Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001165
Till Elementary Math & Science Academy
6543 S Champlain Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 · (773) 535-0570 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
359 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 | 59 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 28 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (33).
Student demographics
21%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
Till Elementary Math & Science Academy→Hirsch Metropolitan 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
11.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
5.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.0% | 5.1% |
| 2023-24 | 5.3% | 0.5% |
% 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
8.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Till Elementary Math & Science Academy
Till Elementary Math & Science Academy's state test result (8.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Till Elementary Math & Science Academy this school | 370 | 97.0% | 8.1% |
| Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 354 | 95.5% | 14.2% |
| Leland Elementary School Chicago | 344 | 95.6% | 10.4% |
| Curtis Elementary School Chicago | 356 | 97.5% | 9.4% |
| Mae Jemison School Hazel Crest | 368 | 94.8% | 12.4% |
| Herzl Elementary School Chicago | 429 | 97.2% | 4.0% |
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 Till Elementary Math & Science Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.1% | #1,906 of 1,925 | #755 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.1% | #2,030 of 2,077 ▲ 36 | #796 of 829 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #2,056 of 2,077 ▼ 12 | #826 of 829 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #1,147 of 2,419 | #474 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #1,597 of 2,035 | #684 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #1,602 of 2,042 | #601 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.0% | #96 of 2,132 | #71 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.8% | #256 of 615 | #76 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
370
+54 (+17%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 1,057
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 | 370 | 24.3 | 15.3:1 | 97% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 96% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 22.5 | 13.6:1 | 98% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 18.9 | 17.7:1 | 99% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 21 | 17.2:1 | 98% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 24 | 20.3:1 | 99% (484) |
| 2000-01 | 1,093 | 57 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,057 | 63 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Till Elementary Math & Science Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (334 to 370); teachers up 29% (18.9 to 24.3).
About Till Elementary Math & Science Academy
Till Elementary Math & Science Academy is a medium-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. It covers pre-K through 8, with a total enrollment of 370 students.
The 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enroll 324,396 students altogether, Till Elementary Math & Science Academy among them.
Black students make up 88% of enrollment at Till Elementary Math & Science Academy. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic. In Cook County overall, about 22% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 15.3:1 comes from the school's 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.3 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 97% in 2024-25. That is 31 points above the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Till Elementary Math & Science Academy lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 8.1%; the prediction is 15.5%.
Till Elementary Math & Science Academy is located in Cook County, where the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Till Elementary Math & Science Academy is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
YCCS-Progressive Leadership Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Till Elementary Math & Science Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Till Elementary Math & Science Academy at 8th of 9.
For locale, NCES codes Till Elementary Math & Science Academy as City: Large.
Enrollment is up 17% from 2020-21, when Till Elementary Math & Science Academy had 316 students, to 2024-25, when it had 370.
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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
- 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
- YCCS-Progressive Leadership Academy0.4 mi · 122
- Dulles Elementary School0.5 mi · 651
- Wadsworth Elementary School0.6 mi · 487
- Park Manor Elementary School0.6 mi · 313
- Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn0.7 mi · 591
- Fiske Elementary School0.7 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Till Elementary Math & Science AcademyHow many students attend Till Elementary Math & Science Academy?
Till Elementary Math & Science Academy enrolls approximately 370 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Till Elementary Math & Science Academy serve?
Till Elementary Math & Science Academy serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Till Elementary Math & Science Academy have?
Till Elementary Math & Science Academy employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Till Elementary Math & Science Academy?
Student demographics at Till Elementary Math & Science Academy are roughly 11% Hispanic, 88% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Till Elementary Math & Science Academy in?
Till Elementary Math & Science Academy is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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