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How has Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006603
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
4034 W 56Th St, Chicago, IL 60629 · (773) 535-8280 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
15.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
263 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
4
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 | 49 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 30% smaller than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
17%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
78.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.6pp since 2023
Math
63.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.4pp 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 64 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.3% | 63.5% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 49.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz's state test result (68.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz this school | 542 | 48.5% | 68.8% |
| Melrose Park Elementary School Melrose Park | 602 | 54.5% | 31.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Berwyn | 453 | 47.5% | 41.9% |
| Jane Addams Elementary School Melrose Park | 385 | 46.2% | 47.4% |
| Cicero West Elementary School Cicero | 557 | 57.1% | 26.8% |
| Academy for Global Citizenship Chicago | 486 | 57.6% | 23.1% |
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 Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #149 of 1,925 | #55 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #338 of 2,077 ▼ 14 | #113 of 829 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #171 of 2,077 ▲ 25 | #70 of 829 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #397 of 2,419 | #203 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,675 of 2,035 | #704 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.2% | #1,709 of 2,042 | #647 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.5% | #1,341 of 2,132 | #616 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
542
+290 (+115%) vs 2020
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 | 542 | 34.5 | 15.7:1 | 49% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 30.5 | 16.0:1 | 50% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 48% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz.
About Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz sits in Chicago, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. The school counted 542 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 8. It has 42% more students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, has 324,396 students enrolled across 622 schools.
Roughly 91% of students at Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 6% White and 3% Black. County-wide, 27% of Cook County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is 15.7:1, based on 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz lands at A+, ahead of 95% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 43.5%. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz posts 68.8%, 25.3 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
Among nearby public schools, Peck Elementary School is closest at about 0.4 miles. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 26.3% proficiency; Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz posts 68.8%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 252 in 2020-21 and 542 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves.
The discussion board for Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Peck Elementary School0.4 mi · 777
- Pasteur Elementary School0.5 mi · 620
- Richardson Middle School0.6 mi · 844
- YCCS-Youth Connection Leadership0.6 mi · 100
- Sandoval Elementary School0.7 mi · 736
- Hernandez Middle School0.7 mi · 720
Frequently asked questions
About Sor Juana Ines de la CruzWhat is the total enrollment at Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz?
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz enrolls approximately 542 students in grades PK-08.
Is Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz have?
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz?
Student demographics at Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz are roughly 6% White, 91% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz public or private?
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.