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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000844
Henry Elementary School
4250 N Saint Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60618 · (773) 534-5060 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
399 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 | 34 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
25%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
Henry Elementary School→Roosevelt 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
36.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.5pp since 2023
Math
21.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.1% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.6% | 9.7% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Henry Elementary School
Henry Elementary School's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Elementary School this school | 445 | 89.7% | 28.0% |
| Barry Elementary School Chicago | 473 | 87.7% | 22.0% |
| Avondale - Logandale Elementary School Chicago | 459 | 89.8% | 27.9% |
| Mozart Elementary School Chicago | 499 | 88.6% | 21.8% |
| Cooper Elementary Dual Language Academy Chicago | 428 | 90.0% | 20.8% |
| Corkery Elementary School Chicago | 442 | 88.9% | 12.5% |
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 Henry Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,338 of 1,925 | #433 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,569 of 2,077 ▲ 58 | #521 of 829 ▲ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #1,480 of 2,077 ▼ 129 | #528 of 829 ▼ 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #779 of 2,419 | #355 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #310 of 2,035 | #171 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.0% | #1,502 of 2,042 | #559 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #287 of 2,132 | #208 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #658 of 1,461 | #355 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
445
-92 (-17%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 726
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 | 445 | 40 | 11.1:1 | 90% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 35.5 | 13.1:1 | 90% (421) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 34.5 | 13.2:1 | 89% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 29.7 | 17.6:1 | 93% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 34 | 18.8:1 | 94% (600) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 94% (612) |
| 2000-01 | 929 | 50 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 726 | 34 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henry Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (524 to 445); teachers up 35% (29.7 to 40).
About Henry Elementary School
Among the schools in Chicago, Illinois, is Henry Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 445 students in pre-K through 8.
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, operates 622 schools serving 324,396 students.
About 86% of the student body at Henry Elementary School is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% White, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. In Cook County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. Henry Elementary School's diversity index is 25%, against a US figure of 70%.
Henry Elementary School counts 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.1 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.8 below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 90% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
The model predicts 19.7% for a school in Illinois with Henry Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Henry Elementary School posts 28.0%.
Federal survey data for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
Roosevelt High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Henry Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Henry Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 28.0% against a local average of 29.7%.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 17% from its 2020-21 level of 537.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Henry Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Henry Elementary. Henry Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- HENRY ELEM.BALLWIN, MO · 512 students
- HENRY ELEM.CLINTON, MO · 365 students
- Henry ElementaryHenry, TN · 353 students
- Henry Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 306 students
- HENRY ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 165 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt High School0.4 mi · 1,144
- Disney II Magnet High School0.5 mi · 738
- Haugan Elementary School0.5 mi · 1,065
- North River Elementary School0.6 mi · 315
- ASPIRA Charter - Haugan Campus0.6 mi · 83
- CICS - Irving Park Campus0.6 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Henry Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Henry Elementary School?
Henry Elementary School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Henry Elementary School serve?
Henry Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Henry Elementary School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Henry Elementary School.
How diverse is Henry Elementary School?
Henry Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 86% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Henry Elementary School public or private?
Henry 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.