Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001209
Green W Elem School
1150 W 96th St, Chicago, IL 60643 · (773) 535-2575 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
193 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
38.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.8pp since 2023
Math
12.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
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
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
267
-98 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 23.1:1
% Hispanic
4%
was 1%
% Black
94%
was 98%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Green W Elem School
Green W Elem School is an elementary-level community of compact scale in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, hosting 267 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Green W Elem School sits 30% leaner than that benchmark.
Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Green W Elem School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Green W Elem School shows that nearly all students (94%) are Black. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Green W Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.8%, the actual is 24.8%, a residual of -4.9 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Green W Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).
CICS - Longwood Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Green W Elem School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 22.1%.
Green W Elem School operates from a downtown location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Green W Elem School has contracted 27%, going from 365 students in 2018 to 267 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.
On this page, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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
- CICS - Longwood Campus0.2 mi · 1,137
- CICS - Loomis Primary Campus0.2 mi · 333
- Wacker Elem School0.3 mi · 217
- Vanderpoel Elem Magnet School0.7 mi · 241
- Fort Dearborn Elem School0.7 mi · 298
- Evers Elem School0.7 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About Green W Elem SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Green W Elem School?
Green W Elem School enrolls approximately 267 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Green W Elem School serve?
Green W Elem School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Green W Elem School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Green W Elem School is approximately 10.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Green W Elem School?
At Green W Elem School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 4% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Green W Elem School public or private?
Green W Elem 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.