Enrollment
117
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000694
Robinson Elementary School
4225 S Lake Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60653 · (773) 535-1777 · Cook County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL117 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
101 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 | 21 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 10% |
Student demographics
11%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
Robinson Elementary School→Walter Henri Dyett HS for Arts
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
33.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +29.5pp since 2023
Math
13.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 29 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 13.3% |
| 2023-24 | 3.8% | 7.7% |
% 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
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Robinson Elementary School
Robinson Elementary School's state test result (17.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson Elementary School this school | 117 | 86.3% | 17.4% |
| Frazier Perspectives Magnet Elementary School Chicago | 129 | 88.4% | 19.3% |
| LEARN Chtr - 7th Campus Chicago | 144 | 88.2% | 20.7% |
| White Elementary Career Academy Chicago | 116 | 92.2% | 22.3% |
| McDowell Elementary School Chicago | 112 | 79.5% | 31.6% |
| Brownell Elementary School Chicago | 165 | 85.5% | 20.3% |
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 Robinson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #1,687 of 1,925 | #620 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #1,786 of 2,077 ▼ 48 | #635 of 829 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,571 of 2,077 ▲ 483 | #563 of 829 ▲ 259 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 117 | #2,299 of 2,419 | #888 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #376 of 2,132 | #269 of 804 |
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
117
0 (0%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 260
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 | 117 | 12.5 | 9.4:1 | 86% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 113 | 8.5 | 13.3:1 | 79% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 111 | 11.5 | 9.7:1 | 94% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 117 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 121 | 8.5 | 14.3:1 | 98% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 132 | 7 | 18.9:1 | 93% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 180 | 11 | 16.4:1 | 98% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 322 | 17 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 260 | 20 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robinson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (121 to 117); teachers up 47% (8.5 to 12.5).
About Robinson Elementary School
Robinson Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment is 117 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 3. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 69% lower.
Robinson Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, where 622 schools serve 324,396 students.
The student body at Robinson Elementary School is 94% Black. Other reported shares: 3% multiracial. Cook County's residents are about 22% Black, 72 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is an 11% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Robinson Elementary School and a ratio of 9.4:1. This ratio sits 4.6 below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 86% of students. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 20 points.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Robinson Elementary School is 4.2 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 17.4% actual, 21.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
In Cook County (population about 5,182,090), 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.
King College Prep High School is the public school closest to Robinson Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 21.7% on proficiency, and Robinson Elementary School is below that at 17.4%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 117 to 117.
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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 Robinson Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 14 states are named Robinson Elementary. Robinson Elementary School is the 18th largest of the 18.
- Robinson Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 908 students
- Robinson Elementary SchoolDawsonville, GA · 648 students
- Robinson ElementaryFresno, CA · 525 students
- ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPLANT CITY, FL · 522 students
- Robinson ElementaryTrabuco Canyon, CA · 486 students
Nearby schools
- King College Prep High School0.3 mi · 819
- Univ of Chicago Chtr-Nth Kenwood0.4 mi · 304
- Ariel Elementary Community Academy0.4 mi · 364
- Woodson South Elementary School0.6 mi · 298
- James Farmer Jr. Elementary0.7 mi · 321
- Univ of Chicago Chtr-Donoghue0.9 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Robinson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Robinson Elementary School?
Robinson Elementary School enrolls approximately 117 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Robinson Elementary School serve?
Robinson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Robinson Elementary School?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at Robinson Elementary School.
How diverse is Robinson Elementary School?
Robinson Elementary School reports a student body of 2% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Robinson Elementary School?
Robinson Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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