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Enrollment
711
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000794
Goethe Elementary School
2236 N Rockwell St, Chicago, IL 60647 · (773) 534-4135 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL711 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
305 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 | 66 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 9% larger than its 8th grade class (65).
Student demographics
53%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
Goethe Elementary School→Clemente Community Academy 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
55.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.5pp since 2023
Math
35.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 37.1% | 21.0% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Goethe Elementary School
Goethe Elementary School's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goethe Elementary School this school | 711 | 42.9% | 43.5% |
| Virginia Lake Elementary School Palatine | 717 | 42.3% | 40.7% |
| Byrne Elementary School Chicago | 619 | 47.2% | 36.5% |
| Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 831 | 37.1% | 56.7% |
| Dore Elementary School Chicago | 745 | 47.7% | 35.7% |
| McPherson Elementary School Chicago | 794 | 41.7% | 39.1% |
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 Goethe Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #808 of 1,925 | #210 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #1,105 of 2,077 ▲ 32 | #333 of 829 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #821 of 2,077 ▲ 62 | #256 of 829 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 711 | #117 of 2,419 | #77 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,077 of 2,035 | #485 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #820 of 2,042 | #293 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #1,491 of 2,132 | #647 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #1,106 of 1,461 | #533 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
711
-27 (-4%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 1,023
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 | 52.5 | 13.5:1 | 43% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 731 | 51 | 14.3:1 | 48% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 51 | 13.8:1 | 52% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 738 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 761 | 44.9 | 17.0:1 | 72% (548) |
| 2015-16 | 769 | 44 | 17.5:1 | 78% (599) |
| 2010-11 | 782 | 40 | 19.6:1 | 86% (676) |
| 2000-01 | 815 | 48 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,023 | 61 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goethe Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (761 to 711); teachers up 17% (44.9 to 52.5).
About Goethe Elementary School
Goethe Elementary School is the name of a large elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. The school covers pre-K through 8 and reported 711 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Federal data list 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students enrolled.
Hispanic students are 64% of those enrolled at Goethe Elementary School. The next largest groups are 22% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Cook County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at Goethe Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Of all students at Goethe Elementary School, 43% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
Goethe Elementary School is 3.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (43.5% versus 46.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
In Cook County, home to about 5,182,090 people, 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's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include Goethe Elementary School.
Chase Elementary School sits about 0.3 miles from Goethe Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Goethe Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 738 students in 2020-21 to 711 in 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
Nearby schools
- Chase Elementary School0.3 mi · 415
- Pulaski Intl School of Chicago0.6 mi · 889
- Brentano Elementary Math & Science Academy0.6 mi · 763
- Darwin Elementary School0.6 mi · 502
- CICS - Bucktown Campus0.6 mi · 518
- Yates Elementary School0.7 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About Goethe Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Goethe Elementary School?
Goethe Elementary School enrolls approximately 711 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Goethe Elementary School serve?
Goethe Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Goethe Elementary School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Goethe Elementary School.
How diverse is Goethe Elementary School?
Goethe Elementary School reports a student body of 22% White, 64% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Goethe Elementary School public or private?
Goethe Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.