Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000675
Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy
12339 S Normal Ave, Chicago, IL 60628 · (773) 535-5590 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Illinois public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
338 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 | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 5% larger than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
26%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
Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy→Fenger Academy 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
19.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
12.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.8% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 12.6% | 2.5% |
% 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
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy
Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy this school | 354 | 95.5% | 14.2% |
| Leland Elementary School Chicago | 344 | 95.6% | 10.4% |
| Mae Jemison School Hazel Crest | 368 | 94.8% | 12.4% |
| Curtis Elementary School Chicago | 356 | 97.5% | 9.4% |
| Harvard Elementary School Chicago | 335 | 93.4% | 16.9% |
| Till Elementary Math & Science Academy Chicago | 370 | 97.0% | 8.1% |
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 Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #1,777 of 1,925 | #675 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #1,832 of 2,077 ▲ 164 | #666 of 829 ▲ 116 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #1,927 of 2,077 ▼ 78 | #764 of 829 ▼ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #1,240 of 2,419 | #512 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,740 of 2,035 | #724 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.8% | #1,482 of 2,042 | #551 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #135 of 2,132 | #105 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #1,137 of 1,461 | #542 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
354
+39 (+12%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 920
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 | 354 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 95% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 20.5 | 15.0:1 | 97% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 330 | 22.5 | 14.7:1 | 96% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 18.9 | 20.0:1 | 99% (374) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 20 | 22.0:1 | 98% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 28 | 21.0:1 | 98% (576) |
| 2000-01 | 989 | 54 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 920 | 45 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (377 to 354); teachers up 17% (18.9 to 22).
About Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy
Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Chicago, Illinois. There are 354 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 8.
Enrollment across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 totals 324,396 students.
At Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy, 85% of students are Black. It is also 14% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 22% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy scores 26%.
Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. At Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 29 points above the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
On the allk12 Grade, Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy lands at D, ahead of 13% of Illinois public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy, the prediction is 16.4% and the result is 14.2%.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy's closest public school neighbor is Brown R Elementary Community Academy, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy ranks 7th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy as City: Large.
From 315 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 354 by 2024-25.
The discussion board for Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy is open to topics like fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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
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- 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
- Brown R Elementary Community Academy0.4 mi · 279
- Owens Community Academy Elementary School0.6 mi · 340
- White Elementary Career Academy0.9 mi · 116
- Higgins Elementary Community Academy1.0 mi · 271
- Chicago Collegiate Charter School1.1 mi · 255
- Haley Elementary Academy1.2 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Metcalfe Elementary Community AcademyHow many students attend Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy?
Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy enrolls approximately 354 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy serve?
Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy is approximately 16.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy?
Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy reports a student body of 1% White, 14% Hispanic, 85% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy public or private?
Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy 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.