Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001106
Spry Elementary Community School
2400 S Marshall Blvd, Chicago, IL 60623 · (773) 534-1700 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% 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.
- DBeats 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
9.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
250 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 | 28 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 34% smaller than its 8th grade class (50).
Student demographics
9%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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
21.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
8.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.3% | 8.6% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 3.8% |
% 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
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Spry Elementary Community School
Spry Elementary Community School's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spry Elementary Community School this school | 317 | 78.9% | 14.8% |
| Whittier Primary School Northlake | 368 | 79.1% | N/A |
| East Elementary School Zion | 275 | 81.5% | N/A |
| Lincoln Elementary School Addison | 345 | 80.9% | 27.6% |
| Washington Elementary School Waukegan | 384 | 78.4% | 23.6% |
| J W Riley Intermediate School Northlake | 320 | 84.7% | 29.7% |
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 Spry Elementary Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #1,760 of 1,925 | #663 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.6% | #1,952 of 2,077 ▼ 25 | #742 of 829 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #1,898 of 2,077 ▼ 303 | #748 of 829 ▼ 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #1,444 of 2,419 | #598 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #50 of 2,035 | #32 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.2% | #1,907 of 2,042 | #734 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #538 of 2,132 | #367 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.9% | #42 of 1,461 | #28 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
317
-56 (-15%) vs 2020
-77% since 1990-91, when it was 1,357
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 | 317 | 35.3 | 9.0:1 | 79% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 33 | 9.2:1 | 90% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 32 | 9.2:1 | 93% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 30 | 18.2:1 | 97% (531) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 34 | 18.1:1 | 98% (600) |
| 2010-11 | 806 | 43 | 18.7:1 | 100% (803) |
| 2000-01 | 894 | 50 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,357 | 69 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spry Elementary Community School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (546 to 317); teachers up 18% (30 to 35.3).
About Spry Elementary Community School
Spry Elementary Community School is a small elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. It had 317 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 8.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (622 schools, 324,396 students) runs Spry Elementary Community School.
The share of Hispanic students at Spry Elementary Community School is 95%. Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Spry Elementary Community School scores 9%.
Spry Elementary Community School lists 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 9.0 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. About 79% of students at Spry Elementary Community School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Spry Elementary Community School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 5% of Illinois public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Spry Elementary Community School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 14.8% actual against 26.0% predicted.
Looking at the county, Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Spry Elementary Community School from the closest public school, Spry Community Links High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Spry Elementary Community School ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Spry Elementary Community School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
The school shrank from 373 students in 2020-21 to 317 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Spry Elementary Community School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Spry Community Links High School0.0 mi · 82
- Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy0.1 mi · 922
- Telpochcalli Elementary School0.1 mi · 209
- Kanoon Elementary Magnet School0.3 mi · 389
- Hammond Elementary School0.4 mi · 259
- Acero Chtr - Octavio Paz Elementary School0.4 mi · 98
Frequently asked questions
About Spry Elementary Community SchoolHow large is Spry Elementary Community School?
Spry Elementary Community School enrolls approximately 317 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Spry Elementary Community School serve?
Spry Elementary Community School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Spry Elementary Community School?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at Spry Elementary Community School.
How diverse is Spry Elementary Community School?
Spry Elementary Community School reports a student body of 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Spry Elementary Community School public or private?
Spry Elementary Community School 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.