Enrollment
287
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000808
Grissom Elementary School
12810 S Escanaba Ave, Chicago, IL 60633 · (773) 535-5380 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
220 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 | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 43% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
33%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
Grissom Elementary School→Washington G 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
54.9%
IL avg 51.0% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
18.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 55 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 down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.9% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 18.1% |
% 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
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Grissom Elementary School
Grissom Elementary School's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grissom Elementary School this school | 287 | 76.7% | 36.7% |
| Hyde Park Elementary School Waukegan | 295 | 78.3% | 32.7% |
| Howe Elementary School Beach Park | 318 | 75.5% | 15.1% |
| Holmes Elementary School Harvey | 270 | 77.8% | 13.4% |
| Edison Elementary School Stickney | 282 | 74.1% | 43.5% |
| Parkwood Elementary School Hanover Park | 342 | 77.2% | 32.4% |
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 Grissom Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #1,030 of 1,925 | #289 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,632 of 2,077 ▼ 365 | #551 of 829 ▼ 156 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #841 of 2,077 ▼ 517 | #261 of 829 ▼ 140 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 287 | #1,619 of 2,419 | #664 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #721 of 2,035 | #343 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.9% | #1,333 of 2,042 | #496 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.7% | #585 of 2,132 | #386 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #498 of 1,461 | #287 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
287
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 247
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 | 287 | 23 | 12.5:1 | 77% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 21 | 13.9:1 | 79% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 22 | 13.5:1 | 75% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 291 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 15.1 | 23.4:1 | 61% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 15 | 23.2:1 | 64% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 310 | 17 | 18.2:1 | 73% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 323 | 13 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 247 | 12 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grissom Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (353 to 287); teachers up 52% (15.1 to 23).
About Grissom Elementary School
In Chicago, Illinois, part of Cook County, Grissom Elementary School is an elementary school. The school has 287 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 25% lower.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 includes 622 schools. Together they enroll 324,396 students.
Hispanic students account for 81% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 12% Black and 7% White. Among all residents of Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. A diversity index of 33% means there is a 33% chance two randomly chosen students at Grissom Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grissom Elementary School is 12.5:1, based on 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. Grissom Elementary School counts 77% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.3% for Grissom Elementary School. The school posts 36.7%, 9.4 points above the prediction.
For the population of Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Grissom Elementary School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Grissom Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Clay Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Grissom Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Grissom Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Grissom Elementary School as City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 287, close to the 291 recorded in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Grissom Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Grissom Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Grissom Elementary. Grissom Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Grissom Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 424 students
- Grissom Elementary SchoolMuncie, IN · 411 students
- Grissom Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 342 students
Nearby schools
- Clay Elementary School0.7 mi · 578
- Burnham Elementary School1.5 mi · 141
- Carver Military Academy High School1.9 mi · 420
- Washington G High School1.9 mi · 1,520
- Washington G Elementary School2.0 mi · 571
- Carver Primary School2.5 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Grissom Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Grissom Elementary School?
Grissom Elementary School enrolls approximately 287 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Grissom Elementary School serve?
Grissom Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grissom Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grissom Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grissom Elementary School?
At Grissom Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 81% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Grissom Elementary School public or private?
Grissom 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.