Enrollment
237
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000966
Mollison Elementary School
4415 S Dr Martin L King Jr Dr, Chicago, IL 60653 · (773) 535-1804 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL237 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
203 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 | 17 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 33% smaller than its 8th grade class (30).
Student demographics
13%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
13.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
7.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.5% | 7.1% |
| 2023-24 | 4.3% | 1.9% |
% 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
9.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% 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 Mollison Elementary School
Mollison Elementary School's state test result (9.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mollison Elementary School this school | 237 | 85.7% | 9.0% |
| Avalon Park Elementary School Chicago | 225 | 85.8% | 18.8% |
| Evers Elementary School Chicago | 233 | 87.1% | 23.2% |
| Cuffe Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy Chicago | 249 | 86.7% | 19.4% |
| Kipling Elementary School Chicago | 237 | 87.8% | 31.2% |
| Penniman Elementary School Cahokia | 250 | 88.0% | 4.6% |
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 Mollison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #1,895 of 1,925 | #746 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.1% | #1,985 of 2,077 ▲ 46 | #765 of 829 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #2,027 of 2,077 ▲ 26 | #813 of 829 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 237 | #1,894 of 2,419 | #769 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,220 of 2,035 | #541 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.8% | #1,823 of 2,042 | #690 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.7% | #389 of 2,132 | #279 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.7% | #146 of 1,461 | #92 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
237
-62 (-21%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 444
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 | 237 | 17 | 13.9:1 | 86% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 237 | 20 | 11.8:1 | 92% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 96% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 23.3 | 14.9:1 | 97% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 411 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 91% (373) |
| 2010-11 | 259 | 13 | 19.9:1 | 97% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 24 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 22 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mollison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (347 to 237); teachers down 27% (23.3 to 17).
About Mollison Elementary School
Mollison Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Chicago, Illinois. Enrolled students number 237 students, in pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 38% lower than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enrolls 324,396 students, and its 622 schools include Mollison Elementary School.
Federal enrollment data show Mollison Elementary School is 93% Black. It is also 5% Hispanic. Cook County's residents are about 22% Black, 71 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 13% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Mollison Elementary School, 17 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.9:1. That matches the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois fairly closely. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 86% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, lower than here.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Mollison Elementary School would score about 22.1%. It scores 9.0%, 13.0 points below that figure.
County data help place the school in context: in Cook County, 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. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
James Farmer Jr. Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Mollison Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 9.0% is below the 25.8% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 21% from 2020-21, when Mollison Elementary School had 299 students, to 2024-25, when it had 237.
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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
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
- James Farmer Jr. Elementary0.3 mi · 321
- Woodson South Elementary School0.4 mi · 298
- Bronzeville Classical Elementary School0.7 mi · 458
- King College Prep High School0.7 mi · 819
- Phillips Academy High School0.7 mi · 467
- Beethoven Elementary School0.7 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About Mollison Elementary SchoolHow large is Mollison Elementary School?
Mollison Elementary School enrolls approximately 237 students in grades PK-08.
Is Mollison Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mollison Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Mollison Elementary School have?
Mollison Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Mollison Elementary School?
Mollison Elementary School reports a student body of 5% Hispanic, 93% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Mollison Elementary School?
Mollison Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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