Enrollment
367
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001019
Parker Elementary Community Academy
6800 S Stewart Ave, Chicago, IL 60621 · (773) 535-3375 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
342 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 | 50 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (38).
Student demographics
10%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
Parker Elementary Community Academy→Englewood STEM High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
24.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
5.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.4% | 5.5% |
| 2023-24 | 15.9% | 5.1% |
% 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
13.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% 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 Parker Elementary Community Academy
Parker Elementary Community Academy's state test result (13.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Elementary Community Academy this school | 367 | 93.2% | 13.9% |
| Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School Chicago | 351 | 92.3% | 18.6% |
| Foster Park Elementary School Chicago | 345 | 93.3% | 17.7% |
| LEARN Chtr-Campbell Campus Chicago | 357 | 94.7% | 34.2% |
| LEARN Charter Excel Campus Chicago | 379 | 93.4% | 40.7% |
| Burnham Elementary Inclusive Academy Chicago | 374 | 95.7% | 14.9% |
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 Parker Elementary Community Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #1,788 of 1,925 | #685 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.5% | #2,019 of 2,077 ▼ 157 | #789 of 829 ▼ 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #1,822 of 2,077 ▼ 108 | #705 of 829 ▼ 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #1,165 of 2,419 | #482 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,285 of 2,035 | #573 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.9% | #1,890 of 2,042 | #724 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #203 of 2,132 | #147 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.2% | #255 of 1,461 | #164 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
367
-30 (-8%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 859
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 | 367 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 93% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 95% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 347 | 28 | 12.4:1 | 97% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 26.9 | 18.5:1 | 99% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 678 | 36 | 18.8:1 | 98% (667) |
| 2010-11 | 751 | 33 | 22.8:1 | 100% (748) |
| 2000-01 | 1,010 | 54 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 859 | 42 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parker Elementary Community Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (497 to 367); teachers down 3% (26.9 to 26).
About Parker Elementary Community Academy
Parker Elementary Community Academy is a medium-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, (ZIP code 60621). The school serves 367 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which runs Parker Elementary Community Academy, has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Parker Elementary Community Academy's enrollment is 95% Black. The school is also 5% Hispanic. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Cook County residents. Parker Elementary Community Academy's diversity index is 10%, against a US figure of 70%.
Parker Elementary Community Academy operates with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. About 93% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 27 points lower.
Parker Elementary Community Academy sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 13.9% and a predicted 17.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 1,406 public schools in Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
The closest public school, Englewood STEM High School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Parker Elementary Community Academy. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Parker Elementary Community Academy ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Parker Elementary Community Academy is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 367, an 8% decrease from 397 in 2020-21.
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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
- Englewood STEM High School0.1 mi · 778
- Barbara A Sizemore Campus0.3 mi · 231
- Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep0.6 mi · 529
- King Academy of Social Justice0.6 mi · 213
- Kershaw Elementary School0.6 mi · 226
- Brownell Elementary School0.6 mi · 165
Frequently asked questions
About Parker Elementary Community AcademyHow large is Parker Elementary Community Academy?
Parker Elementary Community Academy enrolls approximately 367 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Parker Elementary Community Academy serve?
Parker Elementary Community Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Parker Elementary Community Academy?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Parker Elementary Community Academy.
How diverse is Parker Elementary Community Academy?
Parker Elementary Community Academy reports a student body of 0% White, 5% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Parker Elementary Community Academy?
Parker Elementary Community Academy is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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