Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000916
Libby Elementary School
5300 S Loomis Blvd, Chicago, IL 60609 · (773) 535-9050 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
209 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 | 14 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (33).
Student demographics
52%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
Libby Elementary School→Tilden Career Communty 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
34.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.2pp since 2023
Math
8.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.6% | 8.3% |
| 2023-24 | 18.4% | 4.6% |
% 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
19.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Libby Elementary School
Libby Elementary School's state test result (19.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libby Elementary School this school | 275 | 76.0% | 19.3% |
| Henderson Elementary School Chicago | 246 | 76.0% | 13.4% |
| George Washington Elementary School Alsip | 270 | 81.9% | 25.6% |
| Sieden Prairie Elementary School Matteson | 279 | 82.1% | 21.4% |
| Serena Hills Elementary School Chicago Heights | 305 | 73.8% | 36.5% |
| Martin L King Elementary School Dixmoor | 320 | 82.5% | 15.5% |
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 Libby Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #1,627 of 1,925 | #580 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #1,959 of 2,077 ▼ 75 | #747 of 829 ▼ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,529 of 2,077 ▲ 109 | #548 of 829 ▲ 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #1,682 of 2,419 | #693 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #413 of 2,035 | #222 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #862 of 2,042 | #311 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #604 of 2,132 | #396 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #374 of 1,461 | #229 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
275
-30 (-10%) vs 2020
-72% since 1990-91, when it was 988
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 | 275 | 23.8 | 11.6:1 | 76% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 253 | 19.3 | 13.1:1 | 87% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 251 | 20.5 | 12.2:1 | 88% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 14.8 | 23.9:1 | 96% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 27 | 13.0:1 | 98% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 535 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 99% (532) |
| 2000-01 | 902 | 43 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 988 | 45 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Libby Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (353 to 275); teachers up 61% (14.8 to 23.8).
About Libby Elementary School
Libby Elementary School is a small elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Classes run from pre-K through 8, and the school has 275 students. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 28% lower.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enrolls 324,396 students, and its 622 schools include Libby Elementary School.
At Libby Elementary School, Black students make up 50% of the student body. After that, the student body is 48% Hispanic. Census figures show Cook County is about 22% Black. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Libby Elementary School operates with 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 11.6:1 here. Libby Elementary School reports 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 10 points lower.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Libby Elementary School would score about 27.6%. It scores 19.3%, 8.3 points below that figure.
In Cook County (population about 5,182,090), the median household income is $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Libby Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Fulton Elementary School is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Libby Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 19.3% versus a 15.1% average.
Libby Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 275, a 10% decrease from 305 in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Libby Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Libby Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Libby Elementary. Libby Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Libby Elementary SchoolLibby, MT · 582 students
- Libby ElementaryOceanside, CA · 482 students
- Libby Elementary SchoolCARTHAGE, TX · 375 students
Nearby schools
- Fulton Elementary School0.5 mi · 321
- Richards Career Academy High School0.5 mi · 348
- CICS - Basil Campus0.5 mi · 541
- Sherman Elementary School0.5 mi · 225
- Holmes Elementary School0.6 mi · 166
- Henderson Elementary School0.7 mi · 246
Frequently asked questions
About Libby Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Libby Elementary School?
Libby Elementary School enrolls approximately 275 students in grades PK-08.
Is Libby Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Libby Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Libby Elementary School have?
Libby Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Libby Elementary School?
Student demographics at Libby Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 48% Hispanic, 50% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Libby Elementary School public or private?
Libby 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.