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How has Kilmer Elem School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
790
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000886
Kilmer Elementary School
6700 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626 · (773) 534-2115 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL790 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
616 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 | 57 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 6% smaller than its 8th grade class (80).
Student demographics
73%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
Kilmer Elementary 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
30.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
20.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.5% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.5% | 9.5% |
% 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
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Kilmer Elementary School
Kilmer Elementary School's state test result (25.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmer Elementary School this school | 790 | 78.0% | 25.1% |
| New Field Elementary School Chicago | 541 | 79.9% | 31.4% |
| Wm Nashold Early Childhood Center Rockford | 530 | 76.8% | N/A |
| Fairview Early Childhood Center Rockford | 538 | 72.1% | N/A |
| Greenbrook Elementary School Hanover Park | 466 | 74.5% | 31.6% |
| Johns Hill Magnet School Decatur | 627 | 79.7% | 17.0% |
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 Kilmer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #1,443 of 1,925 | #477 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #1,602 of 2,077 ▲ 37 | #535 of 829 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #1,651 of 2,077 ▼ 177 | #600 of 829 ▼ 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 790 | #64 of 2,419 | #47 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #446 of 2,035 | #240 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #45 of 2,042 | #21 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.0% | #557 of 2,132 | #375 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #488 of 615 | #150 of 186 |
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
790
+73 (+10%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,074
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 | 790 | 67.5 | 11.7:1 | 78% (616) |
| 2023-24 | 786 | 69 | 11.4:1 | 81% (639) |
| 2022-23 | 742 | 64.8 | 11.5:1 | 84% (625) |
| 2020-21 | 717 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 763 | 48.4 | 15.8:1 | 93% (709) |
| 2015-16 | 728 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 94% (684) |
| 2010-11 | 863 | 46 | 18.8:1 | 96% (825) |
| 2000-01 | 1,324 | 56 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,074 | 49 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kilmer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (763 to 790); teachers up 39% (48.4 to 67.5).
About Kilmer Elementary School
A large elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, Kilmer Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school counts 790 students across pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 counts 622 schools and 324,396 students, including Kilmer Elementary School.
Kilmer Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 42%. The remaining students are 22% Black, 15% White, 10% Asian, and 9% multiracial. Among people living in Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. By the diversity index, Kilmer Elementary School comes in at 73%.
A ratio of 11.7:1 comes from the school's 67.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 78% in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Kilmer Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.1%; the prediction is 26.5%.
Across Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Kilmer Elementary School is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
Sullivan High School is the public school closest to Kilmer Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 32.0%; Kilmer Elementary School's is 25.1%, ranking 6th of 9.
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.
The student count in 2024-25 was 790, 10% above the 717 of 2020-21.
Community posts for Kilmer Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Sullivan High School0.1 mi · 762
- New Field Elementary School0.3 mi · 541
- Field Elementary School0.4 mi · 151
- Chicago Math & Sci Elementary Charter0.4 mi · 623
- Hayt Elementary School0.6 mi · 851
- Armstrong G Elementary IntL Studies0.9 mi · 1,304
Frequently asked questions
About Kilmer Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kilmer Elementary School?
Kilmer Elementary School enrolls approximately 790 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Kilmer Elementary School serve?
Kilmer Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Kilmer Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Kilmer Elementary School.
How diverse is Kilmer Elementary School?
Kilmer Elementary School reports a student body of 15% White, 42% Hispanic, 22% Black, 10% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Kilmer Elementary School in?
Kilmer Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.