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Enrollment
711
Middle
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000785
Gary Elementary School
3740 W 31st St, Chicago, IL 60623 · (773) 534-1455 · Cook County
GRADES 03–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL711 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
672 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 130 | 18% |
Student demographics
3%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
31.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
18.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.3% | 18.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 9.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Gary Elementary School
Gary Elementary School's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Elementary School this school | 711 | 94.5% | 23.9% |
| Hernandez Middle School Chicago | 720 | 94.9% | 23.9% |
| Northwest Middle School Chicago | 532 | 89.8% | 13.9% |
| Richardson Middle School Chicago | 844 | 87.8% | 26.1% |
| Gompers Junior High School Joliet | 615 | 99.2% | 24.4% |
| Heritage Middle School Summit | 447 | 98.9% | 33.7% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Gary Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #490 of 578 | #90 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #498 of 640 ▲ 47 | #107 of 146 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #560 of 640 ▼ 33 | #127 of 146 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 711 | #136 of 691 | #37 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #326 of 558 | #93 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.3% | #559 of 560 | #138 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #28 of 581 | #15 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.5% | #16 of 440 | #10 of 97 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
711
-207 (-23%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 2,036
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 | 711 | 53 | 13.4:1 | 95% (672) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 51 | 14.1:1 | 93% (669) |
| 2022-23 | 766 | 51 | 15.0:1 | 94% (720) |
| 2020-21 | 918 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,120 | 52.9 | 21.2:1 | 97% (1,089) |
| 2015-16 | 1,138 | 59 | 19.3:1 | 98% (1,114) |
| 2010-11 | 1,172 | 56 | 20.9:1 | 99% (1,162) |
| 2000-01 | 1,256 | 56 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 2,036 | 79 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gary Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (1,120 to 711); teachers unchanged (52.9 to 53).
About Gary Elementary School
Located in Chicago, Illinois, Gary Elementary School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school. Students in grades 3 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 711 students. Middle schools in Illinois have about 462 students on average; enrollment here is 54% higher.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 includes 622 schools. Together they enroll 324,396 students.
Of every 100 students at Gary Elementary School, about 98 are Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 27% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 3%.
Gary Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1, with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 95% at Gary Elementary School. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Gary Elementary School is 7.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (23.9% versus 16.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Cook County number 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Gary Elementary School from the closest public school, Ortiz De Dominguez Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 23.4% on proficiency, and Gary Elementary School is above that at 23.9%.
Under the NCES locale system, Gary Elementary School is City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 207 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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
Other Gary Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Gary Elementary. Gary Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Gary Elementary SchoolWest Chicago, IL · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Ortiz De Dominguez Elementary School0.1 mi · 404
- Little Village Elementary School0.3 mi · 575
- Whitney Elementary School0.4 mi · 559
- McCormick Elementary School0.7 mi · 502
- Cardenas Elementary School0.7 mi · 764
- Madero Middle School0.7 mi · 231
Frequently asked questions
About Gary Elementary SchoolHow large is Gary Elementary School?
Gary Elementary School enrolls approximately 711 students in grades 03-08.
Is Gary Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gary Elementary School is a middle school covering grades 03-08.
How many teachers does Gary Elementary School have?
Gary Elementary School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gary Elementary School?
At Gary Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Gary Elementary School in?
Gary Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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