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Enrollment
641
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001118
Sutherland Elementary School
10015 S Leavitt St, Chicago, IL 60643 · (773) 535-2580 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL641 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
220 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 26% larger than its 8th grade class (57).
Student demographics
61%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
Sutherland Elementary School→Morgan Park 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
51.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.3pp since 2023
Math
31.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.4% | 31.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.1% | 20.7% |
% 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Sutherland Elementary School
Sutherland Elementary School's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutherland Elementary School this school | 641 | 34.3% | 39.4% |
| Western Avenue Elementary School Flossmoor | 499 | 39.3% | 55.0% |
| Clissold Elementary School Chicago | 508 | 33.7% | 26.4% |
| Willow School Homewood | 603 | 46.1% | N/A |
| Suder Montessori Elementary Magnet Schl Chicago | 423 | 43.5% | 30.1% |
| Hoover Elementary School Calumet City | 571 | 35.0% | 16.9% |
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 Sutherland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #930 of 1,925 | #251 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #1,222 of 2,077 ▼ 70 | #372 of 829 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #957 of 2,077 ▼ 157 | #305 of 829 ▼ 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 641 | #195 of 2,419 | #118 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #963 of 2,035 | #445 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #557 of 2,042 | #211 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.3% | #1,690 of 2,132 | #691 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.1% | #175 of 615 | #45 of 186 |
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
641
-79 (-11%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 566
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 | 641 | 48.5 | 13.2:1 | 34% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 43.5 | 14.5:1 | 36% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 42.5 | 13.9:1 | 35% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 720 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 26.9 | 20.7:1 | 46% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 29 | 23.9:1 | 28% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 772 | 34 | 22.7:1 | 14% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 705 | 28 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 566 | 27 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sutherland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (557 to 641); teachers up 80% (26.9 to 48.5).
About Sutherland Elementary School
This page covers Sutherland Elementary School, a large elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment is 641 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 8. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 68% higher.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 serves 324,396 students across 622 schools.
At 54%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Sutherland Elementary School combined. The remaining students are 30% White, 11% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. Sutherland Elementary School has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 48.5 full-time equivalents, or about 13.2 students per teacher. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 34% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
In Illinois, Sutherland Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 39.4% actual against a predicted 51.7%.
In the county around the school, Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Sutherland Elementary School is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
The closest other public school is Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School, about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 26.7% on proficiency, and Sutherland Elementary School is above that at 39.4%.
Sutherland Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Sutherland Elementary School saw enrollment fall 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
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 Sutherland Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Sutherland Elementary. Sutherland Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM HARBOR, FL · 564 students
- Sutherland ElementarySutherland, VA · 548 students
- Sutherland ElementaryGlendora, CA · 488 students
- Sutherland ElementaryStockton, CA · 360 students
- SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSUTHERLAND, NE · 164 students
Nearby schools
- Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School0.8 mi · 241
- Kellogg Elementary School1.0 mi · 299
- Southeast Elementary School1.0 mi · 303
- Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center1.0 mi · 243
- CICS - Loomis Primary Campus1.2 mi · 333
- Julian High School1.2 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Sutherland Elementary SchoolHow large is Sutherland Elementary School?
Sutherland Elementary School enrolls approximately 641 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Sutherland Elementary School serve?
Sutherland Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Sutherland Elementary School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Sutherland Elementary School.
How diverse is Sutherland Elementary School?
Sutherland Elementary School reports a student body of 30% White, 11% Hispanic, 54% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Sutherland Elementary School?
Sutherland Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.