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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elem Academy this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001095
Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy
11140 S Bishop St, Chicago, IL 60643 · (773) 535-2715 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Illinois public elementary schools
- DTest 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
17.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
470 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 | 47 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 51% larger than its 8th grade class (43).
Student demographics
13%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
Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy→Morgan Park 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
30.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.7pp since 2023
Math
12.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.2% | 12.8% |
| 2023-24 | 20.5% | 7.5% |
% 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
20.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% 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 Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy
Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy's state test result (20.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy this school | 515 | 91.3% | 20.0% |
| Deneen Elementary School Chicago | 451 | 92.2% | 21.2% |
| CICS - Avalon/South Shore Chicago | 469 | 90.2% | 42.0% |
| Legacy Elementary Charter School Chicago | 458 | 92.4% | 23.1% |
| CICS - Washington Pk Campus Chicago | 493 | 95.3% | 32.1% |
| Powell Elementary Paideia Comm Academy Chicago | 542 | 88.6% | 17.1% |
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 Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #1,603 of 1,925 | #565 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #1,805 of 2,077 ▼ 61 | #651 of 829 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #1,659 of 2,077 ▼ 111 | #603 of 829 ▼ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #489 of 2,419 | #238 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,866 of 2,035 | #766 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.6% | #1,830 of 2,042 | #695 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.3% | #250 of 2,132 | #181 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.5% | #123 of 615 | #30 of 186 |
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
515
+95 (+23%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 621
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 | 515 | 30 | 17.2:1 | 91% (470) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 94% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 30 | 12.9:1 | 92% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 24.3 | 17.8:1 | 97% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 24 | 19.9:1 | 97% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 27 | 21.8:1 | 97% (574) |
| 2000-01 | 728 | 40 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 621 | 32 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (431 to 515); teachers up 24% (24.3 to 30).
About Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy
Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy is a medium-sized elementary school in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, located in Chicago, Illinois. It covers pre-K through 8, with a total enrollment of 515 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, has 324,396 students enrolled across 622 schools.
Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy's enrollment is 93% Black. Next come 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 22% Black. Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy's diversity index is 13%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 30 full-time-equivalent teachers at Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy and a ratio of 17.2:1. This ratio sits 3.2 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 91% of students. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 25 points.
allk12 grades Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy a C-. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy is 1.2 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 20.0% actual, 18.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
Among Cook County residents, the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Chicago Excel Academy High School, about 0.3 miles away. Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy's average proficiency of 20.0% compares with 26.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Over 4 years, Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy's enrollment climbed 23%, to 515.
Discussions about Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Chicago Excel Academy High School0.3 mi · 266
- Morgan Park High School0.4 mi · 1,349
- Whistler Elementary School0.5 mi · 242
- Esmond Elementary School0.5 mi · 221
- Higgins Elementary Community Academy0.9 mi · 271
- Colemon J Elementary Academy1.0 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary AcademyHow many students attend Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy?
Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy enrolls approximately 515 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy serve?
Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy is approximately 17.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy?
At Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy, the student body is approximately 1% White, 4% Hispanic, 93% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy?
Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.