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Enrollment
523
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993005547
McAuliffe Elementary School
1841 N Springfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60647 · (773) 534-4400 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
347 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 | 68 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 45% smaller than its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
20%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
21.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
14.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 22 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.7% | 14.7% |
| 2023-24 | 16.4% | 5.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 McAuliffe Elementary School
McAuliffe Elementary School's state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAuliffe Elementary School this school | 523 | 66.3% | 18.2% |
| G N Dieterich Elementary School Aurora | 507 | 63.3% | 11.9% |
| Edna Rollins Elementary School Aurora | 508 | 69.5% | 14.8% |
| Reilly Elementary School Chicago | 539 | 67.7% | 22.2% |
| Westdale Elementary School Northlake | 483 | 64.6% | 38.7% |
| Hill Elementary School Aurora | 511 | 66.3% | 14.6% |
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 McAuliffe Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #1,664 of 1,925 | #603 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #1,742 of 2,077 ▲ 94 | #614 of 829 ▲ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #1,885 of 2,077 ▼ 191 | #741 of 829 ▼ 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #454 of 2,419 | #228 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #553 of 2,035 | #277 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.8% | #1,626 of 2,042 | #610 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #835 of 2,132 | #490 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.3% | #210 of 1,461 | #133 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
523
-115 (-18%) vs 2020
-37% since 2000-01, when it was 828
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 | 523 | 43.5 | 12.0:1 | 66% (347) |
| 2023-24 | 565 | 40.5 | 13.9:1 | 77% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 41.5 | 13.8:1 | 73% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 729 | 40.3 | 18.1:1 | 96% (700) |
| 2015-16 | 759 | 40 | 19.0:1 | 96% (732) |
| 2010-11 | 806 | 38 | 21.2:1 | 99% (799) |
| 2000-01 | 828 | 43 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McAuliffe Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (729 to 523); teachers up 8% (40.3 to 43.5).
About McAuliffe Elementary School
McAuliffe Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Chicago, Illinois. It serves 523 students in pre-K through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, has 324,396 students enrolled across 622 schools.
Hispanic students are the large majority at McAuliffe Elementary School, with 89% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 6% Black and 3% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Cook County's population at about 27%. McAuliffe Elementary School has a diversity index of 20%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At McAuliffe Elementary School, 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Roughly 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
A school in Illinois with McAuliffe Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 33.2%. McAuliffe Elementary School scores 18.2%.
McAuliffe Elementary School is located in Cook County, where 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. Federal data list 1,406 public schools in Cook County, with a combined enrollment of about 697,934.
Nearest public school: Marine Leadership Academy - Ames, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around McAuliffe Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: McAuliffe Elementary School ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 18.2% versus an 18.9% average.
NCES assigns McAuliffe Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
McAuliffe Elementary School saw enrollment fall 18% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The McAuliffe Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 McAuliffe Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named McAuliffe Elementary. McAuliffe Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- McAuliffe Elementary SchoolHIGHLAND VILLAGE, TX · 511 students
- McAuliffe Elementary SchoolBroken Arrow, OK · 479 students
- McAuliffe ElementaryCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 448 students
- McAuliffe ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 407 students
- McAuliffe Elementary SchoolMCALLEN, TX · 385 students
Nearby schools
- Marine Leadership Academy - Ames0.1 mi · 549
- Noble St Chtr-Pritzker Col Prep0.3 mi · 993
- Funston Elementary School0.4 mi · 440
- Mozart Elementary School0.5 mi · 499
- Nixon Elementary School0.5 mi · 672
- Stowe Elementary School0.6 mi · 558
Frequently asked questions
About McAuliffe Elementary SchoolHow many students attend McAuliffe Elementary School?
McAuliffe Elementary School enrolls approximately 523 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does McAuliffe Elementary School serve?
McAuliffe Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McAuliffe Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McAuliffe Elementary School is approximately 12.0:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is McAuliffe Elementary School?
McAuliffe Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 89% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is McAuliffe Elementary School in?
McAuliffe Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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