Enrollment
194
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000628
Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy
9300 S Princeton Ave, Chicago, IL 60620 · (773) 535-5720 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL194 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
151 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 10 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 14 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (10) is 29% smaller than its 8th grade class (14).
Student demographics
2%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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
48.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.1pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.8% | 18.3% |
% 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
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy
Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy this school | 194 | 77.8% | 39.1% |
| Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School Chicago | 206 | 79.1% | 33.9% |
| Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy Chicago | 203 | 78.8% | 35.8% |
| Colemon J Elementary Academy Chicago | 166 | 77.7% | 38.6% |
| Revere Elementary School Chicago | 184 | 78.8% | 13.2% |
| Pirie Elementary Fine Arts & Academic C Chicago | 216 | 72.7% | 17.2% |
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 Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #947 of 1,925 | #258 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,086 of 2,077 ▲ 170 | #321 of 829 ▲ 68 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #1,034 of 2,077 ▲ 113 | #339 of 829 ▲ 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 194 | #2,059 of 2,419 | #828 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.8% | #561 of 2,132 | #376 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #385 of 1,461 | #235 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
194
-18 (-8%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 404
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 | 194 | 15 | 12.9:1 | 78% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 193 | 16 | 12.1:1 | 85% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 199 | 14 | 14.2:1 | 83% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 212 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 248 | 13 | 19.0:1 | 77% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 17 | 16.1:1 | 74% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 21 | 18.8:1 | 83% (326) |
| 2000-01 | 406 | 22 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 21 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (248 to 194); teachers up 15% (13 to 15).
About Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy
Students in Chicago, Illinois, attend Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy, a low-enrollment elementary school. It has an enrollment of 194 students in kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 49% below that mark.
Enrollment across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 totals 324,396 students.
The share of Black students at Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy is 99%. The school's Black share is 77 points above the 22% share among Cook County residents. The diversity index for Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy is 2%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 15 full-time-equivalent teachers at Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy, giving a ratio of 12.9:1. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 1.0 students per teacher. On the income side, 78% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy lands at B, ahead of 62% of Illinois public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.1%; the prediction is 26.6%.
The school is in Cook County, where median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy.
Measured in a straight line, Gillespie Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 25.6%, lower than Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy's 39.1%.
Federal data place Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% drop, from 212 to 194.
Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
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- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
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- 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
- Gillespie Elementary School0.4 mi · 288
- Kipling Elementary School0.5 mi · 237
- Harlan Community Academy High School0.7 mi · 220
- Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School0.8 mi · 351
- Evers Elementary School0.8 mi · 233
- McDade Elementary Classical School0.9 mi · 207
Frequently asked questions
About Turner-Drew Elementary Language AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy?
Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy enrolls approximately 194 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy serve?
Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy.
How diverse is Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy?
Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy reports a student body of 1% Hispanic, 99% Black.
What district is Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy in?
Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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