Enrollment
207
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000957
McDade Elementary Classical School
8801 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60619 · (773) 535-3669 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL207 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
75 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 | 25 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 12 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 7 | 3% |
Student demographics
19%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
91.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
87.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.6% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.5% | 67.7% |
% 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
85.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% 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 35 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 McDade Elementary Classical School
McDade Elementary Classical School's state test result (85.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDade Elementary Classical School this school | 207 | 36.2% | 85.7% |
| Poe Elementary Classical School Chicago | 224 | 32.6% | 81.7% |
| Richton Square School Richton Park | 161 | 36.0% | N/A |
| Jackson Charter School Rockford | 243 | 36.2% | 9.8% |
| Kellogg Elementary School Chicago | 299 | 31.8% | 53.6% |
| Zenon J Sykuta School Country Club Hills | 273 | 45.4% | N/A |
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 McDade Elementary Classical School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.7% | #13 of 1,925 | #6 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #25 of 2,077 ▲ 50 | #8 of 829 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.6% | #19 of 2,077 ▼ 9 | #10 of 829 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 207 | #2,024 of 2,419 | #812 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,871 of 2,035 | #769 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.0% | #1,659 of 2,042 | #622 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.2% | #1,643 of 2,132 | #677 of 804 |
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
207
+26 (+14%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 176
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 | 207 | 12 | 17.3:1 | 36% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 217 | 11.3 | 19.3:1 | 38% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 210 | 13.5 | 15.6:1 | 38% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 181 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 195 | 10.3 | 18.9:1 | 32% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 190 | 10 | 19.0:1 | 34% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 196 | 12 | 16.3:1 | 32% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 191 | 11 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 176 | 12 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McDade Elementary Classical School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (195 to 207); teachers up 16% (10.3 to 12).
About McDade Elementary Classical School
Located in Chicago, Illinois, McDade Elementary Classical School is a small elementary school. Total enrollment is 207 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 46% lower.
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, has 324,396 students enrolled across 622 schools.
The share of Black students at McDade Elementary Classical School is 90%. The remaining shares are 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, McDade Elementary Classical School scores 19%.
With 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.3:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 3.3 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 36% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 50.6% for McDade Elementary Classical School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 85.7%. The 35.1-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Cook County show that median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Neil Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from McDade Elementary Classical School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. McDade Elementary Classical School places 1st of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, McDade Elementary Classical School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count increased 14% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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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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
- Neil Elementary School0.3 mi · 258
- Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac0.5 mi · 838
- Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech0.5 mi · 320
- YCCS Chtr - Chatham0.7 mi · 104
- Pirie Elementary Fine Arts & Academic C0.7 mi · 216
- Gillespie Elementary School0.7 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About McDade Elementary Classical SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at McDade Elementary Classical School?
McDade Elementary Classical School enrolls approximately 207 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does McDade Elementary Classical School serve?
McDade Elementary Classical School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McDade Elementary Classical School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McDade Elementary Classical School is approximately 17.3:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at McDade Elementary Classical School?
At McDade Elementary Classical School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 3% Hispanic, 90% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is McDade Elementary Classical School in?
McDade Elementary Classical School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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