Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993003564
Locke A Elementary Charter Academy
3141 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60612 · (773) 265-7232 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
301 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 58% larger than its 8th grade class (31).
Student demographics
2%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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
60.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.5pp since 2023
Math
36.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +21.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.1% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.6% | 15.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 21% 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 Locke A Elementary Charter Academy
Locke A Elementary Charter Academy's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locke A Elementary Charter Academy this school | 346 | 87.0% | 38.5% |
| Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 318 | 86.5% | 21.8% |
| Jackson M Elementary School Chicago | 305 | 85.6% | 13.1% |
| CICS - Loomis Primary Campus Chicago | 333 | 90.7% | N/A |
| Wells Preparatory Elementary Academy Chicago | 308 | 82.8% | 32.8% |
| LEARN Chtr - South Chicago Campus Chicago | 390 | 88.2% | 30.6% |
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 Locke A Elementary Charter Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #972 of 1,925 | #269 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #1,074 of 2,077 ▲ 315 | #319 of 829 ▲ 129 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #677 of 2,077 ▲ 75 | #222 of 829 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #1,274 of 2,419 | #526 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,372 of 2,035 | #611 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.3% | #2,036 of 2,042 | #816 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #361 of 2,132 | #257 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.7% | #161 of 1,461 | #101 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
346
-97 (-22%) vs 2020
+99% since 2000-01, when it was 174
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 | 346 | 24 | 14.4:1 | 87% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 25 | 14.7:1 | 90% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 92% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 499 | N/A | N/A | 93% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 3 | 188.3:1 | 90% (510) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | 22 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 174 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Locke A Elementary Charter Academy.
About Locke A Elementary Charter Academy
In Chicago, Illinois, Locke A Elementary Charter Academy is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 8, and the school has 346 students.
In Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, 622 schools enroll a combined 324,396 students.
Most students at Locke A Elementary Charter Academy are Black: 99% of enrollment. Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school's share is higher. Locke A Elementary Charter Academy has a diversity index of 2%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Locke A Elementary Charter Academy's 24 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have a similar average ratio of 13.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 87%. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, lower than here.
A school in Illinois with Locke A Elementary Charter Academy's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 21.3%. Locke A Elementary Charter Academy scores 38.5%.
Cook County has about 5,182,090 residents, and median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
The closest public school to Locke A Elementary Charter Academy is Marshall Metropolitan High School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 16.3% proficiency; Locke A Elementary Charter Academy posts 38.5%.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Locke A Elementary Charter Academy as a charter school.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 346 was 22% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 443.
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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
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- Marshall Metropolitan High School0.2 mi · 239
- Faraday Elementary School0.2 mi · 178
- Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy0.2 mi · 255
- LEARN Chtr-Campbell Campus0.3 mi · 357
- Kellman Corporate Community Elementary School0.5 mi · 209
- Manley Career Academy High School0.5 mi · 193
Frequently asked questions
About Locke A Elementary Charter AcademyHow large is Locke A Elementary Charter Academy?
Locke A Elementary Charter Academy enrolls approximately 346 students in grades KG-08.
Is Locke A Elementary Charter Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Locke A Elementary Charter Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Locke A Elementary Charter Academy have?
Locke A Elementary Charter Academy employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Locke A Elementary Charter Academy?
At Locke A Elementary Charter Academy, the student body is approximately 1% Hispanic, 99% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Locke A Elementary Charter Academy in?
Locke A Elementary Charter Academy is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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