Enrollment
332
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000811
Gresham Elementary School
8524 S Green St, Chicago, IL 60620 · (773) 535-3350 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL332 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
314 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 11 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 23% smaller than its 8th grade class (39).
Student demographics
13%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
Gresham Elementary School→Hirsch Metropolitan 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
40.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.7pp since 2023
Math
15.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.7pp 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 16 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.9% | 15.6% |
| 2023-24 | 21.2% | 3.9% |
% 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
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
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 Gresham Elementary School
Gresham Elementary School's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gresham Elementary School this school | 332 | 94.6% | 24.0% |
| Owens Community Academy Elementary School Chicago | 340 | 95.3% | 24.9% |
| James Farmer Jr. Elementary Chicago | 321 | 94.1% | 18.9% |
| Smith W Elementary School Chicago | 340 | 95.3% | 17.0% |
| Foster Park Elementary School Chicago | 345 | 93.3% | 17.7% |
| LEARN Chtr-Campbell Campus Chicago | 357 | 94.7% | 34.2% |
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 Gresham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #1,480 of 1,925 | #491 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #1,721 of 2,077 ▲ 194 | #601 of 829 ▲ 127 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #1,314 of 2,077 ▲ 212 | #449 of 829 ▲ 108 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 332 | #1,352 of 2,419 | #561 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #812 of 2,035 | #386 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.0% | #1,814 of 2,042 | #687 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.6% | #166 of 2,132 | #125 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #545 of 615 | #168 of 186 |
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
332
-43 (-11%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 607
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 | 332 | 26 | 12.8:1 | 95% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 26 | 12.6:1 | 94% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 27 | 12.4:1 | 97% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 19.1 | 17.1:1 | 98% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 338 | 19 | 17.8:1 | 97% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 22 | 18.0:1 | 99% (392) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 34 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 607 | 33 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gresham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (326 to 332); teachers up 36% (19.1 to 26).
About Gresham Elementary School
Gresham Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Chicago, Illinois. It offers pre-K through 8 and has 332 students enrolled.
Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, Gresham Elementary School is one of 622 schools. The district enrolls 324,396 students.
Of every 100 students at Gresham Elementary School, about 93 are Black. Other students are 6% Hispanic. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Cook County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 13%.
Teacher count: 26 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. Roughly 95% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Gresham Elementary School is 7.1 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 24.0% actual, 16.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
The school is in Cook County, where the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Jackson M Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Gresham Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Gresham Elementary School places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Gresham Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 11%, from 375 to 332.
The allk12 page for Gresham Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Gresham Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Gresham Elementary. Gresham Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Gresham ElementaryGresham, WI · 132 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson M Elementary School0.3 mi · 305
- Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School0.4 mi · 351
- Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr0.4 mi · 534
- Cuffe Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy0.5 mi · 249
- Simeon Career Academy High School0.7 mi · 1,095
- Fort Dearborn Elementary School0.8 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About Gresham Elementary SchoolHow large is Gresham Elementary School?
Gresham Elementary School enrolls approximately 332 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Gresham Elementary School serve?
Gresham Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Gresham Elementary School have?
Gresham Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Gresham Elementary School?
Student demographics at Gresham Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 6% Hispanic, 93% Black.
What district is Gresham Elementary School in?
Gresham 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.