Enrollment
341
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000862
Howe Elementary School
720 N Lorel Ave, Chicago, IL 60644 · (773) 534-6060 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
282 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 | 33 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (34).
Student demographics
35%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
18.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
4.7%
IL avg 37.9% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 down about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.8% | 4.7% |
| 2023-24 | 10.4% | 8.1% |
% 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
12.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Howe Elementary School
Howe Elementary School's state test result (12.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howe Elementary School this school | 341 | 82.7% | 12.1% |
| Irving Elementary School Chicago | 310 | 80.3% | 14.2% |
| Lovett Elementary School Chicago | 342 | 83.3% | 32.7% |
| Mohawk Primary Center Park Forest | 283 | 84.5% | 32.5% |
| Carroll Elementary School Chicago | 411 | 86.1% | 27.6% |
| Dett Elementary School Chicago | 326 | 82.5% | 6.6% |
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 Howe Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #1,837 of 1,925 | #716 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.7% | #2,036 of 2,077 ▼ 318 | #800 of 829 ▼ 198 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #1,945 of 2,077 ▼ 32 | #772 of 829 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 341 | #1,314 of 2,419 | #543 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #263 of 2,035 | #144 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.9% | #1,276 of 2,042 | #469 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #454 of 2,132 | #312 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #195 of 1,461 | #122 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
341
-47 (-12%) vs 2020
-72% since 1990-91, when it was 1,203
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 | 341 | 31.3 | 10.9:1 | 83% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 30 | 11.8:1 | 97% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 25.5 | 15.0:1 | 97% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 24.8 | 19.3:1 | 97% (464) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 99% (512) |
| 2010-11 | 582 | 29 | 20.1:1 | 98% (573) |
| 2000-01 | 814 | 39 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,203 | 63 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Howe Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (480 to 341); teachers up 26% (24.8 to 31.3).
About Howe Elementary School
Howe Elementary School is an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, reachable at (773) 534-6060. It covers pre-K through 8, with a total enrollment of 341 students.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 oversees Howe Elementary School and 621 other schools, with 324,396 students in total.
Roughly 78% of students at Howe Elementary School are Black. Other reported shares: 19% Hispanic and 2% White. Cook County's residents are about 22% Black, 56 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 35% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 10.9:1. That is 3.0 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Howe Elementary School reports 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Howe Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 12.1%; the prediction is 23.8%.
Across Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
The nearest public school is Moving Everest Charter School, at about 0.4 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 13.5%, higher than Howe Elementary School's 12.1%.
Howe Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, Howe Elementary School's enrollment dropped 12%, to 341.
Discussions about Howe Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Howe Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Howe Elementary. Howe Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 10.
- Howe Elementary SchoolBeach Park, IL · 318 students
- Howe Elementary SchoolHowe, OK · 447 students
- Howe Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 398 students
- HOWE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSCHENECTADY, NY · 390 students
- Howe ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 350 students
Nearby schools
- Moving Everest Charter School0.4 mi · 755
- Brunson Math & Sci Specialty Elem0.4 mi · 452
- Douglass Academy High School0.4 mi · 29
- Hay Elem Community Academy0.4 mi · 247
- Austin College and Career Acad HS0.6 mi · 190
- Nash Elem School0.7 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About Howe Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Howe Elementary School?
Howe Elementary School enrolls approximately 341 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Howe Elementary School serve?
Howe Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Howe Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Howe Elementary School is approximately 10.9:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Howe Elementary School?
Student demographics at Howe Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 19% Hispanic, 78% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Howe Elementary School?
Howe Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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