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Enrollment
600
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000970
Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School
6011 S Rockwell St, Chicago, IL 60629 · (773) 535-9288 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
577 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 | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 12% smaller than its 8th grade class (67).
Student demographics
40%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
Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School→Gage Park 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
30.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.6pp since 2023
Math
15.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.8% | 15.7% |
| 2023-24 | 15.2% | 6.8% |
% 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School
Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School this school | 600 | 96.2% | 21.0% |
| Pershing Elementary School Joliet | 621 | 96.1% | 18.3% |
| Lynne Thigpen Elementary School Joliet | 620 | 93.9% | 18.9% |
| Piccolo Elementary Specialty School Chicago | 643 | 92.2% | 19.2% |
| Cameron Elementary School Chicago | 671 | 97.5% | 18.1% |
| Farragut Elementary School Joliet | 568 | 94.2% | 15.9% |
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 Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,574 of 1,925 | #547 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #1,719 of 2,077 ▲ 49 | #600 of 829 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #1,643 of 2,077 ▲ 106 | #597 of 829 ▲ 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #273 of 2,419 | #156 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,452 of 2,035 | #639 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.3% | #1,148 of 2,042 | #428 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #111 of 2,132 | #84 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #1,011 of 1,461 | #496 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
600
+53 (+10%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 887
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 | 600 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 96% (577) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 32.3 | 15.6:1 | 96% (484) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 32.5 | 15.6:1 | 96% (487) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 33.9 | 19.3:1 | 94% (617) |
| 2015-16 | 827 | 37 | 22.4:1 | 91% (750) |
| 2010-11 | 803 | 43 | 18.7:1 | 98% (783) |
| 2000-01 | 1,216 | 51 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 887 | 42 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (654 to 600); teachers up 21% (33.9 to 41).
About Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School
Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School is a large elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, (ZIP code 60629). It is open to students in pre-K through 8 and enrolls 600 students. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 57% higher.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has a total of 622 schools and 324,396 students, Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School among them.
Hispanic students are 74% of those enrolled at Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School. The remaining shares are 23% Black and 3% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Cook County's population at about 27%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 41 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.6:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Roughly 96% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 16.0% for Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School. The school posts 21.0%, 5.0 points above the prediction.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Fairfield Elementary Academy, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 547 students in 2020-21 to 600 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Fairfield Elementary Academy0.3 mi · 492
- Gage Park High School0.5 mi · 392
- Claremont Magnet Elementary School0.6 mi · 335
- Carson Elementary School0.6 mi · 724
- Earle Elementary School0.7 mi · 286
- Talman Elementary School0.7 mi · 332
Frequently asked questions
About Morrill Elementary Math & Sci SchoolHow many students attend Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School?
Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School enrolls approximately 600 students in grades PK-08.
Is Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School have?
Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School?
Student demographics at Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School are roughly 3% White, 74% Hispanic, 23% Black.
What district is Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School in?
Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.