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Enrollment
575
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001608
Little Village Elementary School
2620 S Lawndale Ave, Chicago, IL 60623 · (773) 534-1880 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
525 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 | 29 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 54% smaller than its 8th grade class (79).
Student demographics
4%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
Little Village Elementary School→Farragut Career 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
29.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.9pp since 2023
Math
11.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.6% | 11.5% |
| 2023-24 | 16.7% | 5.3% |
% 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
21.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Little Village Elementary School
Little Village Elementary School's state test result (21.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Village Elementary School this school | 575 | 91.3% | 21.2% |
| Lee Elementary School Chicago | 581 | 90.5% | 36.5% |
| Zapata Elementary Academy Chicago | 524 | 91.0% | 28.7% |
| Columbus West Elementary School Cicero | 534 | 90.4% | 28.1% |
| Whitney Elementary School Chicago | 559 | 94.6% | 22.2% |
| Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elementary School Chicago | 508 | 93.1% | 19.6% |
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 Little Village Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #1,572 of 1,925 | #546 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #1,854 of 2,077 ▼ 4 | #679 of 829 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #1,679 of 2,077 ▲ 2 | #615 of 829 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #321 of 2,419 | #173 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #195 of 2,035 | #118 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.5% | #2,010 of 2,042 | #803 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.3% | #247 of 2,132 | #178 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #237 of 1,461 | #151 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
575
-112 (-16%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 806
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 | 575 | 54.8 | 10.5:1 | 91% (525) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 55.3 | 10.2:1 | 94% (533) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 52.8 | 11.4:1 | 97% (584) |
| 2020-21 | 687 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 787 | 39.2 | 20.1:1 | 97% (763) |
| 2015-16 | 856 | 43 | 19.9:1 | 99% (850) |
| 2010-11 | 794 | 38 | 20.9:1 | 100% (791) |
| 2000-01 | 806 | 36 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Little Village Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (787 to 575); teachers up 40% (39.2 to 54.8).
About Little Village Elementary School
Little Village Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. Students in pre-K through 8 attend, and enrollment is 575 students. The school's enrollment is 51% larger than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Little Village Elementary School is one school in a 622-school district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which enrolls 324,396 students.
The large majority of students at Little Village Elementary School, 98%, are Hispanic. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. Little Village Elementary School has a diversity index of 4%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 54.8 full-time equivalents, or about 10.5 students per teacher. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 91%. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 18.8%. Little Village Elementary School scores 21.2%.
Cook County has these Census figures: median household income is about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Little Village Elementary School is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
The closest other public school is Ortiz De Dominguez Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Little Village Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Little Village Elementary School's location as City: Large.
The number of students declined from 687 to 575 over 4 years.
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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
- Ortiz De Dominguez Elementary School0.3 mi · 404
- Gary Elementary School0.3 mi · 711
- Cardenas Elementary School0.4 mi · 764
- Whitney Elementary School0.4 mi · 559
- McCormick Elementary School0.6 mi · 502
- Madero Middle School0.6 mi · 231
Frequently asked questions
About Little Village Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Little Village Elementary School?
Little Village Elementary School enrolls approximately 575 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Little Village Elementary School serve?
Little Village Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Little Village Elementary School?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at Little Village Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Little Village Elementary School?
Student demographics at Little Village Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black.
What district is Little Village Elementary School in?
Little Village Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.