Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001046
Pullman Elementary School
11311 S Forrestville Ave, Chicago, IL 60628 · (773) 535-5395 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
225 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 | 17 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 29% smaller than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
44%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
34.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.8pp since 2023
Math
12.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.7% | 4.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Pullman Elementary School
Pullman Elementary School's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pullman Elementary School this school | 303 | 74.3% | 20.9% |
| Shoesmith Elementary School Chicago | 294 | 71.8% | 23.8% |
| Ashburn Community Elementary School Chicago | 324 | 76.5% | 25.7% |
| Newberry Elementary Math & Science Academy Chicago | 330 | 74.2% | 30.2% |
| Irving Elementary School Chicago | 310 | 80.3% | 14.2% |
| Morton Elementary Career Academy Chicago | 268 | 75.7% | 21.8% |
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 Pullman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #1,577 of 1,925 | #549 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #1,833 of 2,077 ▲ 70 | #667 of 829 ▲ 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #1,538 of 2,077 ▲ 85 | #552 of 829 ▲ 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #1,522 of 2,419 | #631 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,160 of 2,035 | #520 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.7% | #1,069 of 2,042 | #399 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.3% | #648 of 2,132 | #417 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #364 of 1,461 | #221 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
303
-45 (-13%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 631
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 | 303 | 22 | 13.8:1 | 74% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 22.8 | 13.8:1 | 83% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 26 | 11.3:1 | 76% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 391 | 20.5 | 19.1:1 | 94% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | 15 | 21.4:1 | 97% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 257 | 15 | 17.1:1 | 99% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 634 | 31 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 631 | 28 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pullman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (391 to 303); teachers up 7% (20.5 to 22).
About Pullman Elementary School
Pullman Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, administered by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 303 students. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 20% below that mark.
Federal data list 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show Pullman Elementary School is 70% Black. The next largest groups are 26% Hispanic and 2% White. The school's Black share is 48 points above the 22% share among Cook County residents. A diversity index of 44% means there is a 44% chance two randomly chosen students at Pullman Elementary School are from different groups.
Based on 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, Pullman Elementary School has a ratio of 13.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 13.9:1. Income data for the school show 74% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 28.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Cook County show that the median household earns about $83,498 a year, 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 Pullman Elementary School.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, CICS - Prairie Campus, is the closest to Pullman Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Pullman Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
Pullman Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 303, compared with 348 in 2020-21.
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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
Other Pullman Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pullman Elementary. Pullman Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- PULLMAN ELEMENTARYSAINT PAUL PARK, MN · 420 students
- Pullman Elementary SchoolPULLMAN, MI · 165 students
Nearby schools
- CICS - Prairie Campus0.5 mi · 412
- Brooks College Prep Academy High School0.5 mi · 1,007
- Curtis Elementary School0.7 mi · 356
- Chicago Collegiate Charter School0.8 mi · 255
- Cullen Elementary School0.8 mi · 176
- Poe Elementary Classical School1.0 mi · 224
Frequently asked questions
About Pullman Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pullman Elementary School?
Pullman Elementary School enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Pullman Elementary School serve?
Pullman Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Pullman Elementary School have?
Pullman Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Pullman Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pullman Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 26% Hispanic, 70% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Pullman Elementary School public or private?
Pullman Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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