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Enrollment
1,206
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001103
Stevenson Elementary School
8010 S Kostner Ave, Chicago, IL 60652 · (773) 535-2280 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,206 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
1,023 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 | 109 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 143 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 116 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 119 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 117 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 6% smaller than its 8th grade class (117).
Student demographics
20%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
Stevenson Elementary School→Bogan 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
39.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
21.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.1% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 27.1% | 13.4% |
% 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
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Stevenson Elementary School
Stevenson Elementary School's state test result (29.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevenson Elementary School this school | 1,206 | 84.8% | 29.0% |
| Locke J Elementary School Chicago | 1,089 | 86.3% | 26.3% |
| Haugan Elementary School Chicago | 1,065 | 86.9% | 20.0% |
| Hanson Park Elementary School Chicago | 1,125 | 93.3% | 31.2% |
| Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy Chicago | 922 | 91.2% | 18.8% |
| Gray Elementary School Chicago | 1,000 | 79.1% | 31.7% |
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 Stevenson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,299 of 1,925 | #411 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #1,565 of 2,077 ▼ 94 | #519 of 829 ▼ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #1,376 of 2,077 ▼ 80 | #476 of 829 ▼ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,206 | #7 of 2,419 | #5 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,099 of 2,035 | #493 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.0% | #1,620 of 2,042 | #607 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #402 of 2,132 | #286 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #1,236 of 1,461 | #575 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
1,206
+71 (+6%) vs 2020
+94% since 1990-91, when it was 623
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 | 1,206 | 88.8 | 13.6:1 | 85% (1,023) |
| 2023-24 | 1,169 | 79.5 | 14.7:1 | 88% (1,030) |
| 2022-23 | 1,124 | 81.5 | 13.8:1 | 85% (957) |
| 2020-21 | 1,135 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,259 | 68.4 | 18.4:1 | 88% (1,114) |
| 2015-16 | 1,291 | 67 | 19.3:1 | 89% (1,151) |
| 2010-11 | 1,336 | 62 | 21.6:1 | 90% (1,197) |
| 2000-01 | 969 | 52 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 623 | 40 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stevenson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,259 to 1,206); teachers up 30% (68.4 to 88.8).
About Stevenson Elementary School
At 8010 S Kostner Ave in Chicago, Illinois, Stevenson Elementary School operates as a large elementary school. There are 1,206 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 8. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Stevenson Elementary School reports to Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
By race and ethnicity, Stevenson Elementary School is 89% Hispanic. Other groups include 6% Black and 3% White. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Stevenson Elementary School totals 88.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Stevenson Elementary School is about 85%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
The model predicts 22.5% for a school in Illinois with Stevenson Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Stevenson Elementary School posts 29.0%.
Census data for Cook County show median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Stevenson Elementary School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Stevenson Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Durkin Park Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Stevenson Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Stevenson Elementary School's average proficiency of 29.0% compares with 29.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment increased by 6% across 4 years, from 1,135 in 2020-21 to 1,206 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. 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
Other Stevenson Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 7 states are named Stevenson Elementary. Stevenson Elementary School is the largest of the 12.
- Stevenson Elementary SchoolBloomington, IL · 299 students
- Stevenson Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 725 students
- Stevenson ElementaryBellevue, WA · 581 students
- Stevenson ElementaryMountain View, CA · 461 students
- Stevenson ElementaryFRIDLEY, MN · 459 students
Nearby schools
- Durkin Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 679
- Bogan High School0.6 mi · 716
- Richard Byrd Elementary School0.8 mi · 266
- Dawes Elementary School0.8 mi · 926
- Hometown Elementary School1.1 mi · 338
- Ashburn Community Elementary School1.2 mi · 324
Frequently asked questions
About Stevenson Elementary SchoolHow large is Stevenson Elementary School?
Stevenson Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,206 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Stevenson Elementary School serve?
Stevenson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Stevenson Elementary School have?
Stevenson Elementary School employs 89 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Stevenson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Stevenson Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 89% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Stevenson Elementary School in?
Stevenson Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.