Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993004916
Sabin Elementary Magnet School
2216 W Hirsch St, Chicago, IL 60622 · (773) 534-4490 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
307 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 | 31 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
43%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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
15.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
10.1%
IL avg 37.9% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.1% | 10.1% |
| 2023-24 | 12.9% | 12.0% |
% 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
12.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Sabin Elementary Magnet School
Sabin Elementary Magnet School's state test result (12.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabin Elementary Magnet School this school | 354 | 86.7% | 12.8% |
| Casals Elementary School Chicago | 337 | 90.2% | 51.4% |
| Lowell Elementary School Chicago | 311 | 88.7% | 19.3% |
| Gordon School Posen | 312 | 88.5% | 35.6% |
| Paul Revere Primary School Blue Island | 318 | 83.6% | 27.9% |
| Julia Lathrop Elementary School Rockford | 357 | 84.3% | 11.7% |
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 Sabin Elementary Magnet School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #1,818 of 1,925 | #703 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #1,897 of 2,077 ▼ 367 | #708 of 829 ▼ 203 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #2,011 of 2,077 ▼ 171 | #805 of 829 ▼ 80 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #1,241 of 2,419 | #513 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #296 of 2,035 | #162 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #1,090 of 2,042 | #408 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #369 of 2,132 | #263 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.5% | #61 of 1,461 | #40 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
354
-88 (-20%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 536
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 | 354 | 32 | 11.1:1 | 87% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 26.5 | 13.8:1 | 86% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 28.5 | 11.1:1 | 87% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 30.5 | 19.2:1 | 88% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 33 | 18.1:1 | 89% (533) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 34 | 17.6:1 | 91% (544) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 32 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 536 | 28 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sabin Elementary Magnet School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (585 to 354); teachers up 5% (30.5 to 32).
About Sabin Elementary Magnet School
Sabin Elementary Magnet School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Chicago, Illinois. Federal data show 354 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 serves 324,396 students across 622 schools.
The student body at Sabin Elementary Magnet School is 73% Hispanic. The school is also 21% Black and 5% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 27%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 32 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. Of all students at Sabin Elementary Magnet School, 87% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Sabin Elementary Magnet School, the prediction is 21.4% and the result is 12.8%.
For the population of Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Sabin Elementary Magnet School from the closest public school, De Diego Elementary Community Academy. The five-mile area around Sabin Elementary Magnet School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Sabin Elementary Magnet School ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 12.8% versus a 35.4% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 20%, from 442 to 354.
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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
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- 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
- De Diego Elementary Community Academy0.2 mi · 511
- Pritzker Elementary School0.3 mi · 674
- Clemente Community Academy High School0.4 mi · 745
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary0.5 mi · 260
- LaSalle II Lang Academy Elementary School0.6 mi · 589
- Erie Elementary Charter School0.6 mi · 405
Frequently asked questions
About Sabin Elementary Magnet SchoolHow large is Sabin Elementary Magnet School?
Sabin Elementary Magnet School enrolls approximately 354 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Sabin Elementary Magnet School serve?
Sabin Elementary Magnet School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sabin Elementary Magnet School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Sabin Elementary Magnet School.
How diverse is Sabin Elementary Magnet School?
Sabin Elementary Magnet School reports a student body of 5% White, 73% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Sabin Elementary Magnet School public or private?
Sabin Elementary Magnet School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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