Enrollment
183
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001148
Webster Elementary School
4055 W Arthington St, Chicago, IL 60624 · (773) 534-6925 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL183 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
162 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 | 32 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 11 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 18 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (18).
Student demographics
4%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
Webster Elementary School→Manley Career 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
32.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.2pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +30.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 31 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.4% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.2% | 9.3% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Webster Elementary School
Webster Elementary School's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster Elementary School this school | 183 | 88.5% | 31.5% |
| Gen George Patton Elementary School Riverdale | 184 | 86.4% | 14.1% |
| Woodlawn Elementary Community School Chicago | 167 | 89.2% | 27.2% |
| Wacker Elementary School Chicago | 217 | 85.3% | 21.9% |
| Kershaw Elementary School Chicago | 226 | 88.9% | 25.9% |
| LEARN Chtr - 7th Campus Chicago | 144 | 88.2% | 20.7% |
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 Webster Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #1,226 of 1,925 | #376 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #962 of 2,077 ▲ 687 | #287 of 829 ▲ 286 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #1,599 of 2,077 ▼ 71 | #578 of 829 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 183 | #2,101 of 2,419 | #838 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #320 of 2,132 | #228 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.2% | #70 of 1,461 | #47 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
183
-62 (-25%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 551
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 | 183 | 16 | 11.4:1 | 89% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 202 | 15 | 13.5:1 | 89% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 17 | 12.4:1 | 86% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 296 | 16.3 | 18.1:1 | 90% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 316 | 16 | 19.8:1 | 98% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 20 | 18.6:1 | 99% (369) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 33 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 27 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Webster Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (296 to 183); teachers down 2% (16.3 to 16).
About Webster Elementary School
Webster Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in Chicago, Illinois. It has an enrollment of 183 students in pre-K through 8. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs Webster Elementary School along with 621 other schools, enrolling 324,396 students in total.
The share of Black students at Webster Elementary School is 98%. Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Webster Elementary School scores 4%.
Teacher count: 16 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.4:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Webster Elementary School is about 89%. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
On BeatsExpectations, Webster Elementary School is 11.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
For the population of Cook County, 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%. Webster Elementary School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Frazier Perspectives Magnet Elementary School is closest at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Webster Elementary School. Webster Elementary School places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Webster Elementary School as City: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 25%, from 245 to 183.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. 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 Webster Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 15 states are named Webster Elementary. Webster Elementary School is the 21st largest of the 24.
- Webster Elementary SchoolCollinsville, IL · 357 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolRushville, IL · 183 students
- WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWEBSTER, FL · 690 students
- WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSYRACUSE, NY · 650 students
- Webster ElementaryMadera, CA · 634 students
Nearby schools
- Frazier Perspectives Magnet Elementary School0.2 mi · 129
- Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy0.3 mi · 203
- YCCS-CCA Academy High School0.3 mi · 124
- Gregory Math & Sci Elementary Academy0.4 mi · 287
- Melody Elementary School0.6 mi · 341
- Hughes C Elementary School0.7 mi · 169
Frequently asked questions
About Webster Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Webster Elementary School?
Webster Elementary School enrolls approximately 183 students in grades PK-08.
Is Webster Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Webster Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Webster Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Webster Elementary School is approximately 11.4:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Webster Elementary School?
Student demographics at Webster Elementary School are roughly 1% Hispanic, 98% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Webster Elementary School in?
Webster Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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