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If you had an hour of school board time for Moos Elem School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000969
Moos Elementary School
1711 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60647 · (773) 534-4340 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
290 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 | 58 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 11% larger than its 8th grade class (36).
Student demographics
46%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
Moos Elementary School→Clemente Community Academy High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
33.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.4pp since 2023
Math
13.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.5pp 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 14 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 13.7% |
| 2023-24 | 19.9% | 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
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Moos Elementary School
Moos Elementary School's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moos Elementary School this school | 434 | 66.8% | 22.0% |
| Oakhill Elementary School Streamwood | 434 | 65.0% | 31.4% |
| CICS - Irving Park Campus Chicago | 453 | 68.0% | 38.9% |
| Washington Elementary School Elgin | 446 | 72.2% | 27.9% |
| Yankee Ridge Multilingual School Urbana | 482 | 62.9% | N/A |
| Irving Elementary School Berwyn | 415 | 70.6% | 44.5% |
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 Moos Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,540 of 1,925 | #527 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #1,779 of 2,077 ▲ 75 | #632 of 829 ▲ 56 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,572 of 2,077 ▼ 1 | #564 of 829 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #819 of 2,419 | #370 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #253 of 2,035 | #140 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #1,008 of 2,042 | #369 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.8% | #818 of 2,132 | #485 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #1,116 of 1,461 | #536 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
434
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 674
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 | 434 | 40 | 10.8:1 | 67% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 40 | 11.4:1 | 71% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 41.5 | 10.4:1 | 78% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 92% (426) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 94% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 26 | 18.6:1 | 99% (481) |
| 2000-01 | 899 | 50 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 674 | 38 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moos Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (464 to 434); teachers up 34% (30 to 40).
About Moos Elementary School
Moos Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school located in Chicago, Illinois. The grade span is pre-K through 8, and enrollment is 434 students.
Moos Elementary School is part of a district of 622 schools: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students.
Hispanic students account for 71% of enrollment at Moos Elementary School. Smaller groups are 14% Black, 10% White, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 27% Hispanic. Moos Elementary School has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Moos Elementary School, 40 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.8:1. That ratio is under the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 67% of enrollment. That is close to the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
allk12 grades Moos Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Moos Elementary School is 32.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 22.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
Yates Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Moos Elementary School places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Moos Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Moos Elementary School had 439 students in 2020-21 and 434 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Moos Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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
- 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
- Yates Elementary School0.2 mi · 268
- Chase Elementary School0.4 mi · 415
- Erie Elementary Charter School0.4 mi · 405
- Goethe Elementary School0.7 mi · 711
- YCCS-Albizu Campos Puerto Rican0.7 mi · 184
- Pulaski Intl School of Chicago0.8 mi · 889
Frequently asked questions
About Moos Elementary SchoolHow large is Moos Elementary School?
Moos Elementary School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Moos Elementary School serve?
Moos Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Moos Elementary School have?
Moos Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Moos Elementary School?
At Moos Elementary School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 71% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Moos Elementary School public or private?
Moos Elementary School 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.