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Enrollment
1,000
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000803
Gray Elementary School
3730 N Laramie Ave, Chicago, IL 60641 · (773) 534-3520 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,000 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
791 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 | 59 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 110 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 101 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 3 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (101).
Student demographics
34%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
Gray 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
39.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.4pp since 2023
Math
24.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.6% | 24.6% |
| 2023-24 | 29.2% | 18.4% |
% 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
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Gray Elementary School
Gray Elementary School's state test result (31.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Elementary School this school | 1,000 | 79.1% | 31.7% |
| Lyon Elementary School Chicago | 988 | 77.1% | 34.8% |
| Locke J Elementary School Chicago | 1,089 | 86.3% | 26.3% |
| Twain Elementary School Chicago | 850 | 74.6% | 43.3% |
| Haugan Elementary School Chicago | 1,065 | 86.9% | 20.0% |
| Reinberg Elementary School Chicago | 768 | 75.0% | 25.3% |
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 Gray Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #1,211 of 1,925 | #370 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #1,470 of 2,077 ▼ 216 | #469 of 829 ▼ 82 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #1,355 of 2,077 ▼ 145 | #465 of 829 ▼ 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,000 | #21 of 2,419 | #19 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #1,521 of 2,035 | #659 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.9% | #1,305 of 2,042 | #485 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #532 of 2,132 | #364 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #720 of 1,461 | #382 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
1,000
-94 (-9%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 591
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 | 1,000 | 67 | 14.9:1 | 79% (791) |
| 2023-24 | 992 | 65 | 15.3:1 | 81% (806) |
| 2022-23 | 1,004 | 64.5 | 15.6:1 | 84% (842) |
| 2020-21 | 1,094 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,160 | 67.1 | 17.3:1 | 88% (1,023) |
| 2015-16 | 1,258 | 69 | 18.2:1 | 89% (1,122) |
| 2010-11 | 1,284 | 70 | 18.3:1 | 92% (1,185) |
| 2000-01 | 1,309 | 62 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 591 | 31 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gray Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,160 to 1,000); teachers unchanged (67.1 to 67).
About Gray Elementary School
In Chicago, Illinois, part of Cook County, Gray Elementary School is an elementary school. It educates 1,000 students in pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
District-wide, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
About 80% of the student body at Gray Elementary School is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 12% White, 2% Asian, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 27% of Cook County residents are Hispanic. Gray Elementary School's diversity index is 34%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 67 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.9:1. That is higher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 79%. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
On BeatsExpectations, Gray Elementary School is 5.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
Across Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
Portage Park Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Gray Elementary School. By average proficiency, Gray Elementary School is 4th among 9 schools close by.
Gray Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 94 students since 2020-21, to 1,000.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Gray Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Gray Elementary. Gray Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Gray Elementary SchoolGray, GA · 512 students
- Gray Elementary SchoolGray, TN · 512 students
- GRAY ELEM.SPRINGFIELD, MO · 474 students
- Gray Elementary SchoolBALCH SPRINGS, TX · 409 students
Nearby schools
- Portage Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 933
- Foreman High School0.7 mi · 650
- Reinberg Elementary School0.7 mi · 768
- Rickover Naval Academy High Schl0.9 mi · 527
- Falconer Elementary School1.0 mi · 846
- Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy1.0 mi · 831
Frequently asked questions
About Gray Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Gray Elementary School?
Gray Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,000 students in grades PK-08.
Is Gray Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gray Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Gray Elementary School have?
Gray Elementary School employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
How diverse is Gray Elementary School?
Gray Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 80% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Gray Elementary School in?
Gray Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.