Enrollment
255
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000875
Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy
3030 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60612 · (773) 534-6840 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
241 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 | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 13 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (13) is 65% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
9%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
Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy→Manley Career 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
36.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.7pp since 2023
Math
12.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.1pp 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 12 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 12.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 8.3% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy
Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy this school | 255 | 94.5% | 21.8% |
| Garvey M Elementary School Chicago | 262 | 92.7% | 20.2% |
| Manierre Elementary School Chicago | 269 | 96.3% | 7.3% |
| Chateaux School Hazel Crest | 249 | 96.4% | 17.9% |
| Franklin Elementary School Dolton | 259 | 95.8% | 13.3% |
| Washington H Elementary School Chicago | 273 | 96.0% | 18.3% |
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 Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #1,552 of 1,925 | #537 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #1,812 of 2,077 ▼ 105 | #654 of 829 ▼ 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,483 of 2,077 ▼ 41 | #530 of 829 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #1,799 of 2,419 | #738 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #300 of 2,035 | #165 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.1% | #1,908 of 2,042 | #735 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #170 of 2,132 | #127 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.4% | #68 of 1,461 | #45 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
255
-123 (-33%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 671
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 | 255 | 23 | 11.1:1 | 95% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 249 | 24 | 10.4:1 | 97% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 254 | 23.5 | 10.8:1 | 97% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 22.7 | 18.3:1 | 98% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 24 | 18.9:1 | 98% (446) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 19 | 21.6:1 | 94% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 671 | 37 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 671 | 42 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (414 to 255); teachers up 1% (22.7 to 23).
About Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy
This page covers Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy, a small elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 255 students. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 33% below that mark.
Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy belongs to Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district of 622 schools and 324,396 students.
By race and ethnicity, Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy is 95% Black. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic. Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 9, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy has a ratio of 11.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
On the allk12 Grade, Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy lands at C, ahead of 33% of Illinois public elementary schools.
A school with Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 16.9%. Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy scores 21.8%, 4.8 points above that line.
For the population of Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy is about 0.2 miles from Locke A Elementary Charter Academy, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 21.8% versus a 19.2% average.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 255, compared with 378 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
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- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
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- 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
- Locke A Elementary Charter Academy0.2 mi · 346
- Manley Career Academy High School0.3 mi · 193
- Kellman Corporate Community Elementary School0.3 mi · 209
- LEARN Chtr-Campbell Campus0.3 mi · 357
- Marshall Metropolitan High School0.4 mi · 239
- Faraday Elementary School0.5 mi · 178
Frequently asked questions
About Jensen Elementary Scholastic AcademyHow many students attend Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy?
Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy enrolls approximately 255 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy serve?
Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy is approximately 11.1:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy?
At Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy, the student body is approximately 0% White, 4% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy in?
Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.