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Enrollment
933
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001039
Portage Park Elementary School
5330 W Berteau Ave, Chicago, IL 60641 · (773) 534-3576 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL933 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
624 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 11% larger than its 8th grade class (91).
Student demographics
56%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
Portage Park Elementary School→Schurz High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
47.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.1pp since 2023
Math
28.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.9pp 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 28 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.7% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 13.3% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Portage Park Elementary School
Portage Park Elementary School's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portage Park Elementary School this school | 933 | 66.9% | 34.9% |
| Smyser Elementary School Chicago | 773 | 62.6% | 35.6% |
| Washington Academy Belvidere | 721 | 70.5% | 25.1% |
| Tioga Elementary School Bensenville | 751 | 61.4% | 36.6% |
| John Mills Elementary School Elmwood Park | 711 | 58.5% | 46.8% |
| Crosby Elementary School Harvard | 655 | 64.3% | 10.6% |
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 Portage Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #1,092 of 1,925 | #318 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #1,348 of 2,077 ▲ 128 | #417 of 829 ▲ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #1,077 of 2,077 ▲ 204 | #353 of 829 ▲ 87 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 933 | #25 of 2,419 | #21 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,433 of 2,035 | #632 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #728 of 2,042 | #257 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.9% | #816 of 2,132 | #484 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #1,373 of 1,461 | #629 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
933
+95 (+11%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 628
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 | 933 | 64 | 14.6:1 | 67% (624) |
| 2023-24 | 894 | 63 | 14.2:1 | 69% (621) |
| 2022-23 | 834 | 59 | 14.1:1 | 70% (585) |
| 2020-21 | 838 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 950 | 46.8 | 20.3:1 | 77% (735) |
| 2015-16 | 991 | 51 | 19.4:1 | 77% (767) |
| 2010-11 | 1,085 | 52 | 20.9:1 | 82% (890) |
| 2000-01 | 886 | 43 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 628 | 30 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Portage Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (950 to 933); teachers up 37% (46.8 to 64).
About Portage Park Elementary School
Portage Park Elementary School is a large elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school's enrollment of 933 students covers pre-K through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 counts 622 schools and 324,396 students, including Portage Park Elementary School.
Portage Park Elementary School is 59% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 29% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Portage Park Elementary School is 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. About 67% of students, or 624, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Portage Park Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.9% is 2.0 points above the 32.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Cook County this way: the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Portage Park Elementary School, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Portage Park Elementary School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Rickover Naval Academy High Schl. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Portage Park Elementary School is 5th among 9 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 95 students since 2020-21, to 933.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Portage Park Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Rickover Naval Academy High Schl0.5 mi · 527
- Gray Elementary School0.6 mi · 1,000
- Prussing Elementary School0.8 mi · 642
- Beaubien Elementary School1.0 mi · 1,004
- Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy1.0 mi · 831
- Reinberg Elementary School1.1 mi · 768
Frequently asked questions
About Portage Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Portage Park Elementary School?
Portage Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 933 students in grades PK-08.
Is Portage Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Portage Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Portage Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Portage Park Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (64 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Portage Park Elementary School?
Portage Park Elementary School reports a student body of 29% White, 59% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Portage Park Elementary School in?
Portage Park Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.