Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000937
Mann Elementary School
8050 S Chappel Ave, Chicago, IL 60617 · (773) 535-6640 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
259 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 | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 30% smaller than its 8th grade class (33).
Student demographics
21%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
Mann Elementary School→Chicago Vocational 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
37.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
15.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 15.2% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 12.8% |
% 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
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Mann Elementary School
Mann Elementary School's state test result (25.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mann Elementary School this school | 283 | 91.5% | 25.1% |
| Gregory Math & Sci Elementary Academy Chicago | 287 | 91.3% | 24.2% |
| Park Manor Elementary School Chicago | 313 | 92.0% | 15.0% |
| Aldridge Elementary School Chicago | 257 | 93.0% | 18.2% |
| Higgins Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 271 | 94.1% | 19.9% |
| Ruggles Elementary School Chicago | 290 | 91.7% | 23.7% |
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 Mann Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #1,447 of 1,925 | #479 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #1,734 of 2,077 ▼ 234 | #609 of 829 ▼ 116 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #1,421 of 2,077 ▼ 394 | #501 of 829 ▼ 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #1,637 of 2,419 | #671 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #840 of 2,035 | #398 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.0% | #1,593 of 2,042 | #596 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #241 of 2,132 | #173 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #499 of 1,461 | #288 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
283
-24 (-8%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 800
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 | 283 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 92% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 276 | 21 | 13.1:1 | 92% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 17.5 | 18.1:1 | 91% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 348 | 19.3 | 18.0:1 | 95% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 20 | 18.7:1 | 96% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 99% (535) |
| 2000-01 | 1,084 | 48 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 800 | 38 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mann Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (348 to 283); teachers up 14% (19.3 to 22).
About Mann Elementary School
Mann Elementary School is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 283 students. It has 26% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
A total of 622 schools make up Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at Mann Elementary School, about 88 are Black. Other students are 10% Hispanic. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Cook County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.
For every teacher at Mann Elementary School, there are about 12.9 students; the school has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 92%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Mann Elementary School would be expected to post about 18.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.1%.
The school is in Cook County, where median household income comes to 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. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include Mann Elementary School.
YCCS-Sullivan House Alt High School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Mann Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Mann Elementary School ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 25.1% against a local average of 19.2%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 307 to 283.
The allk12 page for Mann Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Mann Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Mann Elementary. Mann Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Mann Elementary SchoolSpringfield, OH · 438 students
- Mann Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 397 students
- Mann Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 340 students
- Mann ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 320 students
- MANN ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 261 students
Nearby schools
- YCCS-Sullivan House Alt High School0.3 mi · 281
- South Shore Intl Col Prep High School0.7 mi · 625
- Coles Elementary Language Academy0.7 mi · 286
- Daisy Bates Academy of Social Justic0.7 mi · 225
- CICS - Avalon/South Shore0.8 mi · 469
- Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School0.8 mi · 673
Frequently asked questions
About Mann Elementary SchoolHow large is Mann Elementary School?
Mann Elementary School enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Mann Elementary School serve?
Mann Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mann Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mann Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mann Elementary School?
At Mann Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 10% Hispanic, 88% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Mann Elementary School public or private?
Mann 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.