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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000905
LaSalle Elementary Language Academy
1734 N Orleans St, Chicago, IL 60614 · (773) 534-8470 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
127 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 16% smaller than its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
72%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
67.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.4pp since 2023
Math
56.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.9% | 56.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 43.9% |
% 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
59.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 LaSalle Elementary Language Academy
LaSalle Elementary Language Academy's state test result (59.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaSalle Elementary Language Academy this school | 456 | 27.9% | 59.1% |
| Oliver W Holmes Elementary School Oak Park | 513 | 25.9% | 65.1% |
| Pritzker Elementary School Chicago | 674 | 26.0% | 71.0% |
| Prescott Elementary School Chicago | 463 | 27.6% | 73.5% |
| Irving Elementary School Oak Park | 509 | 21.2% | 67.8% |
| Kingsley Elementary School Evanston | 334 | 30.8% | 57.2% |
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 LaSalle Elementary Language Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #341 of 1,925 | #104 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #492 of 2,077 ▼ 41 | #153 of 829 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #408 of 2,077 ▼ 49 | #145 of 829 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #728 of 2,419 | #340 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #962 of 2,035 | #444 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #87 of 2,042 | #40 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.9% | #1,820 of 2,132 | #720 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #504 of 1,461 | #291 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
456
-51 (-10%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 557
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 | 456 | 34.5 | 13.2:1 | 28% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 40 | 12.1:1 | 32% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 40.5 | 12.0:1 | 32% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 34.8 | 16.1:1 | 33% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 35 | 16.0:1 | 30% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 31 | 18.5:1 | 21% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 574 | 34 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 31 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LaSalle Elementary Language Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (560 to 456); teachers down 1% (34.8 to 34.5).
About LaSalle Elementary Language Academy
LaSalle Elementary Language Academy is an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, reachable at (773) 534-8470. The school offers kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 456 students.
Besides LaSalle Elementary Language Academy, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 621 other schools. The district enrolls 324,396 students.
Black students make up 35% of enrollment at LaSalle Elementary Language Academy, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 33% White, 20% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. In Cook County overall, about 22% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.
With 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.2:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 0.7 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 28% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, higher than here.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.4% for LaSalle Elementary Language Academy. The school posts 59.1%, 3.7 points above the prediction.
The school is in Cook County, where the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. LaSalle Elementary Language Academy shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Manierre Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from LaSalle Elementary Language Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. LaSalle Elementary Language Academy places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, LaSalle Elementary Language Academy is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 456, down from 507 in 2020-21.
This page collects posts and questions about LaSalle Elementary Language Academy, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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
- Manierre Elementary School0.4 mi · 269
- Newberry Elementary Math & Science Academy0.4 mi · 330
- Franklin Elementary Fine Arts Center0.5 mi · 348
- Lincoln Park High School0.5 mi · 2,214
- Noble St Chtr-The Noble Academy0.6 mi · 415
- Skinner Elementary School0.6 mi · 1,139
Frequently asked questions
About LaSalle Elementary Language AcademyHow large is LaSalle Elementary Language Academy?
LaSalle Elementary Language Academy enrolls approximately 456 students in grades KG-08.
Is LaSalle Elementary Language Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
LaSalle Elementary Language Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at LaSalle Elementary Language Academy?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at LaSalle Elementary Language Academy.
What is the student diversity at LaSalle Elementary Language Academy?
Student demographics at LaSalle Elementary Language Academy are roughly 33% White, 20% Hispanic, 35% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees LaSalle Elementary Language Academy?
LaSalle Elementary Language Academy 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.