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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000441
Jordan Elementary Community School
7414 N Wolcott Ave, Chicago, IL 60626 · (773) 534-2220 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
435 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 | 65 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 88% larger than its 8th grade class (25).
Student demographics
66%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
Jordan Elementary Community School→Sullivan 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
29.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.4pp since 2023
Math
24.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 24.3% |
| 2023-24 | 9.6% | 6.8% |
% 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
21.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 Jordan Elementary Community School
Jordan Elementary Community School's state test result (21.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Elementary Community School this school | 487 | 89.3% | 21.2% |
| New Field Elementary School Chicago | 541 | 79.9% | 31.4% |
| Otis Elementary School Chicago | 356 | 83.1% | 14.1% |
| Beyer Early Childhood Center Rockford | 497 | 89.5% | N/A |
| Wm Nashold Early Childhood Center Rockford | 530 | 76.8% | N/A |
| Brennemann Elementary School Chicago | 482 | 83.2% | 20.6% |
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 Jordan Elementary Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #1,570 of 1,925 | #544 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #1,479 of 2,077 ▲ 285 | #475 of 829 ▲ 158 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,691 of 2,077 ▲ 241 | #622 of 829 ▲ 152 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #596 of 2,419 | #288 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #297 of 2,035 | #163 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #317 of 2,042 | #132 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #293 of 2,132 | #212 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #1,189 of 1,461 | #562 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
487
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 762
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 | 487 | 44 | 11.1:1 | 89% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 41.5 | 12.3:1 | 91% (465) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 40.5 | 12.3:1 | 89% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 29.1 | 17.6:1 | 98% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 35 | 16.6:1 | 97% (560) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | 36 | 20.1:1 | 98% (709) |
| 2000-01 | 762 | 37 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jordan Elementary Community School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (513 to 487); teachers up 51% (29.1 to 44).
About Jordan Elementary Community School
In Chicago, Illinois, part of Cook County, Jordan Elementary Community School is an elementary school. It had 487 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 28% higher.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enrolls 324,396 students in 622 schools, including Jordan Elementary Community School.
Hispanic students make up 50% of enrollment at Jordan Elementary Community School, the largest share of any group. Next come 28% Black, 10% Asian, 8% White, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Cook County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
Jordan Elementary Community School lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.1 students per teacher. The school's 11.1:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 89% of the student body. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 23 points lower.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Jordan Elementary Community School is 19.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.2%.
Looking at the county, Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Cook County has 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students, including Jordan Elementary Community School.
Acero Chtr Sor Juana Ines de la sits about 0.4 miles from Jordan Elementary Community School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Jordan Elementary Community School ranks 7th on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 23 students, from 464 to 487.
This page is set up for the Jordan Elementary Community School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. 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
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
- Acero Chtr Sor Juana Ines de la0.4 mi · 432
- Gale Elementary Community Academy0.4 mi · 345
- Armstrong G Elementary IntL Studies0.6 mi · 1,304
- Chicago Math & Sci Elementary Charter0.6 mi · 623
- Field Elementary School0.7 mi · 151
- New Field Elementary School0.7 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About Jordan Elementary Community SchoolHow large is Jordan Elementary Community School?
Jordan Elementary Community School enrolls approximately 487 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Jordan Elementary Community School serve?
Jordan Elementary Community School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Jordan Elementary Community School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Jordan Elementary Community School.
How diverse is Jordan Elementary Community School?
Jordan Elementary Community School reports a student body of 8% White, 50% Hispanic, 28% Black, 10% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Jordan Elementary Community School?
Jordan Elementary Community School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.