Enrollment
246
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000842
Henderson Elementary School
5650 S Wolcott Ave, Chicago, IL 60636 · (773) 535-9080 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL246 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
187 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 | 19 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 7% smaller than its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
51%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
Henderson Elementary School→Englewood STEM 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
27.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.2pp since 2023
Math
5.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.6pp 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 6 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 5.5% |
| 2023-24 | 14.8% | 2.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Henderson Elementary School
Henderson Elementary School's state test result (13.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson Elementary School this school | 246 | 76.0% | 13.4% |
| Libby Elementary School Chicago | 275 | 76.0% | 19.3% |
| George Washington Elementary School Alsip | 270 | 81.9% | 25.6% |
| Lakeview School Zion | 249 | 82.7% | N/A |
| Sieden Prairie Elementary School Matteson | 279 | 82.1% | 21.4% |
| LEARN 10 Charter School North Chicago | 297 | 69.4% | 26.1% |
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 Henderson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #1,802 of 1,925 | #694 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.5% | #2,018 of 2,077 ▼ 42 | #788 of 829 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,742 of 2,077 ▲ 25 | #650 of 829 ▲ 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 246 | #1,841 of 2,419 | #752 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #1,660 of 2,035 | #697 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #910 of 2,042 | #331 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #603 of 2,132 | #395 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #905 of 1,461 | #458 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
246
+37 (+18%) vs 2020
-74% since 1990-91, when it was 933
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 | 246 | 15.8 | 15.6:1 | 76% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 234 | 14.3 | 16.4:1 | 81% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 173 | 16.5 | 10.5:1 | 97% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 209 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 16.5 | 16.6:1 | 97% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 19 | 17.3:1 | 98% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 22 | 19.6:1 | 98% (423) |
| 2000-01 | 885 | 32 | 27.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 933 | 40 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henderson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (274 to 246); teachers down 5% (16.5 to 15.8).
About Henderson Elementary School
Henderson Elementary School is one of the public schools in Chicago, Illinois. It is a small elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 8 and reported 246 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs Henderson Elementary School along with 621 other schools, enrolling 324,396 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Henderson Elementary School is Hispanic: 53%. The remaining shares are 46% Black. Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Henderson Elementary School scores 51%.
Henderson Elementary School has 15.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.6:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 76%. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Henderson Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools. It scores 13.4%; the prediction is 27.6%.
Looking at the county, Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Cook County has 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students, including Henderson Elementary School.
The closest school to Henderson Elementary School is CICS - Basil Campus, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Henderson Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Henderson Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 209 students in 2020-21 to 246 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Henderson Elementary School. 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 Henderson Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Henderson Elementary. Henderson Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 9.
- Henderson Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 819 students
- HENDERSON ELEM.ST CHARLES, MO · 653 students
- Henderson Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 633 students
- Henderson Elementary SchoolFORNEY, TX · 580 students
- Henderson Elementary SchoolBRYAN, TX · 533 students
Nearby schools
- CICS - Basil Campus0.3 mi · 541
- Fulton Elementary School0.5 mi · 321
- Horizon Sci Academy - Southwest Chtr0.6 mi · 712
- Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School0.6 mi · 1,316
- Earle Elementary School0.7 mi · 286
- Libby Elementary School0.7 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Henderson Elementary SchoolHow large is Henderson Elementary School?
Henderson Elementary School enrolls approximately 246 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Henderson Elementary School serve?
Henderson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Henderson Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Henderson Elementary School.
How diverse is Henderson Elementary School?
Henderson Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 53% Hispanic, 46% Black.
Is Henderson Elementary School public or private?
Henderson 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.