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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Garcia Lorca Elem School this year?
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Enrollment
637
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006139
Garcia Lorca Elementary School
3231 N Springfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60618 · (773) 534-0950 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
554 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 | 45 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 30% smaller than its 8th grade class (80).
Student demographics
19%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
Garcia Lorca Elementary School→Schurz 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
41.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
27.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.1% | 27.2% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 19.6% |
% 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Garcia Lorca Elementary School
Garcia Lorca Elementary School's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garcia Lorca Elementary School this school | 637 | 87.0% | 33.1% |
| Gunsaulus Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 658 | 86.0% | 35.4% |
| Logan Square Elementary Chicago | 630 | 89.5% | 20.2% |
| Scammon Elementary School Chicago | 620 | 87.4% | 28.5% |
| Burbank Elementary School Chicago | 691 | 88.0% | 19.2% |
| Pasteur Elementary School Chicago | 620 | 86.1% | 51.6% |
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 Garcia Lorca Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #1,151 of 1,925 | #345 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #1,385 of 2,077 ▼ 183 | #431 of 829 ▼ 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #1,311 of 2,077 ▼ 218 | #446 of 829 ▼ 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #206 of 2,419 | #124 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,132 of 2,035 | #505 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.8% | #1,666 of 2,042 | #624 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #362 of 2,132 | #258 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #346 of 1,461 | #216 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
637
-70 (-10%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 720
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 | 637 | 46.5 | 13.7:1 | 87% (554) |
| 2023-24 | 615 | 50.5 | 12.2:1 | 91% (557) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 48.5 | 12.9:1 | 90% (562) |
| 2020-21 | 707 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 828 | 44 | 18.8:1 | 94% (782) |
| 2015-16 | 888 | 47 | 18.9:1 | 96% (851) |
| 2010-11 | 720 | 33 | 21.8:1 | 97% (697) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garcia Lorca Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (828 to 637); teachers up 6% (44 to 46.5).
About Garcia Lorca Elementary School
Garcia Lorca Elementary School is the name of a large elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment is 637 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 8. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 67% above average.
Garcia Lorca Elementary School is in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district with 324,396 students across 622 schools.
The large majority of students at Garcia Lorca Elementary School, 90%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 5% White and 2% Black. Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Garcia Lorca Elementary School comes in at 19%.
Staffing totals 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Garcia Lorca Elementary School is 87%. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Garcia Lorca Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.1%, compared with a predicted 21.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
The closest other public school is YCCS-ASPIRA Pantoja Alt High School, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 33.1% is above the 19.2% average for nearby schools.
Garcia Lorca Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Garcia Lorca Elementary School had 707 students in 2020-21 and 637 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease.
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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
- YCCS-ASPIRA Pantoja Alt High School0.2 mi · 200
- ASPIRA Charter - Early College Pr0.2 mi · 285
- Reilly Elementary School0.3 mi · 539
- Aspira Charter - Bus and Fin0.4 mi · 426
- Scammon Elementary School0.5 mi · 620
- Logan Square Elementary0.8 mi · 630
Frequently asked questions
About Garcia Lorca Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Garcia Lorca Elementary School?
Garcia Lorca Elementary School enrolls approximately 637 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Garcia Lorca Elementary School serve?
Garcia Lorca Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Garcia Lorca Elementary School have?
Garcia Lorca Elementary School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Garcia Lorca Elementary School?
Student demographics at Garcia Lorca Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Garcia Lorca Elementary School in?
Garcia Lorca Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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