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How has Sandoval Elem School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
736
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993003566
Sandoval Elementary School
5534 S Saint Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60629 · (773) 535-0457 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL736 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
675 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 | 46 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
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
Sandoval Elementary School→Solorio Academy 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
31.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
32.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.5% | 32.5% |
| 2023-24 | 19.5% | 18.7% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Sandoval Elementary School
Sandoval Elementary School's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandoval Elementary School this school | 736 | 91.7% | 29.5% |
| Abe Lincoln Elementary School Cicero | 717 | 92.2% | 36.3% |
| Peck Elementary School Chicago | 777 | 91.4% | 28.8% |
| Monarcas Academy Chicago | 797 | 91.5% | 40.3% |
| Hurley Elementary School Chicago | 748 | 89.7% | 37.0% |
| Lloyd Elementary School Chicago | 844 | 91.7% | 21.7% |
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 Sandoval Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #1,289 of 1,925 | #407 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #1,197 of 2,077 ▲ 40 | #366 of 829 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #1,624 of 2,077 ▼ 42 | #589 of 829 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 736 | #97 of 2,419 | #66 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,250 of 2,035 | #557 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #1,859 of 2,042 | #708 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #236 of 2,132 | #171 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #307 of 1,461 | #194 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
736
-138 (-16%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 1,093
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 | 736 | 52.5 | 14.0:1 | 92% (675) |
| 2023-24 | 723 | 48.5 | 14.9:1 | 93% (673) |
| 2022-23 | 742 | 52.5 | 14.1:1 | 93% (689) |
| 2020-21 | 874 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 972 | 42.6 | 22.8:1 | 95% (922) |
| 2015-16 | 1,057 | 53 | 19.9:1 | 96% (1,019) |
| 2010-11 | 1,191 | 50 | 23.8:1 | 98% (1,168) |
| 2000-01 | 1,093 | 48 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandoval Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (972 to 736); teachers up 23% (42.6 to 52.5).
About Sandoval Elementary School
Sandoval Elementary School is a public elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 736 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
Sandoval Elementary School is one school in a 622-school district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which enrolls 324,396 students.
At Sandoval Elementary School, 94% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 2% Black and 2% White. That is higher than the 27% Hispanic share among all Cook County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 11%.
On staff are 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. It is about the same as the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 92% of students at Sandoval Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Sandoval Elementary School is +11.0 points: 29.5% actual, 18.6% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Cook County, 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 residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Sandoval Elementary School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Hernandez Middle School, is the closest to Sandoval Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Sandoval Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 16% over 4 years, reaching 736 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Sandoval Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sandoval Elementary. Sandoval Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Sandoval Elementary SchoolSandoval, IL · 221 students
Nearby schools
- Hernandez Middle School0.1 mi · 720
- Solorio Academy High School0.2 mi · 1,287
- Monarcas Academy0.5 mi · 797
- Sawyer Elementary School0.5 mi · 885
- Peck Elementary School0.5 mi · 777
- Acero Chtr Network - Jovita Idar0.6 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Sandoval Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sandoval Elementary School?
Sandoval Elementary School enrolls approximately 736 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sandoval Elementary School serve?
Sandoval Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Sandoval Elementary School have?
Sandoval Elementary School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is Sandoval Elementary School?
Sandoval Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Sandoval Elementary School in?
Sandoval Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.