Enrollment
323
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001100
Solomon Elementary School
6206 N Hamlin Ave, Chicago, IL 60659 · (773) 534-5226 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
158 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 | 36 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (36).
Student demographics
69%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
Solomon Elementary School→Mather 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
63.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
46.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.4% | 46.3% |
| 2023-24 | 56.1% | 35.8% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Solomon Elementary School
Solomon Elementary School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Elementary School this school | 323 | 48.9% | 53.3% |
| Forest View Elementary School Mount Prospect | 339 | 48.4% | 56.9% |
| Washington Elementary School Glenview | 406 | 50.5% | 47.1% |
| Highland Elementary School Skokie | 316 | 47.5% | 59.0% |
| Hawthorn Townline Elementary School Vernon Hills | 306 | 40.2% | 60.7% |
| Melzer School Morton Grove | 395 | 40.0% | 52.2% |
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 Solomon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #491 of 1,925 | #138 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #772 of 2,077 ▼ 134 | #233 of 829 ▼ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #559 of 2,077 ▼ 234 | #190 of 829 ▼ 69 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #1,406 of 2,419 | #582 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #353 of 2,035 | #188 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #202 of 2,042 | #89 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #1,328 of 2,132 | #614 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #1,069 of 1,461 | #521 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
323
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 329
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 | 323 | 28.5 | 11.3:1 | 49% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 28.8 | 11.8:1 | 50% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 50% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 348 | 20.7 | 16.8:1 | 57% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 55% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 20 | 18.6:1 | 56% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 31 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 329 | 21 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Solomon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (348 to 323); teachers up 37% (20.7 to 28.5).
About Solomon Elementary School
Solomon Elementary School is a small elementary school for students in Chicago, Illinois. A federal count lists 323 students at the school, in pre-K through 8.
A total of 622 schools make up Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students enrolled.
The most common group at Solomon Elementary School is White students, at 43%. Other groups include 32% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 44% of residents are White. Solomon Elementary School's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 11.3:1 comes from the school's 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The lunch program counts 49% of students at Solomon Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
Solomon Elementary School scores 53.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 43.3%.
Within Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Solomon Elementary School, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
The closest other public school is CICS - Northtown Campus, about 0.3 miles away. Solomon Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 52.8% on proficiency, and Solomon Elementary School is above that at 53.3%.
NCES assigns Solomon Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Solomon Elementary School was 316 in 2020-21 and 323 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
The Solomon Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Solomon Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Solomon Elementary. Solomon Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Solomon ElemSolomon, KS · 283 students
- Solomon Elementary SchoolSolomon, AZ · 179 students
Nearby schools
- CICS - Northtown Campus0.3 mi · 878
- Rutledge Hall Elementary School0.8 mi · 385
- Lincoln Hall Middle School0.8 mi · 413
- Todd Hall Elementary School0.9 mi · 398
- Peterson Elementary School1.0 mi · 913
- West Ridge Elementary School1.1 mi · 683
Frequently asked questions
About Solomon Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Solomon Elementary School?
Solomon Elementary School enrolls approximately 323 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Solomon Elementary School serve?
Solomon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Solomon Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Solomon Elementary School is approximately 11.3:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Solomon Elementary School?
Solomon Elementary School reports a student body of 43% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, 32% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Solomon Elementary School?
Solomon Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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