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What's the most underrated thing about Namaste Elem Charter School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993005102
Namaste Elementary Charter School
3737 S Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60609 · (773) 715-9558 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
303 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 32 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 44% smaller than its 8th grade class (57).
Student demographics
20%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
46.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +22.9pp since 2023
Math
26.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.9% | 26.5% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 8.8% |
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Namaste Elementary Charter School
Namaste Elementary Charter School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namaste Elementary Charter School this school | 364 | 83.2% | 33.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Addison | 345 | 80.9% | 27.6% |
| J W Riley Intermediate School Northlake | 320 | 84.7% | 29.7% |
| Komensky Elementary School Berwyn | 320 | 85.6% | 29.9% |
| Whittier Primary School Northlake | 368 | 79.1% | N/A |
| Washington Elementary School Waukegan | 384 | 78.4% | 23.6% |
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 Namaste Elementary Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,156 of 1,925 | #347 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #1,403 of 2,077 ▲ 271 | #438 of 829 ▲ 146 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #1,112 of 2,077 ▲ 299 | #366 of 829 ▲ 138 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #1,180 of 2,419 | #488 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #458 of 2,035 | #246 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.8% | #1,625 of 2,042 | #609 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.2% | #438 of 2,132 | #303 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #260 of 1,461 | #167 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
364
-98 (-21%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 418
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 | 364 | 31 | 11.7:1 | 83% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 14 | 25.6:1 | 80% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | N/A | N/A | 70% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 491 | N/A | N/A | 77% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | N/A | N/A | 77% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 418 | 25 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Namaste Elementary Charter School.
About Namaste Elementary Charter School
Namaste Elementary Charter School, located in Chicago, Illinois, is a medium-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 364 students.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 includes 622 schools. Together they enroll 324,396 students.
The student body at Namaste Elementary Charter School is 89% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% White and 3% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 27%. Pick two students at random and there is a 20% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 31 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.7:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 11.7:1 here. Around 83% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 17 points lower.
In Illinois, Namaste Elementary Charter School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 33.0% actual against a predicted 23.4%.
Among Cook County residents, the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Namaste Elementary Charter School, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Namaste Elementary Charter School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Evergreen Academy Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 33.0% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Namaste Elementary Charter School as a charter school.
The school enrolled 364 students in 2024-25, 98 fewer than the 462 it had in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Namaste Elementary Charter School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Evergreen Academy Elementary School0.2 mi · 191
- Greene N Elementary School0.4 mi · 325
- Thomas Early Childhood Center0.5 mi · 123
- Horizon Science Academy-McKinley Pk0.8 mi · 873
- Everett Elementary School0.8 mi · 89
- Seward Elementary Communication Arts Ac1.1 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Namaste Elementary Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Namaste Elementary Charter School?
Namaste Elementary Charter School enrolls approximately 364 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Namaste Elementary Charter School serve?
Namaste Elementary Charter School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Namaste Elementary Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Namaste Elementary Charter School is approximately 11.7:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Namaste Elementary Charter School?
Student demographics at Namaste Elementary Charter School are roughly 5% White, 89% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Namaste Elementary Charter School public or private?
Namaste Elementary Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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