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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000615
Haley Elementary Academy
11411 S Eggleston Ave, Chicago, IL 60628 · (773) 535-5340 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
449 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 | 52 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
22%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
Haley Elementary Academy→Fenger 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
26.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
11.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.6% | 11.8% |
| 2023-24 | 23.7% | 8.8% |
% 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
18.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Haley Elementary Academy
Haley Elementary Academy's state test result (18.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haley Elementary Academy this school | 458 | 98.0% | 18.6% |
| Herzl Elementary School Chicago | 429 | 97.2% | 4.0% |
| Jesse C White Learning Academy Hazel Crest | 425 | 98.6% | 15.5% |
| Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter Chicago | 428 | 97.0% | 22.7% |
| Spencer Technology Academy Elementary School Chicago | 427 | 99.3% | 16.6% |
| Caroline Sibley Elementary School Calumet City | 434 | 99.8% | 12.3% |
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 Haley Elementary Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #1,647 of 1,925 | #593 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #1,844 of 2,077 ▼ 171 | #671 of 829 ▼ 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #1,753 of 2,077 ▼ 330 | #660 of 829 ▼ 152 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #718 of 2,419 | #334 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,157 of 2,035 | #517 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #1,558 of 2,042 | #586 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #69 of 2,132 | #48 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #638 of 1,461 | #349 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
458
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 960
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 | 458 | 33.3 | 13.8:1 | 98% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 97% (435) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 97% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 32.4 | 16.7:1 | 98% (529) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 97% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 26 | 19.6:1 | 99% (507) |
| 2000-01 | 894 | 45 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 960 | 39 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haley Elementary Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (542 to 458); teachers up 3% (32.4 to 33.3).
About Haley Elementary Academy
This page covers Haley Elementary Academy, a mid-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. It is open to students in pre-K through 8 and enrolls 458 students. That is 20% bigger than the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
The 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enroll 324,396 students altogether, Haley Elementary Academy among them.
At Haley Elementary Academy, 88% of students are Black. The remaining students are 10% Hispanic. Census figures show Cook County is about 22% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Haley Elementary Academy scores 22%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. The school has 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is similar, at 13.9:1. In all, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 32 points.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Haley Elementary Academy would score about 14.9%. It scores 18.6%, 3.7 points above that figure.
For Cook County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Haley Elementary Academy among them.
Fenger Academy High School is about 0.3 miles from Haley Elementary Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 18.6% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 458, starting from 462.
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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
- Fenger Academy High School0.3 mi · 312
- Curtis Elementary School0.6 mi · 356
- Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School0.8 mi · 206
- Lavizzo Elementary School0.8 mi · 394
- Higgins Elementary Community Academy0.8 mi · 271
- CICS - Prairie Campus0.9 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Haley Elementary AcademyHow many students attend Haley Elementary Academy?
Haley Elementary Academy enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-08.
Is Haley Elementary Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Haley Elementary Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Haley Elementary Academy have?
Haley Elementary Academy employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
How diverse is Haley Elementary Academy?
Haley Elementary Academy reports a student body of 2% White, 10% Hispanic, 88% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Haley Elementary Academy?
Haley Elementary Academy is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.