Enrollment
181
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001217
Langford A Elementary School
6010 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60636 · (773) 535-9180 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Illinois public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
9.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
173 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 | 11 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 11% larger than its 8th grade class (19).
Student demographics
40%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
Langford A Elementary School→Englewood STEM 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
24.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
10.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 24 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 10.7% |
| 2023-24 | 12.9% | 4.3% |
% 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
16.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Langford A Elementary School
Langford A Elementary School's state test result (16.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langford A Elementary School this school | 181 | 95.6% | 16.1% |
| Holmes Elementary School Chicago | 166 | 100.0% | 8.8% |
| Hughes C Elementary School Chicago | 169 | 90.5% | 16.8% |
| Sherman Elementary School Chicago | 225 | 97.8% | 15.4% |
| Kennedy Elementary School Chicago Heights | 193 | 97.4% | 36.8% |
| Nob Hill Elementary School Country Club Hills | 164 | 98.8% | 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 Langford A Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #1,726 of 1,925 | #644 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #1,876 of 2,077 ▲ 21 | #694 of 829 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #1,840 of 2,077 ▼ 2 | #715 of 829 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #2,112 of 2,419 | #843 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #133 of 2,132 | #104 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.0% | #124 of 1,461 | #80 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
181
-23 (-11%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 480
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 | 181 | 19.3 | 9.4:1 | 96% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 181 | 18 | 10.1:1 | 92% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 178 | 19 | 9.4:1 | 97% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 204 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 13.3 | 20.4:1 | 99% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 17 | 21.1:1 | 100% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 99% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 26 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 27 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Langford A Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (270 to 181); teachers up 45% (13.3 to 19.3).
About Langford A Elementary School
Langford A Elementary School is a small elementary school located in Chicago, Illinois. It had 181 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 8. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Langford A Elementary School is part of a district of 622 schools: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students.
At Langford A Elementary School, 73% of students are Black. Other students are 24% Hispanic and 2% White. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Cook County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 40%.
Langford A Elementary School reported 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.4:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. There are 173 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 96% of enrollment. That rate is above the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Langford A Elementary School outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Langford A Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 16.1% actual against 16.3% predicted.
Cook County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include Langford A Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Langford A Elementary School places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Langford A Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment decreased 11% over 4 years, reaching 181 in 2024-25.
Langford A Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School0.5 mi · 487
- Bass Elementary School0.7 mi · 313
- Holmes Elementary School0.7 mi · 166
- Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter0.7 mi · 428
- Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School0.8 mi · 1,316
- Libby Elementary School0.8 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Langford A Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Langford A Elementary School?
Langford A Elementary School enrolls approximately 181 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Langford A Elementary School serve?
Langford A Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Langford A Elementary School?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at Langford A Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Langford A Elementary School?
Student demographics at Langford A Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 24% Hispanic, 73% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is Langford A Elementary School in?
Langford A Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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