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Enrollment
547
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993005548
Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd
820 S Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607 · (773) 534-7070 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL547 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
262 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
63%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
66.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.5pp since 2023
Math
45.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.6% | 45.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 33.5% |
% 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd
Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd this school | 547 | 47.9% | 52.3% |
| Skoff Elementary Romeoville | 542 | 52.2% | 49.2% |
| River Trail School Gurnee | 471 | 51.8% | 28.8% |
| Komarek Elementary School North Riverside | 570 | 53.7% | 44.2% |
| Kenneth Murphy School Beach Park | 394 | 53.6% | 19.6% |
| Georgetown Elementary School Aurora | 420 | 53.3% | 32.9% |
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 Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #519 of 1,925 | #144 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #788 of 2,077 ▼ 94 | #237 of 829 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #450 of 2,077 ▼ 30 | #157 of 829 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 547 | #380 of 2,419 | #197 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,178 of 2,035 | #526 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #444 of 2,042 | #169 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #1,353 of 2,132 | #620 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #1,237 of 1,461 | #576 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
547
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 611
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 | 547 | 39.5 | 13.8:1 | 48% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 41 | 13.0:1 | 46% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 40 | 13.5:1 | 50% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 32.3 | 17.7:1 | 58% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 28 | 19.4:1 | 63% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 614 | 31 | 19.8:1 | 72% (440) |
| 2000-01 | 611 | 36 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (571 to 547); teachers up 22% (32.3 to 39.5).
About Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd
Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. It reported 547 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 44% larger than average.
Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd is a school in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The district has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Federal enrollment data show Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd is 53% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 27% Black, 11% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 26 points above the 27% share among Cook County residents. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd are from different groups.
Based on 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd has a ratio of 13.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 13.9:1. Income data for the school show 48% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 43.9%.
The school is in Cook County, where the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd from the closest public school, Smyth J Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 37.0%; Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd's is 52.3%, ranking 4th of 9.
For locale, NCES codes Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd as City: Large.
Enrollment at Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd was 556 in 2020-21 and 547 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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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
- Smyth J Elementary School0.4 mi · 348
- Chicago World Language Academy0.4 mi · 449
- STEM Magnet Academy Elementary School0.6 mi · 397
- Chicago Technology Academy High School0.6 mi · 315
- Young Magnet High School0.7 mi · 2,223
- Joseph Jungman Magnet Elementary School0.9 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol AcdHow large is Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd?
Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd enrolls approximately 547 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd serve?
Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd is approximately 13.8:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd?
Student demographics at Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd are roughly 11% White, 53% Hispanic, 27% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd in?
Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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