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Enrollment
1,194
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000835
Healy Elementary School
3010 S Parnell Ave, Chicago, IL 60616 · (773) 534-9190 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,194 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
946 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 92 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 152 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 144 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 146 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 148 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 38% smaller than its 8th grade class (148).
Student demographics
42%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
Healy Elementary School→Tilden Career Communty 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
73.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
67.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.4% | 67.2% |
| 2023-24 | 60.4% | 56.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+41.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 42 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Healy Elementary School
Healy Elementary School's state test result (67.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healy Elementary School this school | 1,194 | 79.2% | 67.7% |
| Ward J Elementary School Chicago | 500 | 79.0% | 60.8% |
| Haines Elementary School Chicago | 461 | 78.5% | 68.9% |
| Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy Chicago | 528 | 53.8% | 69.5% |
| Clinton Elementary School Chicago | 1,050 | 89.0% | 30.3% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School Niles | 489 | 66.5% | 40.2% |
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 Healy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #162 of 1,925 | #60 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #269 of 2,077 ▼ 63 | #94 of 829 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #263 of 2,077 ▼ 14 | #101 of 829 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,194 | #8 of 2,419 | #6 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,830 of 2,035 | #755 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #1,109 of 2,042 | #417 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.2% | #527 of 2,132 | #361 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #621 of 1,461 | #339 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
1,194
-160 (-12%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,027
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 | 1,194 | 71 | 16.8:1 | 79% (946) |
| 2023-24 | 1,209 | 75 | 16.1:1 | 82% (988) |
| 2022-23 | 1,222 | 76 | 16.1:1 | 82% (996) |
| 2020-21 | 1,354 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,420 | 73.7 | 19.3:1 | 84% (1,193) |
| 2015-16 | 1,443 | 70 | 20.6:1 | 87% (1,256) |
| 2010-11 | 1,364 | 64 | 21.3:1 | 96% (1,304) |
| 2000-01 | 1,336 | 70 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,027 | 54 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Healy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (1,420 to 1,194); teachers down 4% (73.7 to 71).
About Healy Elementary School
Healy Elementary School, a large elementary school, is located in Chicago, Illinois. School enrollment was 1,194 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
Healy Elementary School is among 622 schools run by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which serves 324,396 students.
A majority of students at Healy Elementary School, 74%, are Asian. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic, 5% White, and 3% Black. Cook County as a whole is about 8% Asian, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Healy Elementary School comes in at 42%.
The teaching staff at Healy Elementary School is 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 16.8:1. That ratio is over the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 79%. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Healy Elementary School is 25.8%. It actually posts 67.7%, which is 41.9 points higher and in the top 10% of Illinois schools.
Cook County census figures show that median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Healy Elementary School is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
The closest public school to Healy Elementary School is Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Healy Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 67.7% is above the 40.8% average for nearby schools.
Healy Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The number of students dropped from 1,354 to 1,194 over 4 years.
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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
Other Healy Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Healy Elementary. Healy Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Healy ElemHealy, KS · 2 students
Nearby schools
- Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy0.3 mi · 528
- Ward J Elementary School0.4 mi · 500
- Armour Elementary School0.6 mi · 255
- Minnie Minoso Academy0.6 mi · 304
- Holden Elementary School0.7 mi · 407
- Drake Elementary School0.7 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Healy Elementary SchoolHow large is Healy Elementary School?
Healy Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,194 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Healy Elementary School serve?
Healy Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Healy Elementary School have?
Healy Elementary School employs 71 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Healy Elementary School?
At Healy Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 74% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Healy Elementary School public or private?
Healy 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.