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Enrollment
746
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000612
Mosaic School of Fine Arts
6710 N Washtenaw Ave, Chicago, IL 60645 · (773) 534-2160 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL746 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
663 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 | 70 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 25% smaller than its 8th grade class (75).
Student demographics
68%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
Mosaic School of Fine Arts→Mather 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
34.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
20.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.6% | 20.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.6% | 18.5% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Mosaic School of Fine Arts
Mosaic School of Fine Arts's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosaic School of Fine Arts this school | 746 | 88.9% | 28.0% |
| West Ridge Elementary School Chicago | 683 | 84.8% | 33.1% |
| Clinton Elementary School Chicago | 1,050 | 89.0% | 30.3% |
| Hayt Elementary School Chicago | 851 | 82.0% | 31.1% |
| North Elementary School Des Plaines | 599 | 71.1% | 32.8% |
| Volta Elementary School Chicago | 739 | 90.8% | 18.6% |
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 Mosaic School of Fine Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,339 of 1,925 | #434 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #1,579 of 2,077 ▼ 330 | #526 of 829 ▼ 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,527 of 2,077 ▼ 371 | #546 of 829 ▼ 164 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 746 | #90 of 2,419 | #61 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,051 of 2,035 | #476 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #229 of 2,042 | #98 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #309 of 2,132 | #221 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #849 of 1,461 | #434 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
746
-69 (-8%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 982
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 | 746 | 55.5 | 13.4:1 | 89% (663) |
| 2023-24 | 720 | 53 | 13.6:1 | 91% (654) |
| 2022-23 | 724 | 56 | 12.9:1 | 88% (640) |
| 2020-21 | 815 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 843 | 45.1 | 18.7:1 | 92% (774) |
| 2015-16 | 823 | 48 | 17.1:1 | 92% (756) |
| 2010-11 | 745 | 40 | 18.6:1 | 90% (673) |
| 2000-01 | 1,057 | 57 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 982 | 51 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mosaic School of Fine Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (843 to 746); teachers up 23% (45.1 to 55.5).
About Mosaic School of Fine Arts
Mosaic School of Fine Arts is a large elementary school with an address in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment totals 746 students across pre-K through 8. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 96% above that mark.
The 622 schools of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, including Mosaic School of Fine Arts, enroll 324,396 students.
No group is above 50% at Mosaic School of Fine Arts; the largest is Hispanic, at 40%. Other reported shares: 38% Asian, 10% Black, and 9% White. Cook County's residents are about 27% Hispanic, 13 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
For every teacher at Mosaic School of Fine Arts, there are about 13.4 students; the school has 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. There are 663 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 89% of enrollment. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
Mosaic School of Fine Arts sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.0% and a predicted 20.2%.
In the wider Cook County area, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
West Ridge Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Mosaic School of Fine Arts is 7th among 9 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Mosaic School of Fine Arts is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The discussion board for Mosaic School of Fine Arts is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
- 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
- West Ridge Elementary School0.4 mi · 683
- Decatur Classical Elementary School0.5 mi · 341
- Clinton Elementary School0.7 mi · 1,050
- Rogers Elementary School0.8 mi · 790
- Armstrong G Elementary IntL Studies0.8 mi · 1,304
- Stone Elementary Scholastic Academy0.9 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About Mosaic School of Fine ArtsHow large is Mosaic School of Fine Arts?
Mosaic School of Fine Arts enrolls approximately 746 students in grades PK-08.
Is Mosaic School of Fine Arts an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mosaic School of Fine Arts is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Mosaic School of Fine Arts?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Mosaic School of Fine Arts.
What is the student diversity at Mosaic School of Fine Arts?
Student demographics at Mosaic School of Fine Arts are roughly 9% White, 40% Hispanic, 10% Black, 38% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Mosaic School of Fine Arts?
Mosaic School of Fine Arts is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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