Enrollment
237
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000892
Kipling Elementary School
9351 S Lowe Ave, Chicago, IL 60620 · (773) 535-3151 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL237 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
208 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 | 17 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (23).
Student demographics
6%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
Kipling Elementary School→Harlan Community 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
35.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
25.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.9pp 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 25 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.6% | 25.2% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 16.3% |
% 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
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Kipling Elementary School
Kipling Elementary School's state test result (31.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kipling Elementary School this school | 237 | 87.8% | 31.2% |
| Whistler Elementary School Chicago | 242 | 88.8% | 25.6% |
| Evers Elementary School Chicago | 233 | 87.1% | 23.2% |
| Cuffe Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy Chicago | 249 | 86.7% | 19.4% |
| Kershaw Elementary School Chicago | 226 | 88.9% | 25.9% |
| Penniman Elementary School Cahokia | 250 | 88.0% | 4.6% |
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 Kipling Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #1,239 of 1,925 | #384 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #1,443 of 2,077 ▼ 95 | #455 of 829 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #1,491 of 2,077 ▼ 269 | #532 of 829 ▼ 120 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 237 | #1,893 of 2,419 | #768 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #499 of 2,035 | #262 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.8% | #1,978 of 2,042 | #777 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.8% | #339 of 2,132 | #244 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #468 of 1,461 | #271 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
237
-53 (-18%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 280
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 | 237 | 20 | 11.8:1 | 88% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 226 | 19 | 11.9:1 | 89% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 230 | 19 | 12.1:1 | 85% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 290 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 16.8 | 17.6:1 | 86% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 21 | 17.5:1 | 82% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 88% (404) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 24 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 280 | 15 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kipling Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (294 to 237); teachers up 19% (16.8 to 20).
About Kipling Elementary School
Located in Chicago, Illinois, Kipling Elementary School is a small elementary school. The school enrolls 237 students, from pre-K through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381, so this school runs 38% smaller than that.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 includes 622 schools. Together they enroll 324,396 students.
Black students are the large majority at Kipling Elementary School, with 97% of enrollment. Other groups make up 2% Hispanic. County-wide, 22% of Cook County residents are Black. By the diversity index, Kipling Elementary School comes in at 6%.
The count of teachers at Kipling Elementary School is 20 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 11.8:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. The school counts 208 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 88%. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Kipling Elementary School is 10.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (31.2% versus 20.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Census estimates describe Cook County this way: 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. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
Nearby, Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy is about 0.5 miles away. Kipling Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 21.5% on proficiency, and Kipling Elementary School is above that at 31.2%.
The federal government classifies Kipling Elementary School's location as City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 290 in 2020-21 and 237 in 2024-25, an 18% decrease.
Community posts for Kipling Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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 Kipling Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Kipling Elementary. Kipling Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Kipling Elementary SchoolDeerfield, IL · 452 students
Nearby schools
- Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy0.5 mi · 194
- Evers Elementary School0.6 mi · 233
- Wacker Elementary School0.7 mi · 217
- Green W Elementary School0.7 mi · 267
- Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School0.8 mi · 351
- Jackson M Elementary School0.8 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Kipling Elementary SchoolHow large is Kipling Elementary School?
Kipling Elementary School enrolls approximately 237 students in grades PK-08.
Is Kipling Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kipling Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kipling Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kipling Elementary School is approximately 11.8:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Kipling Elementary School?
Kipling Elementary School reports a student body of 2% Hispanic, 97% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Kipling Elementary School public or private?
Kipling Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.