Enrollment
209
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001613
Telpochcalli Elementary School
2832 W 24th Blvd, Chicago, IL 60623 · (773) 534-1402 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL209 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
182 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 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (25).
Student demographics
19%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
Telpochcalli Elementary School→Farragut 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
33.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.2pp since 2023
Math
15.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 15.6% |
| 2023-24 | 18.4% | 6.2% |
% 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
23.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 Telpochcalli Elementary School
Telpochcalli Elementary School's state test result (23.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telpochcalli Elementary School this school | 209 | 87.1% | 23.1% |
| Acero Chtr - Esmera Santiago Cmps Chicago | 224 | 88.8% | 28.0% |
| DePue Elementary School DePue | 232 | 89.2% | 14.3% |
| Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las Chicago | 225 | 88.4% | 16.1% |
| Daniel Burnham Elementary School Cicero | 185 | 84.3% | N/A |
| Sunny Hill Elementary School Carpentersville | 245 | 87.8% | 30.9% |
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 Telpochcalli Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #1,506 of 1,925 | #507 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #1,722 of 2,077 ▲ 79 | #602 of 829 ▲ 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #1,562 of 2,077 ▲ 77 | #561 of 829 ▲ 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 209 | #2,019 of 2,419 | #811 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #43 of 2,035 | #26 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.5% | #1,638 of 2,042 | #616 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #358 of 2,132 | #254 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.4% | #224 of 1,461 | #143 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
209
-34 (-14%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 238
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 | 209 | 23.5 | 8.9:1 | 87% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 223 | 23 | 9.7:1 | 89% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 219 | 25.5 | 8.6:1 | 86% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 16.5 | 17.4:1 | 91% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 19 | 15.5:1 | 92% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 18 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 238 | 17 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Telpochcalli Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (288 to 209); teachers up 42% (16.5 to 23.5).
About Telpochcalli Elementary School
Telpochcalli Elementary School is a small elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, (ZIP code 60623). The school had 209 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Illinois) has about 381 students.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 622 schools; together they serve 324,396 students.
At Telpochcalli Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 89% of the student body. The remaining students are 5% White and 5% Black. Among people living in Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. By the diversity index, Telpochcalli Elementary School comes in at 19%.
Staffing totals 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 87%. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Telpochcalli Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 29% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 21.2%. Telpochcalli Elementary School scores 23.1%.
Census estimates describe Cook County this way: median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
Nearest public school: Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Telpochcalli Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Telpochcalli Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 23.1% versus a 15.1% average.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The student count in 2024-25 was 209, 14% below the 243 of 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. 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
Nearby schools
- Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy0.0 mi · 922
- Spry Community Links High School0.1 mi · 82
- Spry Elementary Community School0.1 mi · 317
- Hammond Elementary School0.3 mi · 259
- Acero Chtr - Octavio Paz Elementary School0.3 mi · 98
- Kanoon Elementary Magnet School0.4 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About Telpochcalli Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Telpochcalli Elementary School?
Telpochcalli Elementary School enrolls approximately 209 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Telpochcalli Elementary School serve?
Telpochcalli Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Telpochcalli Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Telpochcalli Elementary School is approximately 8.9:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Telpochcalli Elementary School?
At Telpochcalli Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 89% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Telpochcalli Elementary School in?
Telpochcalli Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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