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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001144
Wadsworth Elementary School
6650 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 · (773) 535-0730 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
426 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 | 60 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
20%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
Wadsworth Elementary School→Hyde Park Academy 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
27.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
8.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.2% | 8.4% |
| 2023-24 | 21.7% | 6.3% |
% 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
16.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Wadsworth Elementary School
Wadsworth Elementary School's state test result (16.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wadsworth Elementary School this school | 487 | 87.5% | 16.6% |
| Powell Elementary Paideia Comm Academy Chicago | 542 | 88.6% | 17.1% |
| Great Lakes Academy Charter Elementary School Chicago | 538 | 85.7% | 35.4% |
| Hughes L Elementary School Chicago | 431 | 87.0% | 13.0% |
| Univ of Chicago Chtr-Donoghue Chicago | 499 | 84.6% | 29.6% |
| Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy Chicago | 515 | 91.3% | 20.0% |
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 Wadsworth Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #1,713 of 1,925 | #635 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.4% | #1,957 of 2,077 ▼ 159 | #746 of 829 ▼ 97 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #1,737 of 2,077 ▼ 228 | #648 of 829 ▼ 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #599 of 2,419 | #291 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,922 of 2,035 | #781 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #1,613 of 2,042 | #605 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #348 of 2,132 | #248 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #881 of 1,461 | #446 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
487
+35 (+8%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 528
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 | 487 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 87% (426) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 92% (436) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 29.5 | 15.6:1 | 79% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 29.4 | 18.6:1 | 99% (538) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 98% (527) |
| 2010-11 | 318 | 14 | 22.7:1 | 99% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 35 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 528 | 31 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wadsworth Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (546 to 487); teachers down 8% (29.4 to 27).
About Wadsworth Elementary School
Wadsworth Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, located in Chicago, Illinois. Classes run from pre-K through 8, and the school has 487 students. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 28% above average.
Wadsworth Elementary School is one of 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which enrolls 324,396 students in total.
The student body at Wadsworth Elementary School is 89% Black. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic. Among all residents of Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. The school's diversity index is 20%, meaning two students picked at random have a 20% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 27 full-time-equivalent teachers at Wadsworth Elementary School and a ratio of 18.0:1. This ratio sits 4.1 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 87% of students. That is 21 points above the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Wadsworth Elementary School is 4.4 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 16.6% actual, 21.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 1,406 public schools in Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Wadsworth Elementary School is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
Wadsworth Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Over 4 years, Wadsworth Elementary School's enrollment climbed 8%, to 487.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Wadsworth Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Nearby schools
- Univ of Chicago Chtr-Woodlawn0.1 mi · 591
- Woodlawn Elementary Community School0.4 mi · 167
- Carnegie Elementary School0.5 mi · 389
- Till Elementary Math & Science Academy0.6 mi · 370
- Hyde Park Academy High School0.6 mi · 838
- Fiske Elementary School0.7 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Wadsworth Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wadsworth Elementary School?
Wadsworth Elementary School enrolls approximately 487 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Wadsworth Elementary School serve?
Wadsworth Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Wadsworth Elementary School have?
Wadsworth Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wadsworth Elementary School?
At Wadsworth Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 10% Hispanic, 89% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Wadsworth Elementary School public or private?
Wadsworth Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.