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Enrollment
850
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001130
Twain Elementary School
5134 S Lotus Ave, Chicago, IL 60638 · (773) 535-2290 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL850 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
634 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 | 31 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 109 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 37% smaller than its 8th grade class (109).
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
Twain Elementary School→Kennedy 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
61.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.6pp since 2023
Math
32.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 32.3% |
| 2023-24 | 51.7% | 19.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Twain Elementary School
Twain Elementary School's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twain Elementary School this school | 850 | 74.6% | 43.3% |
| Lyon Elementary School Chicago | 988 | 77.1% | 34.8% |
| Lords Park Elementary School Elgin | 655 | 71.3% | 23.1% |
| Barbour Two-Way Lang Immersion Rockford | 628 | 72.1% | 29.7% |
| Gray Elementary School Chicago | 1,000 | 79.1% | 31.7% |
| Azuela Elementary School Chicago | 690 | 79.4% | 31.9% |
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 Twain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #816 of 1,925 | #214 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,201 of 2,077 ▲ 10 | #367 of 829 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #632 of 2,077 ▼ 202 | #211 of 829 ▼ 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 850 | #46 of 2,419 | #35 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,439 of 2,035 | #636 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.7% | #1,668 of 2,042 | #626 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #639 of 2,132 | #413 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #283 of 1,461 | #182 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
850
-205 (-19%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 519
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 | 850 | 58.3 | 14.6:1 | 75% (634) |
| 2023-24 | 876 | 57 | 15.4:1 | 76% (670) |
| 2022-23 | 931 | 58.5 | 15.9:1 | 75% (699) |
| 2020-21 | 1,055 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,133 | 57.6 | 19.7:1 | 83% (937) |
| 2015-16 | 1,177 | 57 | 20.6:1 | 85% (995) |
| 2010-11 | 1,127 | 52 | 21.7:1 | 87% (981) |
| 2000-01 | 932 | 43 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 27 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twain Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (1,133 to 850); teachers up 1% (57.6 to 58.3).
About Twain Elementary School
Twain Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Chicago, Illinois. The grade span is pre-K through 8, and enrollment is 850 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381, so this school runs 123% bigger than that.
Twain Elementary School belongs to Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district of 622 schools and 324,396 students.
The large majority of students at Twain Elementary School, 90%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 7% White and 2% Black. Among all residents of Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. By the diversity index, Twain Elementary School comes in at 19%.
With 58.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Twain Elementary School was 14.6:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have a similar average ratio of 13.9:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 75%. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Twain Elementary School does better than predicted by 14.8 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.3%; the prediction is 28.4%.
Within Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
Charles J Sahs Elementary School is located about 0.2 miles from Twain Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Twain Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Twain Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,055 in 2020-21 and 850 in 2024-25, a 19% decrease.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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
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
Other Twain Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Twain Elementary. Twain Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Twain Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 924 students
- Twain ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 474 students
- Twain Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Charles J Sahs Elementary School0.2 mi · 262
- Hearst Elementary School0.9 mi · 285
- Academy for Global Citizenship1.1 mi · 486
- Kinzie Elementary School1.2 mi · 637
- Kennedy High School1.3 mi · 1,647
- Hale Elementary School1.6 mi · 791
Frequently asked questions
About Twain Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Twain Elementary School?
Twain Elementary School enrolls approximately 850 students in grades PK-08.
Is Twain Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Twain Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Twain Elementary School have?
Twain Elementary School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Twain Elementary School?
At Twain Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian.
Is Twain Elementary School public or private?
Twain Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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