449) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 26 | 21.3:1 | 99% (551) |
| 2000-01 | 715 | 33 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Finkl Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (359 to 240); teachers up 41% (23.4 to 33).
About Finkl Elementary School
Among the schools in Chicago, Illinois, is Finkl Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. Its 240 students are spread across pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Federal data list 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students enrolled.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Finkl Elementary School, at 79%. Other students are 15% Black and 4% White. That is higher than the 27% Hispanic share among all Cook County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 35% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.3:1 at Finkl Elementary School, with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 6.7 below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 88%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Finkl Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 21.0% is within a point of the 20.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
The closest public school to Finkl Elementary School is IHSCA Charter High School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Finkl Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Finkl Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
The school enrolled 240 students in 2024-25, 25 more than the 215 it had in 2020-21.
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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
- IHSCA Charter High School0.3 mi · 567
- Acero Chtr - Octavio Paz Elementary School0.3 mi · 98
- Pickard Elementary School0.3 mi · 319
- IJLA Charter High School0.3 mi · 95
- Ruiz Elementary School0.3 mi · 467
- Hammond Elementary School0.5 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Finkl Elementary SchoolHow large is Finkl Elementary School?
Finkl Elementary School enrolls approximately 240 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Finkl Elementary School serve?
Finkl Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Finkl Elementary School?
Approximately 7.3:1 students per teacher at Finkl Elementary School.
How diverse is Finkl Elementary School?
Finkl Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 79% Hispanic, 15% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Finkl Elementary School in?
Finkl Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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