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Enrollment
620
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001073
Scammon Elementary School
4201 W Henderson St, Chicago, IL 60641 · (773) 534-3475 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL620 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
542 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 47 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (65).
Student demographics
27%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
Scammon 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
38.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.4pp since 2023
Math
23.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.4% | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 18.1% |
% 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
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 Scammon Elementary School
Scammon Elementary School's state test result (28.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scammon Elementary School this school | 620 | 87.4% | 28.5% |
| Garcia Lorca Elementary School Chicago | 637 | 87.0% | 33.1% |
| Raymond Ellis Elementary School Round Lake Beach | 617 | 90.1% | 18.6% |
| Logan Square Elementary Chicago | 630 | 89.5% | 20.2% |
| Stowe Elementary School Chicago | 558 | 87.3% | 15.0% |
| Gunsaulus Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 658 | 86.0% | 35.4% |
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 Scammon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #1,323 of 1,925 | #426 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #1,506 of 2,077 ▼ 238 | #489 of 829 ▼ 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #1,403 of 2,077 ▼ 71 | #489 of 829 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 620 | #231 of 2,419 | #132 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #773 of 2,035 | #368 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.2% | #1,456 of 2,042 | #538 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #349 of 2,132 | #249 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #571 of 1,461 | #323 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
620
-96 (-13%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 616
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 | 620 | 49 | 12.7:1 | 87% (542) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 42.5 | 14.8:1 | 87% (552) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 46.5 | 13.8:1 | 92% (591) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 38.2 | 19.5:1 | 92% (690) |
| 2015-16 | 919 | 43 | 21.4:1 | 97% (893) |
| 2010-11 | 916 | 43 | 21.3:1 | 97% (886) |
| 2000-01 | 1,077 | 50 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 29 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scammon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (747 to 620); teachers up 28% (38.2 to 49).
About Scammon Elementary School
Scammon Elementary School is a public elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. The school enrolls 620 students in pre-K through 8. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enrolls 324,396 students in 622 schools, including Scammon Elementary School.
A large majority of enrollment at Scammon Elementary School is Hispanic, at 85%. It is also 7% White, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. Cook County's residents are about 27% Hispanic, 58 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Scammon Elementary School scores 27%.
There are 49 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.7:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Of all students at Scammon Elementary School, 87% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.
Scammon Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 44% of Illinois public elementary schools.
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 Scammon Elementary School, the prediction is 21.0% and the result is 28.5%.
In Cook County, home to about 5,182,090 people, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Cook County number 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Measured in a straight line, YCCS-ASPIRA Pantoja Alt High School is about 0.4 miles from Scammon Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Scammon Elementary School is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Scammon Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 13%.
People who know Scammon Elementary School can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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
- YCCS-ASPIRA Pantoja Alt High School0.4 mi · 200
- ASPIRA Charter - Early College Pr0.4 mi · 285
- Intrinsic Charter High School0.4 mi · 993
- Schurz High School0.4 mi · 1,244
- Garcia Lorca Elementary School0.5 mi · 637
- Disney II Elementary School0.6 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Scammon Elementary SchoolHow large is Scammon Elementary School?
Scammon Elementary School enrolls approximately 620 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Scammon Elementary School serve?
Scammon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Scammon Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Scammon Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Scammon Elementary School?
Student demographics at Scammon Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 85% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Scammon Elementary School in?
Scammon 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.