Enrollment
280
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993004954
Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences
1940 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608 · (773) 534-7215 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
204 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 31 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
12%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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
48.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
34.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 34.2% |
| 2023-24 | 46.5% | 30.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences
Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences this school | 280 | 72.9% | 43.9% |
| Home Elementary School Stickney | 256 | 71.5% | 39.6% |
| Edison Elementary School Stickney | 282 | 74.1% | 43.5% |
| L D Brady Elementary School Aurora | 310 | 67.7% | 10.9% |
| Charles J Sahs Elementary School Chicago | 262 | 66.8% | 50.3% |
| Spry Elementary Community School Chicago | 317 | 78.9% | 14.8% |
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 Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #790 of 1,925 | #207 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #1,141 of 2,077 ▼ 335 | #344 of 829 ▼ 97 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #1,066 of 2,077 ▼ 470 | #347 of 829 ▼ 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 280 | #1,650 of 2,419 | #679 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #437 of 2,035 | #234 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.6% | #1,855 of 2,042 | #706 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.9% | #671 of 2,132 | #427 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.1% | #21 of 1,461 | #13 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
280
-76 (-21%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 770
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 | 280 | 24 | 11.7:1 | 73% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 24 | 11.2:1 | 72% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 22.5 | 12.3:1 | 79% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 356 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 29.8 | 18.1:1 | 94% (507) |
| 2015-16 | 575 | 29 | 19.8:1 | 92% (529) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 31 | 20.5:1 | 97% (618) |
| 2000-01 | 747 | 42 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 770 | 43 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (539 to 280); teachers down 19% (29.8 to 24).
About Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences
Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences is a small elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Enrollment stands at 280 students, covering pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 27% below the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
The district for Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences is Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Of every 100 students at Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences, about 94 are Hispanic. It is also 3% White and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 27% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.7:1. The school has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 2.3 students per teacher. In all, 73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences is 14.4 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Illinois.
In Cook County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 21.2%; Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences's is 43.9%, ranking 1st of 9.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 356 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 280 by 2024-25.
Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las0.4 mi · 225
- Cooper Elementary Dual Language Academy0.4 mi · 428
- Noble St Chtr-UIC College Prep0.5 mi · 957
- Whittier Elementary School0.5 mi · 221
- Pickard Elementary School0.6 mi · 319
- Juarez Community Academy High School0.6 mi · 1,585
Frequently asked questions
About Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & SciencesWhat is the total enrollment at Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences?
Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences enrolls approximately 280 students in grades PK-08.
Is Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences an elementary, middle, or high school?
Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences is approximately 11.7:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences?
At Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences, the student body is approximately 3% White, 94% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences?
Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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