1
Enrollment
581
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001214
Lee Elementary School
6448 S Tripp Ave, Chicago, IL 60629 · (773) 535-2255 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
526 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 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 43% smaller than its 8th grade class (83).
Student demographics
3%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
Lee Elementary School→Hubbard 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
44.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.8pp since 2023
Math
36.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.9% | 36.5% |
| 2023-24 | 28.1% | 19.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 19% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Lee Elementary School
Lee Elementary School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Elementary School this school | 581 | 90.5% | 36.5% |
| Little Village Elementary School Chicago | 575 | 91.3% | 21.2% |
| Columbus West Elementary School Cicero | 534 | 90.4% | 28.1% |
| Zapata Elementary Academy Chicago | 524 | 91.0% | 28.7% |
| Acero Chtr Network - PFC Torress Chicago | 528 | 88.4% | 18.0% |
| Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar Chicago | 528 | 88.4% | 28.6% |
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 Lee Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,042 of 1,925 | #293 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,070 of 2,077 ▲ 137 | #316 of 829 ▲ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #1,186 of 2,077 ▲ 70 | #391 of 829 ▲ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #306 of 2,419 | #169 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,468 of 2,035 | #643 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.4% | #2,027 of 2,042 | #812 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.5% | #264 of 2,132 | #192 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.8% | #127 of 1,461 | #83 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
581
-171 (-23%) vs 2020
+79% since 1990-91, when it was 325
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 | 581 | 39.5 | 14.7:1 | 91% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 578 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 91% (526) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 89% (557) |
| 2020-21 | 752 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 864 | 42.6 | 20.3:1 | 93% (807) |
| 2015-16 | 863 | 44 | 19.6:1 | 96% (830) |
| 2010-11 | 858 | 43 | 19.9:1 | 94% (808) |
| 2000-01 | 744 | 39 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 325 | 17 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lee Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (864 to 581); teachers down 7% (42.6 to 39.5).
About Lee Elementary School
Lee Elementary School is a large elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, (ZIP code 60629). Enrolled students number 581 students, in kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 52% higher than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
Lee Elementary School sits within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Federal enrollment data show Lee Elementary School is 98% Hispanic. Among people living in Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. Pick two students at random and there is a 3% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligible students account for 91% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lee Elementary School is in the top 10% of Illinois schools: 36.5% actual against 19.2% predicted.
Cook County census figures show that the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Richardson Middle School, is about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Lee Elementary School ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Lee Elementary School as City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 171 fewer students in 2024-25.
Community posts for Lee Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 Lee Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Lee Elementary. Lee Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 13.
- Lee Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 780 students
- Lee Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 717 students
- Lee ElementaryEast Wenatchee, WA · 522 students
- Lee Elementary SchoolCollege Park, GA · 438 students
- Lee Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Richardson Middle School0.6 mi · 844
- Hubbard High School0.6 mi · 1,710
- Azuela Elementary School0.6 mi · 690
- Hurley Elementary School0.8 mi · 748
- Pasteur Elementary School0.8 mi · 620
- Peck Elementary School1.0 mi · 777
Frequently asked questions
About Lee Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lee Elementary School?
Lee Elementary School enrolls approximately 581 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Lee Elementary School serve?
Lee Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Lee Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Lee Elementary School.
How diverse is Lee Elementary School?
Lee Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Who oversees Lee Elementary School?
Lee Elementary School 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.