Enrollment
191
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000907
Lawndale Elementary Community Academy
3500 W Douglas Blvd, Chicago, IL 60623 · (773) 534-1635 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL191 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Illinois public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
10.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
154 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 | 29 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 6% smaller than its 8th grade class (16).
Student demographics
24%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
Lawndale Elementary Community Academy→Manley Career Academy 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
13.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
4.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.6% | 4.5% |
| 2023-24 | 6.8% | 3.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 25% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lawndale Elementary Community Academy
Lawndale Elementary Community Academy's state test result (8.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawndale Elementary Community Academy this school | 191 | 80.6% | 8.2% |
| McKinley Elementary School South Holland | 176 | 80.1% | 34.3% |
| Revere Elementary School Chicago | 184 | 78.8% | 13.2% |
| Blackhawk Primary Center Park Forest | 167 | 80.8% | 36.6% |
| Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy Chicago | 203 | 78.8% | 35.8% |
| Beidler Elementary School Chicago | 232 | 84.1% | 14.7% |
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 Lawndale Elementary Community Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.2% | #1,905 of 1,925 | #754 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.5% | #2,041 of 2,077 ▼ 115 | #805 of 829 ▼ 71 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #2,026 of 2,077 ▼ 10 | #812 of 829 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 191 | #2,074 of 2,419 | #832 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.6% | #490 of 2,132 | #337 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #231 of 1,461 | #148 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
191
-22 (-10%) vs 2020
-79% since 1990-91, when it was 930
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 | 191 | 18.3 | 10.5:1 | 81% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 188 | 18 | 10.4:1 | 95% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 216 | 20 | 10.8:1 | 99% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 262 | 13.4 | 19.6:1 | 100% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 23 | 16.5:1 | 99% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 27 | 20.5:1 | 98% (545) |
| 2000-01 | 730 | 37 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 930 | 45 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawndale Elementary Community Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (262 to 191); teachers up 36% (13.4 to 18.3).
About Lawndale Elementary Community Academy
Lawndale Elementary Community Academy is a small elementary school that serves part of Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 191 students in pre-K through 8. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 50% lower.
Lawndale Elementary Community Academy is one school in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a system of 622 schools with 324,396 students.
Lawndale Elementary Community Academy's enrollment is 86% Black. The remaining shares are 14% Hispanic. Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 24% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 18.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.5:1. That is lower than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 81%. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
allk12 grades Lawndale Elementary Community Academy an F. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations places Lawndale Elementary Community Academy in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 16.8 points below it (8.2% actual, 24.9% predicted).
According to the American Community Survey, in Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 1,406 public schools in Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
The closest other public school is Herzl Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Lawndale Elementary Community Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lawndale Elementary Community Academy at 7th of 9.
In the federal locale system, Lawndale Elementary Community Academy is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 10% enrollment decrease, from 213 in 2020-21 to 191 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Lawndale Elementary Community Academy. 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
Nearby schools
- Herzl Elementary School0.3 mi · 429
- LEARN Chtr - Butler0.3 mi · 475
- Dvorak Technology Academy Elementary School0.4 mi · 276
- North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ0.4 mi · 258
- Noble St Chtr-DRW Trading Col0.4 mi · 323
- Legacy Elementary Charter School0.5 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Lawndale Elementary Community AcademyHow many students attend Lawndale Elementary Community Academy?
Lawndale Elementary Community Academy enrolls approximately 191 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Lawndale Elementary Community Academy serve?
Lawndale Elementary Community Academy serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lawndale Elementary Community Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lawndale Elementary Community Academy is approximately 10.5:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lawndale Elementary Community Academy?
Lawndale Elementary Community Academy reports a student body of 14% Hispanic, 86% Black.
Who oversees Lawndale Elementary Community Academy?
Lawndale Elementary Community 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.