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Enrollment
592
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000996
Nobel Elementary School
4127 W Hirsch St, Chicago, IL 60651 · (773) 534-4365 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
570 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 | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (76).
Student demographics
23%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
25.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
9.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.7% | 9.9% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 7.9% |
% 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
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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 Nobel Elementary School
Nobel Elementary School's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobel Elementary School this school | 592 | 96.3% | 18.3% |
| Sator Sanchez Elementary School Joliet | 635 | 97.8% | 13.9% |
| Hamline Elementary School Chicago | 582 | 97.9% | 12.9% |
| Daley Elementary Academy Chicago | 511 | 94.1% | 17.2% |
| Cameron Elementary School Chicago | 671 | 97.5% | 18.1% |
| Fairfield Elementary Academy Chicago | 492 | 98.2% | 14.4% |
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 Nobel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #1,663 of 1,925 | #602 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #1,908 of 2,077 ▼ 181 | #713 of 829 ▼ 105 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #1,789 of 2,077 ▼ 254 | #686 of 829 ▼ 126 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #286 of 2,419 | #161 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,723 of 2,035 | #718 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.2% | #1,544 of 2,042 | #580 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.3% | #109 of 2,132 | #82 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #328 of 1,461 | #205 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
592
-64 (-10%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 937
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 | 592 | 37 | 16.0:1 | 96% (570) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 39 | 15.5:1 | 92% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 580 | 38.5 | 15.1:1 | 92% (535) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 776 | 37.6 | 20.7:1 | 97% (749) |
| 2015-16 | 848 | 38 | 22.3:1 | 98% (831) |
| 2010-11 | 806 | 37 | 21.8:1 | 98% (791) |
| 2000-01 | 909 | 41 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 937 | 42 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nobel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (776 to 592); teachers down 1% (37.6 to 37).
About Nobel Elementary School
Nobel Elementary School is an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, and it is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Its 592 students are spread across pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
The district for Nobel Elementary School is Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Nobel Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 87% Hispanic. It is also 11% Black. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 27% Hispanic. Nobel Elementary School has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 37 full-time-equivalent teachers at Nobel Elementary School and a ratio of 16.0:1. That ratio is over the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 96% of students. That rate is above the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Nobel Elementary School's results are 2.4 points above predicted: 18.3% against 15.9%.
Within Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
The next-closest public school is West Park Elementary Academy, about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Nobel Elementary School. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Nobel Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 656 to 592.
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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
- West Park Elementary Academy0.1 mi · 442
- Piccolo Elementary Specialty School0.4 mi · 643
- North-Grand High School0.5 mi · 1,061
- Cameron Elementary School0.6 mi · 671
- Noble St Chtr-Pritzker Col Prep0.6 mi · 993
- McAuliffe Elementary School0.7 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About Nobel Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nobel Elementary School?
Nobel Elementary School enrolls approximately 592 students in grades PK-08.
Is Nobel Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nobel Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Nobel Elementary School have?
Nobel Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Nobel Elementary School?
Student demographics at Nobel Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 87% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Nobel Elementary School in?
Nobel Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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