Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001022
Parkside Elementary Community Academy
6938 S East End Ave, Chicago, IL 60649 · (773) 535-0940 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
250 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 | 35 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 60% larger than its 8th grade class (20).
Student demographics
14%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
Parkside Elementary Community Academy→Hyde Park Academy 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
30.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.8pp since 2023
Math
8.8%
IL avg 37.9% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 30 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.4% | 8.8% |
| 2023-24 | 20.6% | 10.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Parkside Elementary Community Academy
Parkside Elementary Community Academy's state test result (17.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside Elementary Community Academy this school | 283 | 88.3% | 17.4% |
| Neil Elementary School Chicago | 258 | 88.0% | 18.3% |
| Lalumier Elementary School Centreville | 276 | 90.6% | 6.8% |
| Gregory Math & Sci Elementary Academy Chicago | 287 | 91.3% | 24.2% |
| Ruggles Elementary School Chicago | 290 | 91.7% | 23.7% |
| Fernwood Elementary School Chicago | 259 | 87.6% | 26.9% |
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 Parkside Elementary Community Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #1,689 of 1,925 | #622 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #1,949 of 2,077 ▼ 334 | #739 of 829 ▼ 183 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #1,654 of 2,077 ▼ 109 | #602 of 829 ▼ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #1,638 of 2,419 | #672 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,058 of 2,035 | #479 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.9% | #1,796 of 2,042 | #677 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #327 of 2,132 | #234 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.9% | #135 of 615 | #34 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
283
+21 (+8%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 616
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 | 283 | 21 | 13.5:1 | 88% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 19 | 13.0:1 | 91% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 18.5 | 12.8:1 | 92% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 262 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 240 | 12.8 | 18.8:1 | 97% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 272 | 17 | 16.0:1 | 97% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 347 | 21 | 16.5:1 | 92% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 533 | 29 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 29 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkside Elementary Community Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (240 to 283); teachers up 64% (12.8 to 21).
About Parkside Elementary Community Academy
Parkside Elementary Community Academy, located in Chicago, Illinois, is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its 283 students are spread across pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Parkside Elementary Community Academy reports to Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
The large majority of students at Parkside Elementary Community Academy, 93%, are Black. The next largest groups are 6% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 70 points above the 22% share among Cook County residents. By the diversity index, Parkside Elementary Community Academy comes in at 14%.
The teaching staff at Parkside Elementary Community Academy is 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.5:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is about 13.9:1. About 88% of students, or 250, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Parkside Elementary Community Academy falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 17.4% actual against 20.5% predicted.
Within Cook County, 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. Federal data list 1,406 public schools in Cook County, with a combined enrollment of about 697,934.
The school nearest to Parkside Elementary Community Academy is South Shore Fine Arts Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Parkside Elementary Community Academy is 6th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Parkside Elementary Community Academy the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 283 was 8% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 262.
The Parkside Elementary Community Academy community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- South Shore Fine Arts Elementary School0.4 mi · 224
- OKeeffe Elementary School0.5 mi · 572
- Art in Motion Charter School0.6 mi · 602
- Bouchet Elementary Math & Science Academy0.6 mi · 660
- Woodlawn Elementary Community School0.7 mi · 167
- Madison Elementary School0.7 mi · 224
Frequently asked questions
About Parkside Elementary Community AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Parkside Elementary Community Academy?
Parkside Elementary Community Academy enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Parkside Elementary Community Academy serve?
Parkside Elementary Community Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Parkside Elementary Community Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parkside Elementary Community Academy is approximately 13.5:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Parkside Elementary Community Academy?
Student demographics at Parkside Elementary Community Academy are roughly 6% Hispanic, 93% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Parkside Elementary Community Academy public or private?
Parkside Elementary Community Academy 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.