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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Linne Elem School this year?
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Enrollment
687
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000919
Linne Elementary School
3221 N Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60618 · (773) 534-5262 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL687 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
361 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 57 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 22% larger than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
46%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
Linne Elementary School→Schurz 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
47.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.8pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.8% | 21.7% |
% 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Linne Elementary School
Linne Elementary School's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linne Elementary School this school | 687 | 52.5% | 39.2% |
| W A Johnson School Bensenville | 619 | 55.9% | 36.4% |
| International Prep Academy Champaign | 681 | 55.8% | 34.6% |
| Byrne Elementary School Chicago | 619 | 47.2% | 36.5% |
| Dore Elementary School Chicago | 745 | 47.7% | 35.7% |
| Dever Elementary School Chicago | 733 | 55.1% | 28.8% |
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 Linne Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #938 of 1,925 | #254 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,317 of 2,077 ▼ 208 | #405 of 829 ▼ 75 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #1,081 of 2,077 ▼ 61 | #355 of 829 ▼ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 687 | #139 of 2,419 | #90 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #1,522 of 2,035 | #660 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #996 of 2,042 | #363 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #1,226 of 2,132 | #589 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #493 of 615 | #154 of 186 |
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
687
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 784
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 | 687 | 46 | 14.9:1 | 53% (361) |
| 2023-24 | 681 | 44.5 | 15.3:1 | 56% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 46.5 | 13.4:1 | 54% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 33.8 | 19.7:1 | 85% (564) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | 38 | 16.9:1 | 90% (579) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | 31 | 20.0:1 | 96% (593) |
| 2000-01 | 896 | 46 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 784 | 40 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Linne Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (665 to 687); teachers up 36% (33.8 to 46).
About Linne Elementary School
Federal records list Linne Elementary School as an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment is 687 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 8. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 80% larger than average.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 is made up of 622 schools with 324,396 students in all.
Linne Elementary School's enrollment is 70% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 21% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Cook County's population at about 27%. Linne Elementary School has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 14.9:1 comes from the school's 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 53% of students at Linne Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Linne Elementary School is 2.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (39.2% versus 41.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Linne Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in Cook County, which together enroll about 697,934 students.
The closest other public school is Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Linne Elementary School ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 39.2% versus a 36.6% average.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Linne Elementary School was 673 in 2020-21 and 687 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Community posts for Linne Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School0.2 mi · 370
- Avondale - Logandale Elementary School0.5 mi · 459
- Lane Technical High School0.7 mi · 4,604
- Brentano Elementary Math & Science Academy0.7 mi · 763
- Cleveland Elementary School0.8 mi · 507
- CICS - Irving Park Campus0.8 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Linne Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Linne Elementary School?
Linne Elementary School enrolls approximately 687 students in grades PK-08.
Is Linne Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Linne Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Linne Elementary School have?
Linne Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
How diverse is Linne Elementary School?
Linne Elementary School reports a student body of 21% White, 70% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Linne Elementary School?
Linne 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.