1
Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001050
Ravenswood Elementary School
4332 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60613 · (773) 534-5525 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
168 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 | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 20% smaller than its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
67%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
Ravenswood Elementary School→Lake View 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
80.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.2pp since 2023
Math
55.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.3% | 55.8% |
| 2023-24 | 67.1% | 45.8% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Ravenswood Elementary School
Ravenswood Elementary School's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenswood Elementary School this school | 522 | 32.2% | 66.0% |
| William L Thompson School Lake Villa | 488 | 31.8% | 48.8% |
| Fearn Elementary School North Aurora | 492 | 32.1% | 44.2% |
| Autumn Creek Elementary School Yorkville | 529 | 31.6% | 45.9% |
| Chappell Elementary School Chicago | 598 | 31.1% | 57.7% |
| Big Hollow Elementary School Ingleside | 522 | 35.2% | 38.5% |
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 Ravenswood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #186 of 1,925 | #65 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #513 of 2,077 ▼ 109 | #159 of 829 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #129 of 2,077 ▲ 15 | #57 of 829 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #461 of 2,419 | #229 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,328 of 2,035 | #596 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #277 of 2,042 | #116 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.2% | #1,735 of 2,132 | #702 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #1,216 of 1,461 | #570 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
522
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 540
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 | 522 | 36.5 | 14.3:1 | 32% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 40.5 | 12.4:1 | 31% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 535 | 37.3 | 14.4:1 | 33% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 33.1 | 16.5:1 | 43% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 45% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 63% (295) |
| 2000-01 | 549 | 32 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 28 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ravenswood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (547 to 522); teachers up 10% (33.1 to 36.5).
About Ravenswood Elementary School
Ravenswood Elementary School sits in Chicago, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. It educates 522 students in pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 37% larger than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Ravenswood Elementary School is one school in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a system of 622 schools with 324,396 students.
Enrollment at Ravenswood Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 48%. The school is also 29% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, and 5% Asian. By the diversity index, Ravenswood Elementary School comes in at 67%.
The count of teachers at Ravenswood Elementary School is 36.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.3:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. Around 32% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
In Illinois, Ravenswood Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 66.0% actual against a predicted 52.9%.
Cook County has these Census figures: median household income is about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Ravenswood Elementary School is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
The closest public school, Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center, is about 0.4 miles from Ravenswood Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Ravenswood Elementary School places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 541 in 2020-21 and 522 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease.
Community posts for Ravenswood Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center0.4 mi · 266
- Lake View High School0.4 mi · 1,431
- McPherson Elementary School0.6 mi · 794
- Devry Advantage Academy High Schl0.6 mi · 152
- YCCS-Truman Middle College High School0.7 mi · 192
- Coonley Elementary School0.8 mi · 723
Frequently asked questions
About Ravenswood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ravenswood Elementary School?
Ravenswood Elementary School enrolls approximately 522 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Ravenswood Elementary School serve?
Ravenswood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ravenswood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ravenswood Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ravenswood Elementary School?
At Ravenswood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 48% White, 29% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Ravenswood Elementary School public or private?
Ravenswood 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.