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Enrollment
831
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001123
Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy
6024 W Warwick Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 · (773) 534-3640 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL831 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
308 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 | 81 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 14% smaller than its 8th grade class (94).
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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
67.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.3pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.9% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.6% | 33.8% |
% 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
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy
Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy this school | 831 | 37.1% | 56.7% |
| Pulaski Intl School of Chicago Chicago | 889 | 34.0% | 54.9% |
| McPherson Elementary School Chicago | 794 | 41.7% | 39.1% |
| Virginia Lake Elementary School Palatine | 717 | 42.3% | 40.7% |
| Lakewood Creek Elementary Montgomery | 767 | 37.8% | 40.7% |
| Brentano Elementary Math & Science Academy Chicago | 763 | 34.9% | 52.6% |
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 Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #399 of 1,925 | #122 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #620 of 2,077 ▲ 67 | #187 of 829 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #410 of 2,077 ▼ 101 | #147 of 829 ▼ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 831 | #51 of 2,419 | #39 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,434 of 2,035 | #633 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #546 of 2,042 | #206 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #1,620 of 2,132 | #672 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #1,363 of 1,461 | #624 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
831
+24 (+3%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 719
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 | 831 | 57 | 14.6:1 | 37% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 823 | 56.5 | 14.6:1 | 42% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 787 | 56.5 | 13.9:1 | 40% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 807 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 848 | 48.1 | 17.6:1 | 47% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 841 | 46 | 18.3:1 | 49% (408) |
| 2010-11 | 831 | 44 | 18.9:1 | 48% (396) |
| 2000-01 | 776 | 39 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 719 | 35 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (848 to 831); teachers up 19% (48.1 to 57).
About Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy
Chicago, Illinois, is home to Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy, a large elementary school. The school reports 831 students in kindergarten through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Federal data list 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 324,396 students enrolled.
At 55%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy combined. The remaining students are 29% White, 8% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. By the diversity index, Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy comes in at 61%.
Staffing totals 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 37%. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.7%, compared with a predicted 50.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 1,406 public schools in Cook County, with a combined enrollment of about 697,934.
Nearest public school: Chicago Academy Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy ranks 1st of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 56.7% against a local average of 29.0%.
NCES describes the area around Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy saw enrollment rise 3% 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
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Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
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- 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
- Chicago Academy Elementary School0.4 mi · 548
- Chicago Academy High School0.4 mi · 580
- Reinberg Elementary School0.6 mi · 768
- Rickover Naval Academy High Schl0.7 mi · 527
- Smyser Elementary School0.8 mi · 773
- Steinmetz College Prep High School1.0 mi · 1,230
Frequently asked questions
About Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic AcademyHow large is Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy?
Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy enrolls approximately 831 students in grades KG-08.
Is Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy have?
Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy?
Student demographics at Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy are roughly 29% White, 55% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy in?
Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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