Enrollment
242
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001155
Whistler Elementary School
11533 S Ada St, Chicago, IL 60643 · (773) 535-5560 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
215 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 | 17 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 24% smaller than its 8th grade class (25).
Student demographics
6%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
Whistler Elementary School→Fenger 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
40.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.3pp since 2023
Math
15.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 15.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.9% | 10.0% |
% 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 Whistler Elementary School
Whistler Elementary School's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whistler Elementary School this school | 242 | 88.8% | 25.6% |
| Kipling Elementary School Chicago | 237 | 87.8% | 31.2% |
| Kershaw Elementary School Chicago | 226 | 88.9% | 25.9% |
| Penniman Elementary School Cahokia | 250 | 88.0% | 4.6% |
| Cuffe Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy Chicago | 249 | 86.7% | 19.4% |
| Evers Elementary School Chicago | 233 | 87.1% | 23.2% |
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 Whistler Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #1,431 of 1,925 | #471 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #1,730 of 2,077 ▼ 115 | #607 of 829 ▼ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #1,335 of 2,077 ▼ 67 | #456 of 829 ▼ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 242 | #1,868 of 2,419 | #760 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #803 of 2,035 | #381 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.7% | #1,983 of 2,042 | #781 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #310 of 2,132 | #222 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.4% | #191 of 1,461 | #121 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
242
-52 (-18%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 616
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 | 242 | 19 | 12.7:1 | 89% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 14 | 18.4:1 | 92% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 18.5 | 14.5:1 | 93% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 14.9 | 23.0:1 | 93% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 95% (250) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 98% (403) |
| 2000-01 | 683 | 30 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 38 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whistler Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (343 to 242); teachers up 28% (14.9 to 19).
About Whistler Elementary School
Whistler Elementary School, located in Chicago, Illinois, is a low-enrollment elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 8, with 242 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 36% smaller than that.
The district for Whistler Elementary School is Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 622 schools and 324,396 students.
Most students at Whistler Elementary School are Black: 97% of enrollment. Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Whistler Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 6%.
With 19 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Whistler Elementary School was 12.7:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. Whistler Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 89%. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
The allk12 Grade for Whistler Elementary School is C+. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 36% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 20.2%.
Across Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
The nearest public school is Higgins Elementary Community Academy, at about 0.5 miles. Whistler Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Whistler Elementary School comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Whistler Elementary School is City: Large.
Whistler Elementary School had 294 students in 2020-21 and 242 in 2024-25, an 18% decrease.
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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
- Higgins Elementary Community Academy0.5 mi · 271
- Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy0.5 mi · 515
- Colemon J Elementary Academy0.5 mi · 166
- Chicago Excel Academy High School0.5 mi · 266
- Morgan Park High School0.8 mi · 1,349
- White Elementary Career Academy0.8 mi · 116
Frequently asked questions
About Whistler Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whistler Elementary School?
Whistler Elementary School enrolls approximately 242 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Whistler Elementary School serve?
Whistler Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Whistler Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Whistler Elementary School.
How diverse is Whistler Elementary School?
Whistler Elementary School reports a student body of 2% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Whistler Elementary School in?
Whistler Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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