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What's one thing Westcott Elem School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001151
Westcott Elementary School
409 W 80th St, Chicago, IL 60620 · (773) 535-3090 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
297 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 | 63 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
13%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
Westcott Elementary School→Hirsch Metropolitan 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
18.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
6.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023-24 | 12.3% | 3.6% |
% 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
12.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 27% 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 Westcott Elementary School
Westcott Elementary School's state test result (12.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westcott Elementary School this school | 387 | 76.7% | 12.8% |
| Fiske Elementary School Chicago | 373 | 75.1% | 9.7% |
| Dixon Elementary School Chicago | 412 | 75.2% | 31.7% |
| Illinois School Park Forest | 391 | 79.3% | 37.1% |
| Carnegie Elementary School Chicago | 389 | 79.7% | 30.1% |
| Depriest Elementary School Chicago | 419 | 76.4% | 8.4% |
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 Westcott Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #1,817 of 1,925 | #702 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.8% | #1,995 of 2,077 ▼ 57 | #771 of 829 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #1,948 of 2,077 ▼ 87 | #773 of 829 ▼ 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #1,063 of 2,419 | #450 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #786 of 2,035 | #371 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.1% | #1,808 of 2,042 | #685 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.7% | #584 of 2,132 | #385 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #1,429 of 1,461 | #650 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
387
-37 (-9%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 620
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 | 387 | 30.5 | 12.7:1 | 77% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 25.5 | 16.0:1 | 86% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 99% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 20 | 19.5:1 | 97% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 95% (368) |
| 2010-11 | 469 | 25 | 18.8:1 | 98% (461) |
| 2000-01 | 701 | 34 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 620 | 29 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westcott Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (390 to 387); teachers up 53% (20 to 30.5).
About Westcott Elementary School
Westcott Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. A federal count lists 387 students at the school, in pre-K through 8.
District-wide, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Westcott Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 93% Black. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Cook County's population at about 22%. Westcott Elementary School has a diversity index of 13%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.7:1, with 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 77% of enrollment. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
A school in Illinois with Westcott Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 27.2%. Westcott Elementary School scores 12.8%.
Cook County has about 5,182,090 residents, and median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
The closest public school to Westcott Elementary School is Simeon Career Academy High School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 21.7%, higher than Westcott Elementary School's 12.8%.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 9%, from 424 to 387.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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
Nearby schools
- Simeon Career Academy High School0.2 mi · 1,095
- YCCS-Community Youth Dev Inst High School0.4 mi · 94
- Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center0.4 mi · 300
- Harvard Elementary School0.6 mi · 335
- Oglesby Elementary School0.7 mi · 293
- Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac0.8 mi · 838
Frequently asked questions
About Westcott Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Westcott Elementary School?
Westcott Elementary School enrolls approximately 387 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Westcott Elementary School serve?
Westcott Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westcott Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westcott Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Westcott Elementary School?
Westcott Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 6% Hispanic, 93% Black.
What district is Westcott Elementary School in?
Westcott Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.