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Enrollment
1,139
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001096
Skinner Elementary School
111 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60607 · (773) 534-7790 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,139 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
250 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 | 35 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 141 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 155 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 143 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (141) is 68% larger than its 8th grade class (84).
Student demographics
77%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
77.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
70.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.6% | 70.7% |
| 2023-24 | 67.6% | 60.3% |
% 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
70.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Skinner Elementary School
Skinner Elementary School's state test result (70.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skinner Elementary School this school | 1,139 | 21.9% | 70.2% |
| Park View Elementary School Morton Grove | 885 | 31.2% | 70.8% |
| Country Trails Elementary School Elgin | 751 | 17.6% | 67.0% |
| Steeple Run Elementary School Naperville | 622 | 21.1% | 68.8% |
| Hunting Ridge Elementary School Palatine | 639 | 23.8% | 59.9% |
| The Wheatlands Elementary School Aurora | 613 | 29.7% | 64.2% |
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 Skinner Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #118 of 1,925 | #46 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #208 of 2,077 ▼ 58 | #77 of 829 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #180 of 2,077 ▼ 44 | #74 of 829 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,139 | #10 of 2,419 | #8 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #1,951 of 2,035 | #788 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.8% | #7 of 2,042 | #3 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.9% | #1,930 of 2,132 | #740 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #489 of 615 | #151 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
1,139
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+175% since 1990-91, when it was 414
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 | 1,139 | 61 | 18.7:1 | 22% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 1,049 | 63.5 | 16.5:1 | 23% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 976 | 59.5 | 16.4:1 | 24% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 1,147 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,100 | 51.3 | 21.4:1 | 28% (304) |
| 2015-16 | 1,033 | 49 | 21.1:1 | 26% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 724 | 38 | 19.1:1 | 22% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 423 | 37 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 56 | 7.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Skinner Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (1,100 to 1,139); teachers up 19% (51.3 to 61).
About Skinner Elementary School
Skinner Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has 1,139 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 8. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 oversees Skinner Elementary School and 621 other schools, with 324,396 students in total.
No group is above 50% at Skinner Elementary School; the largest is Asian, at 28%. The school is also 26% Black, 26% White, 13% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 8%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Skinner Elementary School scores 77%.
The school has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 18.7 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 4.7 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Skinner Elementary School, 22% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 70.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 58.8%.
In the surrounding county, Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Skinner Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Noble St Chtr-The Noble Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Skinner Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 70.2% is above the 46.9% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,139, close to the 1,147 recorded 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
Other Skinner Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Skinner Elementary. Skinner Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Skinner Elementary SchoolBROWNSVILLE, TX · 344 students
Nearby schools
- Noble St Chtr-The Noble Academy0.0 mi · 415
- Skinner North Elementary School0.1 mi · 515
- Manierre Elementary School0.3 mi · 269
- Franklin Elementary Fine Arts Center0.5 mi · 348
- Newberry Elementary Math & Science Academy0.5 mi · 330
- LaSalle Elementary Language Academy0.6 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Skinner Elementary SchoolHow large is Skinner Elementary School?
Skinner Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,139 students in grades PK-08.
Is Skinner Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Skinner Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Skinner Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Skinner Elementary School is approximately 18.7:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Skinner Elementary School?
At Skinner Elementary School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 13% Hispanic, 26% Black, 28% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Skinner Elementary School?
Skinner Elementary School 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.