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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Providence-Englewood Elem Charter this year?
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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993005885
Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter
6515 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60636 · (773) 434-0202 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
415 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 51% larger than its 8th grade class (39).
Student demographics
15%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
29.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
19.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.2% | 19.2% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter
Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter's state test result (22.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter this school | 428 | 97.0% | 22.7% |
| Jesse C White Learning Academy Hazel Crest | 425 | 98.6% | 15.5% |
| Herzl Elementary School Chicago | 429 | 97.2% | 4.0% |
| Caroline Sibley Elementary School Calumet City | 434 | 99.8% | 12.3% |
| Haley Elementary Academy Chicago | 458 | 98.0% | 18.6% |
| Burnham Elementary Inclusive Academy Chicago | 374 | 95.7% | 14.9% |
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 Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #1,517 of 1,925 | #514 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #1,626 of 2,077 ▼ 137 | #547 of 829 ▼ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #1,685 of 2,077 ▼ 310 | #618 of 829 ▼ 133 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #858 of 2,419 | #380 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,209 of 2,035 | #537 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.1% | #1,748 of 2,042 | #664 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.0% | #98 of 2,132 | #73 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #632 of 1,461 | #346 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
428
+35 (+9%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 393
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 | 428 | 30.8 | 13.9:1 | 97% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 70% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 89% (390) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 31.5 | 16.1:1 | 92% (466) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 3 | 164.7:1 | 86% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 26 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (507 to 428); teachers down 2% (31.5 to 30.8).
About Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter
Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter is a public elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. The latest federal count shows 428 students in kindergarten through 8.
Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter is one of 622 schools. The district enrolls 324,396 students.
At Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter, Black students make up 92% of the student body. It is also 7% Hispanic. Cook County's residents are about 22% Black, 70 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 15%.
Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter counts 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.9 students for each one. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. About 97% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
allk12 grades Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter a C+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter is 15.5%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 22.7%.
Cook County census figures show that median household income is about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
The shortest distance from Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Davis M Magnet Elementary School. The five-mile area around Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter as a charter school.
Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter saw enrollment rise 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- Davis M Magnet Elementary School0.3 mi · 120
- Bass Elementary School0.5 mi · 313
- Montessori of Englewood Chtr Elementary School0.6 mi · 349
- OToole Elementary School0.6 mi · 309
- Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School0.7 mi · 1,316
- Langford A Elementary School0.7 mi · 181
Frequently asked questions
About Providence-Englewood Elementary CharterWhat is the total enrollment at Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter?
Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter enrolls approximately 428 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter serve?
Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter is approximately 13.9:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter?
At Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter, the student body is approximately 0% White, 7% Hispanic, 92% Black.
Who oversees Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter?
Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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