Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000763
Harriet Tubman Elementary School
2851 N Seminary Ave, Chicago, IL 60657 · (773) 534-5725 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
104 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 | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 12% larger than its 8th grade class (41).
Student demographics
72%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
Harriet Tubman Elementary School→Lincoln Park High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
68.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +32.0pp since 2023
Math
44.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 32 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.9% | 44.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.9% | 25.6% |
% 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Harriet Tubman Elementary School
Harriet Tubman Elementary School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harriet Tubman Elementary School this school | 308 | 33.8% | 53.2% |
| Goodwin Elementary School North Aurora | 315 | 34.0% | 38.6% |
| Troy Shorewood School Shorewood | 370 | 37.8% | 61.2% |
| Washington Elementary School Evanston | 410 | 40.5% | 53.3% |
| Memorial Elementary School Tinley Park | 291 | 37.8% | 51.1% |
| Big Hollow Primary School Ingleside | 387 | 35.1% | N/A |
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 Harriet Tubman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #496 of 1,925 | #141 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #833 of 2,077 ▲ 134 | #246 of 829 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #377 of 2,077 ▲ 510 | #135 of 829 ▲ 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #1,495 of 2,419 | #619 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #89 of 2,035 | #54 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #84 of 2,042 | #38 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.8% | #1,707 of 2,132 | #696 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.6% | #116 of 1,461 | #76 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
308
-158 (-34%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 399
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 | 308 | 32 | 9.6:1 | 34% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 31.8 | 8.9:1 | 37% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 39.5 | 7.5:1 | 30% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 39% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 41% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 51% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 34 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 399 | 32 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harriet Tubman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (464 to 308); teachers down 3% (33 to 32).
About Harriet Tubman Elementary School
Harriet Tubman Elementary School is a small elementary school with an address in Chicago, Illinois. Federal data show 308 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has a total of 622 schools and 324,396 students, Harriet Tubman Elementary School among them.
White students account for 38% of enrollment at Harriet Tubman Elementary School, more than any other group. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 18% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Harriet Tubman Elementary School scores 72%.
Harriet Tubman Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 9.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 34% at Harriet Tubman Elementary School. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
Harriet Tubman Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 61% of Illinois public elementary schools.
In Illinois, Harriet Tubman Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 53.2% actual against a predicted 52.0%.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Alcott Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Harriet Tubman Elementary School is 8th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 158 students, from 466 to 308.
This page is set up for the Harriet Tubman Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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 Harriet Tubman Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Harriet Tubman Elementary. Harriet Tubman Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Harriet Tubman Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 298 students
Nearby schools
- Alcott Elementary School0.6 mi · 567
- Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy0.6 mi · 642
- Nettelhorst Elementary School0.8 mi · 653
- Prescott Elementary School0.8 mi · 463
- Burley Elementary School0.8 mi · 494
- Mayer Elementary School0.8 mi · 707
Frequently asked questions
About Harriet Tubman Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harriet Tubman Elementary School?
Harriet Tubman Elementary School enrolls approximately 308 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Harriet Tubman Elementary School serve?
Harriet Tubman Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Harriet Tubman Elementary School?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at Harriet Tubman Elementary School.
How diverse is Harriet Tubman Elementary School?
Harriet Tubman Elementary School reports a student body of 38% White, 31% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Harriet Tubman Elementary School in?
Harriet Tubman 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.