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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000858
Holden Elementary School
1104 W 31st St, Chicago, IL 60608 · (773) 535-7200 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
291 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
4
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 | 30 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 10% larger than its 8th grade class (42).
Student demographics
65%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
Holden 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
43.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
41.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 35.7% | 28.0% |
% 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Holden Elementary School
Holden Elementary School's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holden Elementary School this school | 407 | 71.5% | 41.1% |
| Robert Frost Elementary School Mount Prospect | 359 | 74.1% | 40.6% |
| Greenbrook Elementary School Hanover Park | 466 | 74.5% | 31.6% |
| Dr. James Mitchem Erly Chldhd Center Romeoville | 515 | 66.4% | N/A |
| John R Tibbott Elementary School Bolingbrook | 330 | 67.9% | 49.5% |
| Wegner Elementary School West Chicago | 384 | 71.1% | 24.4% |
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 Holden Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #879 of 1,925 | #233 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #914 of 2,077 ▼ 27 | #271 of 829 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #1,221 of 2,077 ▼ 277 | #403 of 829 ▼ 97 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #968 of 2,419 | #417 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #663 of 2,035 | #314 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #339 of 2,042 | #140 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #704 of 2,132 | #441 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #457 of 1,461 | #263 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
407
-34 (-8%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 682
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 | 407 | 33 | 12.3:1 | 71% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 32.5 | 13.2:1 | 82% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 35 | 11.2:1 | 79% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 28.9 | 17.5:1 | 89% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 92% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 593 | 32 | 18.5:1 | 94% (559) |
| 2000-01 | 783 | 39 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 682 | 46 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holden Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (506 to 407); teachers up 14% (28.9 to 33).
About Holden Elementary School
Holden Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Chicago, Illinois. The school counts 407 students across pre-K through 8.
Holden Elementary School is among 622 schools run by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which serves 324,396 students.
At Holden Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 52% of the student body. Next come 20% White, 13% Black, and 12% Asian. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1 at Holden Elementary School, with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 12.3:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 71% of enrollment.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 30.2%. Holden Elementary School scores 41.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
The closest public school to Holden Elementary School is Armour Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Holden Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Holden Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment has fallen by 34 students since 2020-21, to 407.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Holden Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Holden Elementary. Holden Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- HOLDEN ELEM.HOLDEN, MO · 540 students
- Holden Elementary SchoolSTERLING HEIGHTS, MI · 341 students
- Holden Elementary SchoolKent, OH · 220 students
Nearby schools
- Armour Elementary School0.4 mi · 255
- Healy Elementary School0.7 mi · 1,194
- Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy0.8 mi · 528
- Minnie Minoso Academy0.9 mi · 304
- Evergreen Academy Elementary School0.9 mi · 191
- Ward J Elementary School1.1 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Holden Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Holden Elementary School?
Holden Elementary School enrolls approximately 407 students in grades PK-08.
Is Holden Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holden Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Holden Elementary School have?
Holden Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Holden Elementary School?
At Holden Elementary School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 52% Hispanic, 13% Black, 12% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Holden Elementary School public or private?
Holden 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.