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Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001119
Swift Elementary Specialty School
5900 N Winthrop Ave, Chicago, IL 60660 · (773) 534-2695 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
462 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 | 70 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 9% larger than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
75%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
Swift Elementary Specialty School→Senn 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
37.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.5pp since 2023
Math
24.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.5% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 18.6% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Swift Elementary Specialty School
Swift Elementary Specialty School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swift Elementary Specialty School this school | 533 | 86.7% | 28.3% |
| Goudy Technology Academy Chicago | 491 | 82.3% | 40.8% |
| Asian Human Srvcs-Passage Chrtr Chicago | 379 | 92.3% | 17.2% |
| Hayt Elementary School Chicago | 851 | 82.0% | 31.1% |
| West Ridge Elementary School Chicago | 683 | 84.8% | 33.1% |
| Volta Elementary School Chicago | 739 | 90.8% | 18.6% |
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 Swift Elementary Specialty School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #1,329 of 1,925 | #429 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #1,469 of 2,077 ▼ 226 | #468 of 829 ▼ 87 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,432 of 2,077 ▲ 23 | #504 of 829 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #423 of 2,419 | #214 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #354 of 2,035 | #189 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.8% | #19 of 2,042 | #9 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #370 of 2,132 | #264 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.5% | #300 of 1,461 | #191 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
533
-50 (-9%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 849
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 | 533 | 47 | 11.3:1 | 87% (462) |
| 2023-24 | 595 | 43 | 13.8:1 | 86% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 82% (438) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 706 | 37.7 | 18.7:1 | 82% (578) |
| 2015-16 | 700 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 81% (567) |
| 2010-11 | 691 | 37 | 18.7:1 | 87% (600) |
| 2000-01 | 881 | 46 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 849 | 44 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Swift Elementary Specialty School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (706 to 533); teachers up 25% (37.7 to 47).
About Swift Elementary Specialty School
Swift Elementary Specialty School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. It had 533 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 40% larger than average.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 622 schools; together they serve 324,396 students.
The largest group at Swift Elementary Specialty School is Hispanic students, at 33%. It is also 25% Black, 23% Asian, 15% White, and 3% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Swift Elementary Specialty School scores 75%.
On staff are 47 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Swift Elementary Specialty School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 87%. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Swift Elementary Specialty School would be expected to post about 21.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.3%.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Of the public schools around it, Swift Elementary Specialty School is closest to Senn High School, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Swift Elementary Specialty School is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Swift Elementary Specialty School had a net loss of 50 students, or 9%.
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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
Nearby schools
- Senn High School0.4 mi · 1,571
- Peirce Elementary Intl Studies School0.6 mi · 1,116
- Hayt Elementary School0.6 mi · 851
- Asian Human Srvcs-Passage Chrtr0.8 mi · 379
- Goudy Technology Academy0.9 mi · 491
- Sullivan High School1.1 mi · 762
Frequently asked questions
About Swift Elementary Specialty SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Swift Elementary Specialty School?
Swift Elementary Specialty School enrolls approximately 533 students in grades PK-08.
Is Swift Elementary Specialty School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Swift Elementary Specialty School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Swift Elementary Specialty School have?
Swift Elementary Specialty School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Swift Elementary Specialty School?
Student demographics at Swift Elementary Specialty School are roughly 15% White, 33% Hispanic, 25% Black, 23% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Swift Elementary Specialty School in?
Swift Elementary Specialty School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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