Enrollment
195
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001077
Schmid Elementary School
9755 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60628 · (773) 535-6235 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL195 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
191 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 | 37 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 50% larger than its 8th grade class (16).
Student demographics
14%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
Schmid Elementary School→Harlan Community 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
21.5%
IL avg 51.0% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
11.7%
IL avg 37.9% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.5% | 11.7% |
| 2023-24 | 22.7% | 12.4% |
% 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
15.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Schmid Elementary School
Schmid Elementary School's state test result (15.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schmid Elementary School this school | 195 | 97.9% | 15.6% |
| Chalmers STEAM Elementary Chicago | 205 | 98.5% | 18.1% |
| Early Childhood Cntr Dolton | 196 | 99.5% | N/A |
| Park Elementary School Riverdale | 197 | 95.4% | 30.4% |
| Faraday Elementary School Chicago | 178 | 98.3% | 18.0% |
| Johnson STEAM Elementary Chicago | 209 | 99.5% | 13.5% |
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 Schmid Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #1,737 of 1,925 | #650 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #1,846 of 2,077 ▼ 329 | #672 of 829 ▼ 171 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #1,891 of 2,077 ▼ 425 | #745 of 829 ▼ 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 195 | #2,056 of 2,419 | #826 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #71 of 2,132 | #49 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
195
+24 (+14%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 199
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 | 195 | 25 | 7.8:1 | 98% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 181 | 22 | 8.2:1 | 93% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 171 | 22 | 7.8:1 | 82% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 171 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 186 | 13.9 | 13.4:1 | 98% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 223 | 15 | 14.9:1 | 96% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 206 | 13 | 15.8:1 | 98% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 330 | 17 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 199 | 12 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schmid Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (186 to 195); teachers up 80% (13.9 to 25).
About Schmid Elementary School
Families in Chicago, Illinois, are served by Schmid Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 8 and enrolls 195 students. It has 49% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enrolls 324,396 students, and its 622 schools include Schmid Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, Schmid Elementary School is 92% Black. Next come 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 22% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 14%.
The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 191 students, or 98%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
Schmid Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (15.6% versus 14.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
In the wider Cook County area, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Schmid Elementary School's nearest public school is YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College High School (about 0.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Schmid Elementary School. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Schmid Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Schmid Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 195, compared with 171 in 2020-21.
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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
- YCCS-Olive Harvey Mid College High School0.5 mi · 128
- Washington H Elementary School0.8 mi · 273
- Smith W Elementary School0.8 mi · 340
- Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson0.8 mi · 695
- Corliss High School0.8 mi · 430
- Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School0.9 mi · 195
Frequently asked questions
About Schmid Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Schmid Elementary School?
Schmid Elementary School enrolls approximately 195 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Schmid Elementary School serve?
Schmid Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Schmid Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Schmid Elementary School is approximately 7.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Schmid Elementary School?
At Schmid Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 6% Hispanic, 92% Black.
Who oversees Schmid Elementary School?
Schmid Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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