Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001166
Warren Elementary School
9239 S Jeffery Ave, Chicago, IL 60617 · (773) 535-6625 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
299 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 | 22 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
35.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.9pp since 2023
Math
10.4%
IL avg 37.9% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 35 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.2% | 10.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 11.1% |
% 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
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Warren Elementary School
Warren Elementary School's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Elementary School this school | 317 | 94.3% | 22.0% |
| Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Cntr Ford Heights | 306 | 95.8% | 11.2% |
| James Farmer Jr. Elementary Chicago | 321 | 94.1% | 18.9% |
| Smith W Elementary School Chicago | 340 | 95.3% | 17.0% |
| Foster Park Elementary School Chicago | 345 | 93.3% | 17.7% |
| LEARN Chtr-Campbell Campus Chicago | 357 | 94.7% | 34.2% |
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 Warren Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,541 of 1,925 | #528 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #1,883 of 2,077 ▼ 315 | #698 of 829 ▼ 171 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #1,503 of 2,077 ▼ 186 | #536 of 829 ▼ 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #1,445 of 2,419 | #599 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,997 of 2,035 | #803 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.9% | #2,037 of 2,042 | #817 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.3% | #173 of 2,132 | #129 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.5% | #50 of 615 | #10 of 186 |
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
317
+99 (+45%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 540
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 | 317 | 15 | 21.1:1 | 94% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 278 | 15 | 18.5:1 | 94% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 243 | 14 | 17.4:1 | 92% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 218 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 234 | 11.6 | 20.1:1 | 94% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 280 | 14 | 20.0:1 | 94% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 319 | 13 | 24.5:1 | 99% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 23 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 24 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Warren Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (234 to 317); teachers up 29% (11.6 to 15).
About Warren Elementary School
Warren Elementary School is a small elementary school in Illinois, located in Chicago. It teaches 317 students in pre-K through 8.
Warren Elementary School is run by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, whose 622 schools enroll 324,396 students.
The share of Black students at Warren Elementary School is 99%. The school's Black share is 77 points above the 22% share among Cook County residents. The diversity index for Warren Elementary School is 2%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is lower. A total of 299 students, or 94%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
Warren Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 22.0% is 5.0 points above the 17.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Cook County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Cook County number 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Warren Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Black Magnet Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Warren Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 22.0% is below the 26.4% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 218 students at Warren Elementary School; in 2024-25, 317. The grades served may not have been the same in both years.
This page collects posts and questions about Warren Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Warren Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 12 states are named Warren Elementary. Warren Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 13.
- Warren Elementary SchoolWarren, IL · 172 students
- Warren Elementary SchoolVincent, OH · 779 students
- WARREN ELEM.ST PETERS, MO · 729 students
- Warren ElementaryBowling Green, KY · 714 students
- WARREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWARREN, AR · 412 students
Nearby schools
- Black Magnet Elementary School0.1 mi · 336
- Earhart Elementary Opt for Knowl School0.4 mi · 195
- Burnham Elementary Inclusive Academy0.5 mi · 374
- Hoyne Elementary School0.5 mi · 230
- Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School0.7 mi · 673
- McDowell Elementary School0.8 mi · 112
Frequently asked questions
About Warren Elementary SchoolHow large is Warren Elementary School?
Warren Elementary School enrolls approximately 317 students in grades PK-08.
Is Warren Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Warren Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Warren Elementary School have?
Warren Elementary School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Warren Elementary School?
Student demographics at Warren Elementary School are roughly 1% Hispanic, 99% Black.
What district is Warren Elementary School in?
Warren Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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