Enrollment
241
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001131
Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School
9510 S Prospect Ave, Chicago, IL 60643 · (773) 535-2690 · Cook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
137 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 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 14% smaller than its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
5%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
43.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +22.6pp since 2023
Math
10.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.1% | 10.2% |
| 2023-24 | 20.5% | 3.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School
Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School's state test result (22.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School this school | 241 | 56.8% | 22.9% |
| Owen Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 281 | 58.4% | 28.7% |
| Daisy Bates Academy of Social Justic Chicago | 225 | 61.3% | 21.5% |
| South Shore Fine Arts Elementary School Chicago | 224 | 63.4% | 32.5% |
| Coles Elementary Language Academy Chicago | 286 | 60.8% | 22.1% |
| Heather Hill Elementary School Flossmoor | 319 | 58.0% | 43.5% |
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 Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #1,512 of 1,925 | #512 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #1,894 of 2,077 ▲ 38 | #705 of 829 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #1,240 of 2,077 ▲ 308 | #410 of 829 ▲ 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 241 | #1,875 of 2,419 | #764 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #732 of 2,035 | #349 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.9% | #2,006 of 2,042 | #800 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #1,104 of 2,132 | #564 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #716 of 1,461 | #380 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
241
-16 (-6%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 307
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 | 241 | 19.3 | 12.5:1 | 57% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 237 | 17.3 | 13.7:1 | 63% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 241 | 18 | 13.4:1 | 58% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 280 | 16.1 | 17.4:1 | 68% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 292 | 14 | 20.9:1 | 70% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 15 | 21.5:1 | 63% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 16 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 307 | 18 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (280 to 241); teachers up 19% (16.1 to 19.3).
About Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School
As a small elementary school, Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School serves students in Chicago, Illinois. Federal data show 241 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 counts 622 schools and 324,396 students, including Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School.
The share of students at Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School who are Black is 98%. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 22%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School scores 5%.
With 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.5:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 1.4 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 57% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School is -15.8 points, in the bottom 10% of Illinois. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.9%, and the predicted rate is 38.7%.
For Cook County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School among them.
Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School is about 0.5 miles from CICS - Loomis Primary Campus, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 241, compared with 257 in 2020-21.
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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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- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
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- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- CICS - Loomis Primary Campus0.5 mi · 333
- CICS - Longwood Campus0.5 mi · 1,137
- Kellogg Elementary School0.7 mi · 299
- Green W Elementary School0.7 mi · 267
- Sutherland Elementary School0.8 mi · 641
- Fort Dearborn Elementary School0.9 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet SchoolHow many students attend Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School?
Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School enrolls approximately 241 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School serve?
Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School is approximately 12.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School?
Student demographics at Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School are roughly 1% Hispanic, 98% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School in?
Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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