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How has Pritzker Elem School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
674
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001154
Pritzker Elementary School
2009 W Schiller St, Chicago, IL 60622 · (773) 534-4415 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
175 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 | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 7% smaller than its 8th grade class (71).
Student demographics
74%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
Pritzker Elementary School→Clemente Community Academy 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
78.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.8pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.4% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.6% | 54.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% 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 15 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 Pritzker Elementary School
Pritzker Elementary School's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pritzker Elementary School this school | 674 | 26.0% | 71.0% |
| Oliver W Holmes Elementary School Oak Park | 513 | 25.9% | 65.1% |
| Bristol Bay Elementary School Yorkville | 695 | 29.5% | 53.5% |
| Grande Reserve Elementary School Yorkville | 728 | 22.4% | 49.4% |
| Lisle Elementary School Lisle | 777 | 27.7% | 64.2% |
| Prescott Elementary School Chicago | 463 | 27.6% | 73.5% |
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 Pritzker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #110 of 1,925 | #41 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #273 of 2,077 ▼ 33 | #96 of 829 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #169 of 2,077 ▼ 15 | #68 of 829 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #157 of 2,419 | #95 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,752 of 2,035 | #731 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #27 of 2,042 | #14 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.0% | #1,849 of 2,132 | #726 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #953 of 1,461 | #476 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
674
-58 (-8%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 606
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 | 674 | 41.8 | 16.1:1 | 26% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 655 | 45 | 14.6:1 | 25% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 42.5 | 15.3:1 | 27% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 743 | 39.3 | 18.9:1 | 43% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 37 | 20.0:1 | 51% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 31 | 19.9:1 | 64% (397) |
| 2000-01 | 737 | 35 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 606 | 32 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pritzker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (743 to 674); teachers up 6% (39.3 to 41.8).
About Pritzker Elementary School
Pritzker Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Chicago, Illinois. The school enrolls 674 students, from pre-K through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Illinois) has about 381 students.
Pritzker Elementary School is one school in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a system of 622 schools with 324,396 students.
The most common group at Pritzker Elementary School is White students, at 39%. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic, 18% Black, 11% multiracial, and 8% Asian. The school's diversity index is 74%, meaning two students picked at random have a 74% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 41.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.1:1. This ratio sits 2.2 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Roughly 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
A school in Illinois with Pritzker Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 56.5%. Pritzker Elementary School scores 71.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 1,406 public schools in Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
Nearby, Sabin Elementary Magnet School is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Pritzker Elementary School's average proficiency of 71.0% compares with 32.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place Pritzker Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show an 8% enrollment decrease, from 732 in 2020-21 to 674 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Pritzker Elementary School, you can post them here. 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
- Sabin Elementary Magnet School0.3 mi · 354
- LaSalle II Lang Academy Elementary School0.3 mi · 589
- De Diego Elementary Community Academy0.4 mi · 511
- Clemente Community Academy High School0.5 mi · 745
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary0.5 mi · 260
- Burr Elementary School0.6 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Pritzker Elementary SchoolHow large is Pritzker Elementary School?
Pritzker Elementary School enrolls approximately 674 students in grades PK-08.
Is Pritzker Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pritzker Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Pritzker Elementary School have?
Pritzker Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
How diverse is Pritzker Elementary School?
Pritzker Elementary School reports a student body of 39% White, 23% Hispanic, 18% Black, 8% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Pritzker Elementary School public or private?
Pritzker Elementary School 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.