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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000597
Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School
6006 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60621 · (773) 535-3285 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
450 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 | 37 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
39%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
Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School→Englewood STEM 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
15.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
9.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.9% | 9.0% |
| 2023-24 | 11.4% | 2.6% |
% 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
11.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School
Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School's state test result (11.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School this school | 487 | 92.4% | 11.8% |
| CICS - Basil Campus Chicago | 541 | 92.8% | 36.9% |
| Ellis Elementary School Rockford | 457 | 92.8% | 12.2% |
| Brunson Math & Sci Specialty Elementary School Chicago | 452 | 94.0% | 8.6% |
| Ellington Elementary School Chicago | 510 | 95.1% | 14.2% |
| Barton Elementary School Chicago | 411 | 89.5% | 10.9% |
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 Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #1,843 of 1,925 | #720 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #1,943 of 2,077 ▲ 49 | #734 of 829 ▲ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #1,997 of 2,077 ▼ 109 | #794 of 829 ▼ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #597 of 2,419 | #289 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,553 of 2,035 | #668 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.3% | #1,172 of 2,042 | #439 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #218 of 2,132 | #157 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #449 of 615 | #137 of 186 |
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
487
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 702
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 | 487 | 32.3 | 15.1:1 | 92% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 97% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 98% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 27.7 | 16.8:1 | 98% (459) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 28 | 19.8:1 | 98% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 99% (470) |
| 2000-01 | 745 | 36 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 702 | 40 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (466 to 487); teachers up 16% (27.7 to 32.3).
About Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School
Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Chicago, Illinois. Classes run from pre-K through 8, and the school has 487 students. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 28% larger than average.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (622 schools, 324,396 students) runs Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School is 75% Black. Other reported shares: 19% Hispanic and 4% White. That compares with about 22% Black among all Cook County residents. Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School has a diversity index of 39%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School is 32.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.1:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. The school counts 450 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 92%. That rate is above the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School, the prediction is 18.1% and the result is 11.8%.
Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School is located in Cook County, where median household income is about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in Cook County, which together enroll about 697,934 students.
The closest public school, Langford A Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles from Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 487 was 5% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 463.
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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
Nearby schools
- Langford A Elementary School0.5 mi · 181
- Kershaw Elementary School0.6 mi · 226
- Holmes Elementary School0.6 mi · 166
- Urban Prep Chtr Academy Englewood High School0.7 mi · 87
- KIPP Chicago Chrtrs Bloom Campus0.7 mi · 921
- Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep0.7 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School?
Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School enrolls approximately 487 students in grades PK-08.
Is Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School have?
Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
How diverse is Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School?
Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 19% Hispanic, 75% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School?
Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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