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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Reinberg Elem School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
768
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001055
Reinberg Elementary School
3425 N Major Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 · (773) 534-3465 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
576 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 | 152 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 3 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (78).
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Reinberg 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
35.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
16.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.2pp 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 17 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.1% | 16.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.7% | 10.7% |
% 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Reinberg Elementary School
Reinberg Elementary School's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reinberg Elementary School this school | 768 | 75.0% | 25.3% |
| Eugene Field Elementary School Wheeling | 613 | 75.0% | 22.4% |
| Prairie Oak School Berwyn | 698 | 72.1% | 39.8% |
| Washington Academy Belvidere | 721 | 70.5% | 25.1% |
| Gray Elementary School Chicago | 1,000 | 79.1% | 31.7% |
| Century Oaks Elementary School Elgin | 542 | 74.0% | 24.5% |
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 Reinberg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #1,438 of 1,925 | #475 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #1,682 of 2,077 ▼ 99 | #577 of 829 ▼ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #1,507 of 2,077 ▼ 232 | #539 of 829 ▼ 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #79 of 2,419 | #56 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #772 of 2,035 | #367 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.8% | #1,064 of 2,042 | #396 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.0% | #628 of 2,132 | #411 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #1,291 of 1,461 | #593 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
768
+79 (+11%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 534
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 | 768 | 60.8 | 12.6:1 | 75% (576) |
| 2023-24 | 772 | 59.5 | 13.0:1 | 79% (607) |
| 2022-23 | 720 | 61 | 11.8:1 | 80% (577) |
| 2020-21 | 689 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 794 | 46.2 | 17.2:1 | 85% (676) |
| 2015-16 | 840 | 51 | 16.5:1 | 82% (688) |
| 2010-11 | 838 | 54 | 15.5:1 | 88% (737) |
| 2000-01 | 1,113 | 74 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 43 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reinberg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (794 to 768); teachers up 32% (46.2 to 60.8).
About Reinberg Elementary School
Reinberg Elementary School is a large elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. The school counted 768 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 102% above the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs Reinberg Elementary School along with 621 other schools, enrolling 324,396 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Reinberg Elementary School is Hispanic: 73%. The next largest groups are 15% White, 4% Asian, and 4% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 46 points above the 27% share among Cook County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.
For every teacher at Reinberg Elementary School, there are about 12.6 students; the school has 60.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 75%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Reinberg Elementary School would be expected to post about 28.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.3%.
In the wider Cook County area, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Reinberg Elementary School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Reinberg Elementary School is closest to Chicago Academy High School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Reinberg Elementary School's average proficiency of 25.3% compares with 30.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 689 (2020-21) to 768 (2024-25).
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Reinberg Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Chicago Academy High School0.4 mi · 580
- Chicago Academy Elementary School0.4 mi · 548
- Camras Elementary School0.5 mi · 702
- Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy0.6 mi · 831
- Gray Elementary School0.7 mi · 1,000
- Lyon Elementary School0.7 mi · 988
Frequently asked questions
About Reinberg Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Reinberg Elementary School?
Reinberg Elementary School enrolls approximately 768 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Reinberg Elementary School serve?
Reinberg Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Reinberg Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Reinberg Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Reinberg Elementary School?
Student demographics at Reinberg Elementary School are roughly 15% White, 73% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Reinberg Elementary School public or private?
Reinberg 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.