Enrollment
245
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001136
Walsh Elementary School
2015 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60608 · (773) 534-7950 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
197 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 | 34 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 33% smaller than its 8th grade class (27).
Student demographics
41%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
35.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.6pp since 2023
Math
27.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% | 27.2% |
| 2023-24 | 16.3% | 12.5% |
% 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Walsh Elementary School
Walsh Elementary School's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walsh Elementary School this school | 245 | 80.4% | 33.4% |
| Armour Elementary School Chicago | 255 | 77.3% | 39.6% |
| Ardmore Elementary School Addison | 230 | 79.6% | 26.4% |
| Army Trail Elementary School Addison | 258 | 79.1% | 23.4% |
| Parkwood Elementary School Hanover Park | 342 | 77.2% | 32.4% |
| Hyde Park Elementary School Waukegan | 295 | 78.3% | 32.7% |
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 Walsh Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #1,144 of 1,925 | #343 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #1,384 of 2,077 ▲ 127 | #430 of 829 ▲ 66 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,485 of 2,077 ▲ 214 | #531 of 829 ▲ 113 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 245 | #1,850 of 2,419 | #755 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #23 of 2,035 | #15 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #1,139 of 2,042 | #427 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #495 of 2,132 | #341 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.4% | #171 of 1,461 | #106 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
245
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 488
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 | 245 | 29.5 | 8.3:1 | 80% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 27.3 | 8.9:1 | 73% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 231 | 26 | 8.9:1 | 81% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 256 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 16.3 | 21.6:1 | 86% (304) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 88% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 25 | 19.2:1 | 94% (450) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 29 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 488 | 29 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walsh Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (352 to 245); teachers up 81% (16.3 to 29.5).
About Walsh Elementary School
Walsh Elementary School is a small elementary school for students in Chicago, Illinois. Total enrollment is 245 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 8. It has 36% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Walsh Elementary School sits within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Of every 100 students at Walsh Elementary School, about 76 are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 14% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% White. Cook County's residents are about 27% Hispanic, 49 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Walsh Elementary School scores 41%.
With 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 8.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Roughly 80% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 25.1%. Walsh Elementary School scores 33.4%.
For the population of Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include Walsh Elementary School.
Joseph Jungman Magnet Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Walsh Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Walsh Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Walsh Elementary School comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 4%.
The discussion board for Walsh Elementary School is open to topics like 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
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 Walsh Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Walsh Elementary. Walsh Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Walsh Elementary SchoolLockport, IL · 363 students
- Walsh Elementary SchoolSummit, IL · 182 students
- Walsh Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 550 students
- Walsh Elementary SchoolWALSH, CO · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Joseph Jungman Magnet Elementary School0.4 mi · 301
- Perez Elementary School0.5 mi · 291
- Smyth J Elementary School0.8 mi · 348
- Haines Elementary School0.8 mi · 461
- Pilsen Elementary Community Academy0.8 mi · 217
- Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy0.8 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Walsh Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Walsh Elementary School?
Walsh Elementary School enrolls approximately 245 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Walsh Elementary School serve?
Walsh Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walsh Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walsh Elementary School is approximately 8.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Walsh Elementary School?
At Walsh Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 76% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Walsh Elementary School in?
Walsh Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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