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Enrollment
389
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000787
Kanoon Elementary Magnet School
2233 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60623 · (773) 534-1736 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL389 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
365 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 | 21 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 26% larger than its 8th grade class (38).
Student demographics
12%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
Kanoon Elementary Magnet School→Farragut Career 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
20.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.7pp since 2023
Math
10.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 21 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.7% | 10.6% |
| 2023-24 | 12.0% | 5.3% |
% 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
16.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% 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 Kanoon Elementary Magnet School
Kanoon Elementary Magnet School's state test result (16.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanoon Elementary Magnet School this school | 389 | 93.8% | 16.1% |
| Lara Elementary Academy Chicago | 362 | 91.4% | 20.8% |
| Shields Elementary School Chicago | 439 | 93.8% | 21.9% |
| Seward Elementary Communication Arts Ac Chicago | 390 | 97.4% | 17.0% |
| Cooper Elementary Dual Language Academy Chicago | 428 | 90.0% | 20.8% |
| Salazar Elementary Bilingual Center Chicago | 351 | 93.7% | 20.7% |
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 Kanoon Elementary Magnet School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #1,725 of 1,925 | #643 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #1,880 of 2,077 ▼ 31 | #697 of 829 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #1,907 of 2,077 ▼ 38 | #752 of 829 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 389 | #1,053 of 2,419 | #447 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #701 of 2,035 | #333 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.7% | #1,851 of 2,042 | #705 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.8% | #190 of 2,132 | #138 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.3% | #69 of 1,461 | #46 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
389
-100 (-20%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 788
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 | 389 | 31.3 | 12.4:1 | 94% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 34 | 11.0:1 | 97% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 32 | 12.9:1 | 97% (399) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 36 | 17.5:1 | 98% (616) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 40 | 17.9:1 | 99% (711) |
| 2010-11 | 706 | 35 | 20.2:1 | 100% (703) |
| 2000-01 | 926 | 49 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 788 | 43 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kanoon Elementary Magnet School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (630 to 389); teachers down 13% (36 to 31.3).
About Kanoon Elementary Magnet School
Kanoon Elementary Magnet School is a medium-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, (ZIP code 60623). Classes run from pre-K through 8, and the school has 389 students.
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, operates 622 schools serving 324,396 students.
About 94% of the student body at Kanoon Elementary Magnet School is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% Black. In Cook County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Kanoon Elementary Magnet School is 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 94% of students, or 365, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Kanoon Elementary Magnet School scores 16.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 17.3%.
Census estimates describe Cook County this way: 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. Besides Kanoon Elementary Magnet School, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Farragut Career Academy High School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Kanoon Elementary Magnet School is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Kanoon Elementary Magnet School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Kanoon Elementary Magnet School declined 20% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 489 to 389 students.
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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
- Farragut Career Academy High School0.2 mi · 490
- Spry Elementary Community School0.3 mi · 317
- Spry Community Links High School0.3 mi · 82
- Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy0.3 mi · 922
- Telpochcalli Elementary School0.4 mi · 209
- Hammond Elementary School0.4 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Kanoon Elementary Magnet SchoolHow many students attend Kanoon Elementary Magnet School?
Kanoon Elementary Magnet School enrolls approximately 389 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Kanoon Elementary Magnet School serve?
Kanoon Elementary Magnet School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Kanoon Elementary Magnet School have?
Kanoon Elementary Magnet School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Kanoon Elementary Magnet School?
Student demographics at Kanoon Elementary Magnet School are roughly 1% White, 94% Hispanic, 4% Black.
What district is Kanoon Elementary Magnet School in?
Kanoon Elementary Magnet School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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