Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001034
Pickard Elementary School
2301 W 21st Pl, Chicago, IL 60608 · (773) 535-7280 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
289 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 | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 29% smaller than its 8th grade class (38).
Student demographics
19%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
61.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +25.7pp since 2023
Math
30.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 26 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 30.1% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 15.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 19% 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 21 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 Pickard Elementary School
Pickard Elementary School's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickard Elementary School this school | 319 | 90.6% | 39.8% |
| Talman Elementary School Chicago | 332 | 89.8% | 39.2% |
| Burroughs Elementary School Chicago | 303 | 92.4% | 44.9% |
| Brighton Park Elementary School Chicago | 298 | 90.6% | 24.3% |
| Taylor Elementary School Chicago | 337 | 88.1% | 20.2% |
| Lara Elementary Academy Chicago | 362 | 91.4% | 20.8% |
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 Pickard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #919 of 1,925 | #246 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #1,277 of 2,077 ▲ 84 | #393 of 829 ▲ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #631 of 2,077 ▲ 317 | #210 of 829 ▲ 97 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #1,432 of 2,419 | #593 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #216 of 2,035 | #129 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.6% | #1,673 of 2,042 | #629 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.6% | #262 of 2,132 | #191 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #212 of 1,461 | #134 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
319
-63 (-16%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 612
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 | 319 | 30 | 10.6:1 | 91% (289) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 27 | 10.8:1 | 93% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 27 | 11.0:1 | 91% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 22.5 | 19.7:1 | 99% (437) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 26 | 19.7:1 | 98% (502) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 32 | 20.7:1 | 96% (634) |
| 2000-01 | 697 | 35 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 612 | 35 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pickard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (443 to 319); teachers up 33% (22.5 to 30).
About Pickard Elementary School
Pickard Elementary School is a small elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. It offers pre-K through 8 and has 319 students enrolled.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 operates 622 schools. Combined enrollment is 324,396 students.
At Pickard Elementary School, 90% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 6% Black and 4% White. Census figures show Cook County is about 27% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 19%.
Pickard Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. At Pickard Elementary School, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Pickard Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 20.6 points. The model expects 19.2% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Illinois; the school's rate is 39.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Cook County show that median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Cook County has 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students, including Pickard Elementary School.
Finkl Elementary School is the nearest public school to Pickard Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Pickard Elementary School comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Pickard Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 319, down from 382 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Finkl Elementary School0.3 mi · 240
- Ruiz Elementary School0.4 mi · 467
- IHSCA Charter High School0.5 mi · 567
- Acero Chtr - Octavio Paz Elementary School0.5 mi · 98
- IJLA Charter High School0.5 mi · 95
- Whittier Elementary School0.5 mi · 221
Frequently asked questions
About Pickard Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pickard Elementary School?
Pickard Elementary School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Pickard Elementary School serve?
Pickard Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Pickard Elementary School have?
Pickard Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Pickard Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pickard Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 6% Black.
What district is Pickard Elementary School in?
Pickard Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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