Enrollment
326
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000956
McCutcheon Elementary School
4865 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60640 · (773) 534-2680 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
279 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 | 58 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
67%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
McCutcheon Elementary School→Senn High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
33.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
14.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 33 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.1% | 14.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 11.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 McCutcheon Elementary School
McCutcheon Elementary School's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCutcheon Elementary School this school | 326 | 85.6% | 22.6% |
| Frances Willard Elementary School Rock Island | 312 | 89.1% | 26.6% |
| Minnie Minoso Academy Chicago | 304 | 89.8% | 28.3% |
| Gale Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 345 | 82.6% | 9.0% |
| Horace Mann ELC Rock Island | 387 | 80.4% | N/A |
| George Washington Elementary School Moline | 323 | 84.8% | 22.5% |
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 McCutcheon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #1,520 of 1,925 | #515 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #1,746 of 2,077 ▼ 195 | #615 of 829 ▼ 97 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #1,583 of 2,077 ▼ 84 | #568 of 829 ▼ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #1,383 of 2,419 | #573 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #33 of 2,035 | #21 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #284 of 2,042 | #119 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #391 of 2,132 | #281 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #788 of 1,461 | #410 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
326
+24 (+8%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 459
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 | 326 | 38 | 8.6:1 | 86% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 37 | 9.3:1 | 91% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 32.5 | 9.3:1 | 90% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 31.5 | 11.8:1 | 92% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 33 | 13.1:1 | 96% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 350 | 20 | 17.5:1 | 98% (343) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 39 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 24 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McCutcheon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (372 to 326); teachers up 21% (31.5 to 38).
About McCutcheon Elementary School
In Chicago, Illinois, part of Cook County, McCutcheon Elementary School is an elementary school. The student body numbers 326 students, from pre-K through 8.
The 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enroll 324,396 students altogether, McCutcheon Elementary School among them.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at McCutcheon Elementary School, at 50%. Enrollment also includes 25% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 8% White, and 3% Native American. Among people living in Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 8.6 students per teacher. That is 5.3 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 86% of students. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.
McCutcheon Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.6% is within a point of the 22.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Cook County census figures show that the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
Goudy Technology Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of McCutcheon Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, McCutcheon Elementary School is behind the 31.6% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school enrolled 326 students in 2024-25, 24 more than the 302 it had in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for McCutcheon Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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
Nearby schools
- Goudy Technology Academy0.4 mi · 491
- Uplift Community High School0.4 mi · 224
- YCCS-Truman Middle College High School0.5 mi · 192
- Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center0.8 mi · 266
- Brennemann Elementary School0.8 mi · 482
- Peirce Elementary Intl Studies School1.1 mi · 1,116
Frequently asked questions
About McCutcheon Elementary SchoolHow large is McCutcheon Elementary School?
McCutcheon Elementary School enrolls approximately 326 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does McCutcheon Elementary School serve?
McCutcheon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McCutcheon Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McCutcheon Elementary School is approximately 8.6:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at McCutcheon Elementary School?
Student demographics at McCutcheon Elementary School are roughly 8% White, 25% Hispanic, 50% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is McCutcheon Elementary School in?
McCutcheon 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.