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Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001070
Sayre Elementary Language Academy
1850 N Newland Ave, Chicago, IL 60707 · (773) 534-3351 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
214 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 | 34 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (38).
Student demographics
58%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
Sayre Elementary Language Academy→Steinmetz College Prep 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
37.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
25.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.3% | 25.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.2% | 13.8% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Sayre Elementary Language Academy
Sayre Elementary Language Academy's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sayre Elementary Language Academy this school | 377 | 56.8% | 31.5% |
| Northeast Elementary School Evergreen Park | 329 | 52.9% | 34.0% |
| Hillside Elementary School Hillside | 440 | 60.9% | 31.4% |
| Westchester Primary School Westchester | 364 | 54.7% | N/A |
| Kenneth Murphy School Beach Park | 394 | 53.6% | 19.6% |
| Emerson Elementary School Maywood | 364 | 57.4% | 22.0% |
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 Sayre Elementary Language Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #1,228 of 1,925 | #377 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #1,426 of 2,077 ▲ 25 | #448 of 829 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #1,436 of 2,077 ▼ 225 | #505 of 829 ▼ 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #1,114 of 2,419 | #466 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #137 of 2,035 | #81 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #651 of 2,042 | #233 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #1,108 of 2,132 | #567 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #616 of 1,461 | #337 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
377
-79 (-17%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 547
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 | 377 | 37.3 | 10.1:1 | 57% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 41.5 | 9.6:1 | 64% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 39.5 | 10.8:1 | 60% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 24.9 | 18.0:1 | 73% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 25 | 19.1:1 | 69% (332) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | 30 | 20.3:1 | 70% (428) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 30 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 35 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sayre Elementary Language Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (449 to 377); teachers up 50% (24.9 to 37.3).
About Sayre Elementary Language Academy
Sayre Elementary Language Academy, located in Chicago, Illinois, is a medium-sized elementary school. Its 377 students are spread across pre-K through 8.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enrolls 324,396 students in 622 schools, including Sayre Elementary Language Academy.
Hispanic students are the majority at Sayre Elementary Language Academy, with 54% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 34% Black and 8% White. Among all residents of Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Sayre Elementary Language Academy is 37.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 10.1:1. That is 3.8 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Around 57% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, higher than here.
Sayre Elementary Language Academy's average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.5% is 7.3 points below the 38.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Cook County has about 5,182,090 residents, and the median household income is $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Sayre Elementary Language Academy, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
The closest public school, Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School, is about 0.6 miles from Sayre Elementary Language Academy. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Sayre Elementary Language Academy places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show a 17% enrollment decrease, from 456 in 2020-21 to 377 in 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Acero Chtr Roberto Clemente Elementary School0.6 mi · 461
- Lovett Elementary School0.8 mi · 342
- Horace Mann Elementary School0.8 mi · 419
- Elm Middle School0.9 mi · 615
- Burbank Elementary School0.9 mi · 691
- William Hatch Elementary School1.0 mi · 358
Frequently asked questions
About Sayre Elementary Language AcademyHow many students attend Sayre Elementary Language Academy?
Sayre Elementary Language Academy enrolls approximately 377 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Sayre Elementary Language Academy serve?
Sayre Elementary Language Academy serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sayre Elementary Language Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sayre Elementary Language Academy is approximately 10.1:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sayre Elementary Language Academy?
At Sayre Elementary Language Academy, the student body is approximately 8% White, 54% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Sayre Elementary Language Academy public or private?
Sayre Elementary Language Academy 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.