Enrollment
224
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000888
Poe Elementary Classical School
10538 S Langley Ave, Chicago, IL 60628 · (773) 535-5525 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
73 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 10 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 92% larger than its 8th grade class (12).
Student demographics
24%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
93.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
80.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93.8% | 80.1% |
| 2023-24 | 85.8% | 65.2% |
% 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
81.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% 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 29 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 Poe Elementary Classical School
Poe Elementary Classical School's state test result (81.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poe Elementary Classical School this school | 224 | 32.6% | 81.7% |
| McDade Elementary Classical School Chicago | 207 | 36.2% | 85.7% |
| Jackson Charter School Rockford | 243 | 36.2% | 9.8% |
| Richton Square School Richton Park | 161 | 36.0% | N/A |
| Kellogg Elementary School Chicago | 299 | 31.8% | 53.6% |
| Zenon J Sykuta School Country Club Hills | 273 | 45.4% | N/A |
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 Poe Elementary Classical School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #22 of 1,925 | #10 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #78 of 2,077 ▲ 18 | #31 of 829 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.8% | #12 of 2,077 ▲ 1 | #7 of 829 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 224 | #1,953 of 2,419 | #791 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,240 of 2,035 | #551 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.6% | #1,532 of 2,042 | #574 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.6% | #1,730 of 2,132 | #701 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.7% | #345 of 615 | #100 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
224
+26 (+13%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 169
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 | 224 | 16 | 14.0:1 | 33% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 227 | 16 | 14.2:1 | 37% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 227 | 13.5 | 16.8:1 | 37% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 198 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 208 | 10.6 | 19.7:1 | 49% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 206 | 11 | 18.7:1 | 42% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 192 | 12 | 16.0:1 | 47% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 173 | 12 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 169 | 10 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Poe Elementary Classical School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (208 to 224); teachers up 51% (10.6 to 16).
About Poe Elementary Classical School
Poe Elementary Classical School is a small elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. The school teaches kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 224 students. It has 41% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Poe Elementary Classical School is one of the 622 schools that make up Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students in total).
Roughly 87% of students at Poe Elementary Classical School are Black. The remaining students are 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% White. Among people living in Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. The diversity index for Poe Elementary Classical School is 24%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. The school has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is similar, at 13.9:1. In all, 33% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
In Illinois, Poe Elementary Classical School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 81.7% compared with a predicted 52.7%.
For Cook County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Cullen Elementary School, is about 0.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Poe Elementary Classical School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Poe Elementary Classical School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 26 students, from 198 to 224.
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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
- Cullen Elementary School0.3 mi · 176
- Corliss High School0.3 mi · 430
- Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson0.4 mi · 695
- Smith W Elementary School0.4 mi · 340
- Brooks College Prep Academy High School0.8 mi · 1,007
- Bennett Elementary School0.8 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About Poe Elementary Classical SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Poe Elementary Classical School?
Poe Elementary Classical School enrolls approximately 224 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Poe Elementary Classical School serve?
Poe Elementary Classical School serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Poe Elementary Classical School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Poe Elementary Classical School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Poe Elementary Classical School?
At Poe Elementary Classical School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 6% Hispanic, 87% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Poe Elementary Classical School in?
Poe Elementary Classical School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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