Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001098
Smyth J Elementary School
1059 W 13th St, Chicago, IL 60608 · (773) 534-7180 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
280 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 | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 3 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (30).
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
Smyth J Elementary School→Wells 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
14.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.3pp since 2023
Math
1.5%
IL avg 37.9% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 2 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 have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.9% | 1.5% |
| 2023-24 | 6.6% | 1.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 25% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Smyth J Elementary School
Smyth J Elementary School's state test result (7.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smyth J Elementary School this school | 348 | 80.5% | 7.3% |
| Bennett Elementary School Chicago | 312 | 80.4% | 23.0% |
| Illinois School Park Forest | 391 | 79.3% | 37.1% |
| Carnegie Elementary School Chicago | 389 | 79.7% | 30.1% |
| Dett Elementary School Chicago | 326 | 82.5% | 6.6% |
| Wells Preparatory Elementary Academy Chicago | 308 | 82.8% | 32.8% |
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 Smyth J Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.3% | #1,912 of 1,925 | #757 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 1.5% | #2,073 of 2,077 ▼ 39 | #825 of 829 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #2,013 of 2,077 ▲ 8 | #807 of 829 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #1,268 of 2,419 | #523 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #482 of 2,035 | #256 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.0% | #1,812 of 2,042 | #686 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.5% | #492 of 2,132 | #339 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #295 of 1,461 | #190 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
348
-62 (-15%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 718
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 | 348 | 29.5 | 11.8:1 | 80% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 33.5 | 10.9:1 | 90% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 35.5 | 11.2:1 | 96% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 27.2 | 17.0:1 | 97% (447) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 97% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 98% (561) |
| 2000-01 | 565 | 32 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 718 | 42 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smyth J Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (463 to 348); teachers up 8% (27.2 to 29.5).
About Smyth J Elementary School
Smyth J Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The grade span is pre-K through 8, and enrollment is 348 students.
Smyth J Elementary School sits within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Smyth J Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 93% Black. It is also 5% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 22% Black. By the diversity index, Smyth J Elementary School comes in at 13%.
Teachers at the school number 29.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.8:1. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Smyth J Elementary School is 80%. That is 14 points above the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Smyth J Elementary School is 25.1%. It actually posts 7.3%, which is 17.8 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Smyth J Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in Cook County, which together enroll about 697,934 students.
The closest public school, Chicago Technology Academy High School, is about 0.3 miles from Smyth J Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Smyth J Elementary School places 8th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Smyth J Elementary School saw enrollment fall 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Smyth J Elementary School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Technology Academy High School0.3 mi · 315
- Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd0.4 mi · 547
- Joseph Jungman Magnet Elementary School0.5 mi · 301
- STEM Magnet Academy Elementary School0.6 mi · 397
- Pilsen Elementary Community Academy0.6 mi · 217
- Perez Elementary School0.7 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Smyth J Elementary SchoolHow large is Smyth J Elementary School?
Smyth J Elementary School enrolls approximately 348 students in grades PK-08.
Is Smyth J Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Smyth J Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Smyth J Elementary School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Smyth J Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Smyth J Elementary School?
At Smyth J Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 5% Hispanic, 93% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Smyth J Elementary School?
Smyth J 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.