Enrollment
345
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000782
Gale Elementary Community Academy
1631 W Jonquil Ter, Chicago, IL 60626 · (773) 534-2100 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
285 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 | 30 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 12 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 6% larger than its 8th grade class (33).
Student demographics
58%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
Gale Elementary Community Academy→Sullivan High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
12.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
5.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.9% | 5.6% |
| 2023-24 | 10.1% | 1.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 24% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Gale Elementary Community Academy
Gale Elementary Community Academy's state test result (9.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Elementary Community Academy this school | 345 | 82.6% | 9.0% |
| Garden Hills Elementary School Champaign | 411 | 78.6% | 11.1% |
| Talala Elementary School Park Forest | 305 | 85.2% | 13.4% |
| Lovett Elementary School Chicago | 342 | 83.3% | 32.7% |
| Bryant Elementary School Harvey | 294 | 75.2% | 36.7% |
| Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School Dekalb | 328 | 80.2% | 13.3% |
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 Gale Elementary Community Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #1,894 of 1,925 | #745 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.6% | #2,014 of 2,077 ▲ 37 | #785 of 829 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #2,036 of 2,077 ▼ 114 | #816 of 829 ▼ 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #1,283 of 2,419 | #529 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #420 of 2,035 | #228 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #656 of 2,042 | #235 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.6% | #457 of 2,132 | #315 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #371 of 615 | #112 of 186 |
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
345
+137 (+66%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 994
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 | 345 | 29.8 | 11.6:1 | 83% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 23.8 | 12.6:1 | 88% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 222 | 26 | 8.5:1 | 93% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 208 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 17.6 | 18.4:1 | 98% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 97% (362) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 29 | 18.5:1 | 93% (496) |
| 2000-01 | 925 | 56 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 994 | 59 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gale Elementary Community Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (323 to 345); teachers up 69% (17.6 to 29.8).
About Gale Elementary Community Academy
This page covers Gale Elementary Community Academy, a mid-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. Its grade span covers pre-K through 8, with 345 students on the rolls.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 is the district for Gale Elementary Community Academy. It has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
More than half of enrollment at Gale Elementary Community Academy is Black: 58%. Next come 28% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 22% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Gale Elementary Community Academy scores 58%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1. The school has 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 2.3 students per teacher. In all, 83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.
In Illinois, Gale Elementary Community Academy is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 9.0% compared with a predicted 23.8%.
In the wider Cook County area, median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
Jordan Elementary Community School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Gale Elementary Community Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Gale Elementary Community Academy ranks 9th of 9 on average proficiency.
Gale Elementary Community Academy is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Gale Elementary Community Academy reported 208 students in 2020-21 and 345 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.
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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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- Oakton Elementary School0.8 mi · 379
- New Field Elementary School0.9 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About Gale Elementary Community AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Gale Elementary Community Academy?
Gale Elementary Community Academy enrolls approximately 345 students in grades PK-08.
Is Gale Elementary Community Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gale Elementary Community Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Gale Elementary Community Academy have?
Gale Elementary Community Academy employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Gale Elementary Community Academy?
Student demographics at Gale Elementary Community Academy are roughly 6% White, 28% Hispanic, 58% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Gale Elementary Community Academy in?
Gale Elementary Community Academy is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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