1
Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000979
Mozart Elementary School
2200 N Hamlin Ave, Chicago, IL 60647 · (773) 534-4160 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
442 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 | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 12% smaller than its 8th grade class (57).
Student demographics
22%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
Mozart Elementary School→Kelvyn 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
34.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.1pp since 2023
Math
11.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.4pp 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 12 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 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.7% | 11.9% |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | 9.5% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 Mozart Elementary School
Mozart Elementary School's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozart Elementary School this school | 499 | 88.6% | 21.8% |
| Barry Elementary School Chicago | 473 | 87.7% | 22.0% |
| CICS - West Belden Campus Chicago | 520 | 87.3% | 25.0% |
| Avondale - Logandale Elementary School Chicago | 459 | 89.8% | 27.9% |
| Stowe Elementary School Chicago | 558 | 87.3% | 15.0% |
| Davis N Elementary School Chicago | 540 | 87.6% | 10.6% |
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 Mozart Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #1,547 of 1,925 | #533 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #1,840 of 2,077 ▼ 198 | #669 of 829 ▼ 100 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #1,525 of 2,077 ▼ 11 | #544 of 829 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #561 of 2,419 | #271 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #768 of 2,035 | #365 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.0% | #1,566 of 2,042 | #590 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #317 of 2,132 | #226 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #372 of 1,461 | #227 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
499
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 826
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 | 499 | 39.5 | 12.6:1 | 89% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 39 | 12.4:1 | 83% (400) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 37.5 | 12.9:1 | 81% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 641 | 30 | 21.4:1 | 98% (631) |
| 2015-16 | 767 | 40 | 19.2:1 | 97% (746) |
| 2010-11 | 815 | 36 | 22.6:1 | 99% (806) |
| 2000-01 | 982 | 51 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 826 | 39 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mozart Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (641 to 499); teachers up 32% (30 to 39.5).
About Mozart Elementary School
Mozart Elementary School is an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, reachable at (773) 534-4160. It educates 499 students in pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Mozart Elementary School falls under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools enrolling 324,396 students.
Most students at Mozart Elementary School are Hispanic: 88% of enrollment. Other students are 6% Black and 4% White. That is higher than the 27% Hispanic share among all Cook County residents. Mozart Elementary School has a diversity index of 22%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1 at Mozart Elementary School, with 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 89%. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
On BeatsExpectations, Mozart Elementary School is 1.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
Marine Leadership Academy - Ames is the public school closest to Mozart Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Mozart Elementary School places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 499 was 4% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 518.
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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
Other Mozart Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mozart Elementary. Mozart Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Mozart Elementary SchoolRoslindale, MA · 155 students
Nearby schools
- Marine Leadership Academy - Ames0.4 mi · 549
- Funston Elementary School0.4 mi · 440
- Nixon Elementary School0.5 mi · 672
- McAuliffe Elementary School0.5 mi · 523
- Noble St Chtr-Pritzker Col Prep0.6 mi · 993
- Logan Square Elementary0.6 mi · 630
Frequently asked questions
About Mozart Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mozart Elementary School?
Mozart Elementary School enrolls approximately 499 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Mozart Elementary School serve?
Mozart Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mozart Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mozart Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mozart Elementary School?
At Mozart Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 88% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Mozart Elementary School public or private?
Mozart Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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