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Which teacher or staff member at Marsh Elem School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
616
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000939
Marsh Elementary School
9822 S Exchange Ave, Chicago, IL 60617 · (773) 535-6430 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
510 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 | 59 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 14% larger than its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
29%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
37.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.3pp since 2023
Math
23.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.8pp 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 23 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 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 23.6% | 10.3% |
% 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
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Marsh Elementary School
Marsh Elementary School's state test result (28.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh Elementary School this school | 616 | 82.8% | 28.7% |
| Durkin Park Elementary School Chicago | 679 | 80.1% | 32.9% |
| Sadlowski Elementary School Chicago | 655 | 83.2% | 22.9% |
| LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr Waukegan | 519 | 83.8% | 45.6% |
| Carman-Buckner Elementary School Waukegan | 509 | 82.3% | 12.6% |
| Stowe Elementary School Chicago | 558 | 87.3% | 15.0% |
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 Marsh Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #1,312 of 1,925 | #417 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #1,513 of 2,077 ▲ 86 | #493 of 829 ▲ 56 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #1,418 of 2,077 ▲ 9 | #499 of 829 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #247 of 2,419 | #138 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,129 of 2,035 | #503 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.5% | #1,432 of 2,042 | #532 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.8% | #450 of 2,132 | #310 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #493 of 1,461 | #284 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
616
-104 (-14%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 377
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 | 616 | 45 | 13.7:1 | 83% (510) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 85% (518) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 46 | 14.0:1 | 85% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 720 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 759 | 40.4 | 18.8:1 | 91% (687) |
| 2015-16 | 853 | 39 | 21.9:1 | 90% (771) |
| 2010-11 | 860 | 47 | 18.3:1 | 89% (767) |
| 2000-01 | 549 | 29 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 377 | 15 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marsh Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (759 to 616); teachers up 11% (40.4 to 45).
About Marsh Elementary School
Federal records list Marsh Elementary School as an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. It educates 616 students in pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 is made up of 622 schools with 324,396 students in all.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Marsh Elementary School, with 84% of enrollment. Other groups make up 12% Black. County-wide, 27% of Cook County residents are Hispanic. Marsh Elementary School has a diversity index of 29%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Marsh Elementary School, 45 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.7:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 83% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Marsh Elementary School is +5.0 points: 28.7% actual, 23.7% predicted.
Census estimates describe Cook County this way: 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.
Mireles Elementary Academy is the closest public school, about 1.0 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Marsh Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Marsh Elementary School saw enrollment fall 14% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussions about Marsh Elementary School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
Other Marsh Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Marsh Elementary. Marsh Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Marsh ElementaryAntioch, CA · 522 students
- Marsh Elementary SchoolMichigan City, IN · 296 students
- Marsh Elementary SchoolMONTE VISTA, CO · 166 students
Nearby schools
- Mireles Elementary Academy1.0 mi · 546
- Taylor Elementary School1.0 mi · 337
- Gallistel Elementary Language Academy1.2 mi · 597
- Thorp J N Elementary School1.2 mi · 296
- LEARN Chtr - South Chicago Campus1.2 mi · 390
- Bright Elementary School1.2 mi · 236
Frequently asked questions
About Marsh Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Marsh Elementary School?
Marsh Elementary School enrolls approximately 616 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Marsh Elementary School serve?
Marsh Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marsh Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marsh Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Marsh Elementary School?
At Marsh Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 84% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Marsh Elementary School public or private?
Marsh 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.