Enrollment
271
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000855
Higgins Elementary Community Academy
11710 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60643 · (773) 535-5625 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
255 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 | 26 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 55% larger than its 8th grade class (20).
Student demographics
17%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
Higgins Elementary Community Academy→Fenger Academy 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
33.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.6pp since 2023
Math
11.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.2% | 6.3% |
% 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
19.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Higgins Elementary Community Academy
Higgins Elementary Community Academy's state test result (19.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higgins Elementary Community Academy this school | 271 | 94.1% | 19.9% |
| Franklin Elementary School Dolton | 259 | 95.8% | 13.3% |
| Washington H Elementary School Chicago | 273 | 96.0% | 18.3% |
| Aldridge Elementary School Chicago | 257 | 93.0% | 18.2% |
| Dewey Elementary Academy of Fine Arts Chicago | 272 | 96.0% | 31.7% |
| Mann Elementary School Chicago | 283 | 91.5% | 25.1% |
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 Higgins Elementary Community Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #1,608 of 1,925 | #569 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #1,869 of 2,077 ▼ 73 | #688 of 829 ▼ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #1,557 of 2,077 ▲ 86 | #559 of 829 ▲ 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #1,703 of 2,419 | #701 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #471 of 2,035 | #251 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.5% | #1,699 of 2,042 | #643 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.1% | #180 of 2,132 | #133 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #603 of 615 | #180 of 186 |
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
271
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 538
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 | 271 | 23 | 11.8:1 | 94% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 19 | 14.3:1 | 90% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 17 | 15.5:1 | 97% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 13.5 | 20.0:1 | 94% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 305 | 19 | 16.1:1 | 90% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 19 | 20.3:1 | 92% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 26 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 538 | 27 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Higgins Elementary Community Academy.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (270 to 271); teachers up 70% (13.5 to 23).
About Higgins Elementary Community Academy
Higgins Elementary Community Academy is an elementary school with a street address in Chicago, Illinois. It had 271 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 29% lower.
Higgins Elementary Community Academy reports to Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Roughly 90% of students at Higgins Elementary Community Academy are Black. Enrollment also includes 9% Hispanic. Among people living in Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Higgins Elementary Community Academy scores 17%.
A staff of 23 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 11.8:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Higgins Elementary Community Academy's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 19.9% is 2.7 points above the 17.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Cook County, where median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Whistler Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Higgins Elementary Community Academy is 5th among 7 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, Higgins Elementary Community Academy is City: Large.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (266) and 2024-25 (271).
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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
- Whistler Elementary School0.5 mi · 242
- Colemon J Elementary Academy0.6 mi · 166
- White Elementary Career Academy0.6 mi · 116
- Fenger Academy High School0.8 mi · 312
- Haley Elementary Academy0.8 mi · 458
- Chicago Excel Academy High School0.8 mi · 266
Frequently asked questions
About Higgins Elementary Community AcademyHow many students attend Higgins Elementary Community Academy?
Higgins Elementary Community Academy enrolls approximately 271 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Higgins Elementary Community Academy serve?
Higgins Elementary Community Academy serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Higgins Elementary Community Academy?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Higgins Elementary Community Academy.
How diverse is Higgins Elementary Community Academy?
Higgins Elementary Community Academy reports a student body of 1% White, 9% Hispanic, 90% Black.
Is Higgins Elementary Community Academy public or private?
Higgins Elementary Community Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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