Enrollment
203
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001117
Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy
4320 W 5th Ave, Chicago, IL 60624 · (773) 534-6730 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL203 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
160 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 | 12 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 17% larger than its 8th grade class (18).
Student demographics
11%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
Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy→Manley Career Academy High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
52.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
29.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.6% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 13.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy
Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy this school | 203 | 78.8% | 35.8% |
| Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School Chicago | 206 | 79.1% | 33.9% |
| Revere Elementary School Chicago | 184 | 78.8% | 13.2% |
| Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy Chicago | 194 | 77.8% | 39.1% |
| McKinley Elementary School South Holland | 176 | 80.1% | 34.3% |
| Colemon J Elementary Academy Chicago | 166 | 77.7% | 38.6% |
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 Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #1,063 of 1,925 | #304 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #1,287 of 2,077 ▲ 195 | #397 of 829 ▲ 88 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #920 of 2,077 ▼ 164 | #294 of 829 ▼ 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 203 | #2,037 of 2,419 | #818 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #144 of 2,035 | #84 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.2% | #1,865 of 2,042 | #711 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.8% | #540 of 2,132 | #368 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.4% | #251 of 1,461 | #160 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
203
-36 (-15%) vs 2020
-71% since 1990-91, when it was 712
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 | 203 | 20 | 10.2:1 | 79% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 203 | 19 | 10.7:1 | 95% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 201 | 19 | 10.6:1 | 88% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 15.5 | 17.8:1 | 94% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 279 | 15 | 18.6:1 | 94% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 22 | 19.9:1 | 97% (427) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 43 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 712 | 38 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (276 to 203); teachers up 29% (15.5 to 20).
About Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy
In Chicago, Illinois, part of Cook County, Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy is an elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 203 students. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 47% lower.
Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy is among 622 schools run by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which serves 324,396 students.
The share of Black students at Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy is 94%. Next come 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 22% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy scores 11%.
Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy reports a ratio of 10.2 students per teacher, from 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 10.2:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. Lunch program data show 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy is +9.8 points: 35.8% actual, 26.0% predicted.
For Cook County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $83,498 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Webster Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy had a net loss of 36 students, or 15%.
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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
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- Webster Elementary School0.3 mi · 183
- Frazier Perspectives Magnet Elementary School0.5 mi · 129
- Hefferan Elementary School0.5 mi · 214
- Melody Elementary School0.6 mi · 341
- YCCS-CCA Academy High School0.6 mi · 124
- Legal Prep Academy Charter High School0.7 mi · 210
Frequently asked questions
About Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy?
Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy enrolls approximately 203 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy serve?
Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy have?
Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy?
Student demographics at Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy are roughly 1% White, 5% Hispanic, 94% Black.
Is Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy public or private?
Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy 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.