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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001116
Sullivan Elementary School
8331 S Mackinaw Ave, Chicago, IL 60617 · (773) 535-6585 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
422 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 | 53 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 61% larger than its 8th grade class (33).
Student demographics
44%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
22.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
5.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.2% | 5.1% |
| 2023-24 | 16.4% | 4.3% |
% 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
14.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Sullivan Elementary School
Sullivan Elementary School's state test result (14.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan Elementary School this school | 439 | 96.1% | 14.6% |
| Brunson Math & Sci Specialty Elementary School Chicago | 452 | 94.0% | 8.6% |
| Wentworth Elementary School Chicago | 433 | 97.5% | 10.1% |
| Young Elementary School Chicago | 417 | 96.2% | 15.6% |
| CICS - Prairie Campus Chicago | 412 | 94.4% | 18.4% |
| Oak Glen Elementary School Lansing | 526 | 98.3% | 30.2% |
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 Sullivan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #1,764 of 1,925 | #666 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.1% | #2,029 of 2,077 ▼ 131 | #795 of 829 ▼ 81 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #1,879 of 2,077 ▼ 186 | #737 of 829 ▼ 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #797 of 2,419 | #363 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #739 of 2,035 | #351 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #1,061 of 2,042 | #395 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.1% | #115 of 2,132 | #87 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #692 of 1,461 | #367 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
439
+54 (+14%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 408
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 | 439 | 35 | 12.5:1 | 96% (422) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 36.5 | 11.2:1 | 92% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 35 | 11.0:1 | 96% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 28.8 | 17.8:1 | 99% (510) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 28 | 17.2:1 | 99% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 29 | 19.5:1 | 93% (523) |
| 2000-01 | 747 | 38 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 21 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sullivan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (513 to 439); teachers up 21% (28.8 to 35).
About Sullivan Elementary School
Families in Chicago, Illinois, are served by Sullivan Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 439 students at the school, in pre-K through 8.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs Sullivan Elementary School along with 621 other schools, enrolling 324,396 students in total.
Black students are the majority at Sullivan Elementary School, with 70% of enrollment. The school is also 26% Hispanic and 3% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 22%. Sullivan Elementary School's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 35 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 12.5:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 96% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Sullivan Elementary School is -1.4 points: 14.6% actual, 16.0% predicted.
Cook County has these Census figures: the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
The closest public school, EPIC Academy High School, is about 0.4 miles from Sullivan Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Sullivan Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Sullivan Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 54 more students in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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 Sullivan Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Sullivan Elementary. Sullivan Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Sullivan Elementary SchoolSullivan, IL · 565 students
- Sullivan ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 662 students
- Sullivan ElementaryMINNEAPOLIS, MN · 640 students
- Sullivan Elementary SchoolSullivan, IN · 627 students
- SULLIVAN ELEM.SULLIVAN, MO · 386 students
Nearby schools
- EPIC Academy High School0.4 mi · 255
- Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center0.5 mi · 315
- LEARN Chtr - South Chicago Campus0.8 mi · 390
- Thorp J N Elementary School0.8 mi · 296
- Great Lakes Academy Charter Elementary School0.9 mi · 538
- Noble St Chtr-Baker Campus1.0 mi · 285
Frequently asked questions
About Sullivan Elementary SchoolHow large is Sullivan Elementary School?
Sullivan Elementary School enrolls approximately 439 students in grades PK-08.
Is Sullivan Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sullivan Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Sullivan Elementary School have?
Sullivan Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Sullivan Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sullivan Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 26% Hispanic, 70% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Sullivan Elementary School public or private?
Sullivan Elementary 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.