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Enrollment
819
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001003
Ogden Elementary School
24 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610 · (773) 534-8110 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL819 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
204.8:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
452 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 | 43 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 81 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 11% larger than its 8th grade class (74).
Student demographics
71%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
Ogden Elementary School→Wells Community Academy 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
33.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.9pp since 2023
Math
21.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.2% | 21.9% |
| 2023-24 | 20.3% | 12.6% |
% 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
26.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
819
-153 (-16%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 535
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 | 819 | 4 | 204.8:1 | 55% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 907 | 4 | 226.8:1 | 53% (477) |
| 2022-23 | 875 | N/A | N/A | 48% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 972 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 810 | N/A | N/A | 28% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 830 | N/A | N/A | 22% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 25% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 31 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 26 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ogden Elementary School.
About Ogden Elementary School
Ogden Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school for students in Chicago, Illinois. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 819 students. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 115% above average.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 includes 622 schools. Together they enroll 324,396 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Ogden Elementary School is Black, with 45% of students. Other groups make up 20% Hispanic, 17% White, 9% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ogden Elementary School scores 71%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ogden Elementary School is 204.8:1, based on 4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Ogden Elementary School counts 55% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Ogden Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of Illinois public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 26.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 39.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Cook County show that 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. Cook County has 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students, including Ogden Elementary School.
Salazar Elementary Bilingual Center sits about 0.3 miles from Ogden Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Ogden Elementary School is 6th among 9 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 16% decline took enrollment from 972 in 2020-21 to 819 in 2024-25.
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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 Ogden Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Ogden Elementary. Ogden Elementary School is the largest of the 7.
- Ogden ElementaryWilmington, NC · 619 students
- Ogden Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 584 students
- Ogden Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 335 students
- Ogden Elementary SchoolOgden, IA · 321 students
- OGDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLVALLEY STREAM, NY · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Salazar Elementary Bilingual Center0.3 mi · 351
- Payton College Preparatory High School0.3 mi · 1,260
- Franklin Elementary Fine Arts Center0.6 mi · 348
- Manierre Elementary School0.8 mi · 269
- Skinner North Elementary School0.9 mi · 515
- Skinner Elementary School1.0 mi · 1,139
Frequently asked questions
About Ogden Elementary SchoolHow large is Ogden Elementary School?
Ogden Elementary School enrolls approximately 819 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Ogden Elementary School serve?
Ogden Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Ogden Elementary School?
Approximately 204.8:1 students per teacher at Ogden Elementary School.
How diverse is Ogden Elementary School?
Ogden Elementary School reports a student body of 17% White, 20% Hispanic, 45% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Ogden Elementary School public or private?
Ogden Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.