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How has Mireles Elem Academy changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
546
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001084
Mireles Elementary Academy
9000 S Exchange Ave, Chicago, IL 60617 · (773) 535-6360 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
455 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 | 31 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 3 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 28% larger than its 8th grade class (50).
Student demographics
52%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
18.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
6.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.5% | 6.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.9% | 5.2% |
% 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
12.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Mireles Elementary Academy
Mireles Elementary Academy's state test result (12.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mireles Elementary Academy this school | 546 | 83.3% | 12.8% |
| Brennemann Elementary School Chicago | 482 | 83.2% | 20.6% |
| Beyer Early Childhood Center Rockford | 497 | 89.5% | N/A |
| Laraway School Joliet | 433 | 90.8% | 32.1% |
| Founders Elementary School Dekalb | 565 | 78.1% | 19.8% |
| Proegler School Kankakee | 466 | 84.3% | 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 Mireles Elementary Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #1,819 of 1,925 | #704 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.0% | #2,008 of 2,077 ▼ 151 | #781 of 829 ▼ 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #1,956 of 2,077 ▼ 193 | #777 of 829 ▼ 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #383 of 2,419 | #198 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,827 of 2,035 | #753 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #849 of 2,042 | #307 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #436 of 2,132 | #302 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #568 of 615 | #170 of 186 |
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
546
+110 (+25%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 1,668
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 | 546 | 32.5 | 16.8:1 | 83% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 34.3 | 13.2:1 | 94% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 94% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 29.1 | 18.5:1 | 97% (523) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 35 | 18.4:1 | 99% (637) |
| 2010-11 | 956 | 49 | 19.5:1 | 92% (884) |
| 2000-01 | 1,593 | 74 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,668 | 79 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mireles Elementary Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (540 to 546); teachers up 12% (29.1 to 32.5).
About Mireles Elementary Academy
Mireles Elementary Academy serves students in Chicago, Illinois, as a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 546 students, from pre-K through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Illinois) has about 381 students.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 is the local district for Mireles Elementary Academy. It runs 622 schools with 324,396 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Mireles Elementary Academy, at 52%. Other students are 46% Black. That is higher than the 27% Hispanic share among all Cook County residents. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 16.8 students per teacher and 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.9 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 83%. That is 17 points above the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Mireles Elementary Academy sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 12.8% and a predicted 23.4%.
In Cook County (population about 5,182,090), the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Mireles Elementary Academy is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Mireles Elementary Academy is Bowen High School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Mireles Elementary Academy ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 110 more students in 2024-25.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Bowen High School0.3 mi · 278
- Noble St Chtr-Baker Campus0.3 mi · 285
- Thorp J N Elementary School0.4 mi · 296
- LEARN Chtr - South Chicago Campus0.4 mi · 390
- Hoyne Elementary School0.8 mi · 230
- Great Lakes Academy Charter Elementary School0.8 mi · 538
Frequently asked questions
About Mireles Elementary AcademyHow large is Mireles Elementary Academy?
Mireles Elementary Academy enrolls approximately 546 students in grades PK-08.
Is Mireles Elementary Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mireles Elementary Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Mireles Elementary Academy have?
Mireles Elementary Academy employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Mireles Elementary Academy?
Student demographics at Mireles Elementary Academy are roughly 1% White, 52% Hispanic, 46% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Mireles Elementary Academy in?
Mireles Elementary Academy is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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