Enrollment
116
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000801
White Elementary Career Academy
1136 W 122nd St, Chicago, IL 60643 · (773) 535-5672 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL116 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
107 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 | 18 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 11 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 6 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 11 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 11 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 6 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 9 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 15 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (11) is 27% smaller than its 8th grade class (15).
Student demographics
11%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
White Elementary Career Academy→Fenger Academy High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
41.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.9pp since 2023
Math
6.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.8% | 6.3% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 3.0% |
% 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
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 White Elementary Career Academy
White Elementary Career Academy's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Elementary Career Academy this school | 116 | 92.2% | 22.3% |
| Frazier Perspectives Magnet Elementary School Chicago | 129 | 88.4% | 19.3% |
| Robinson Elementary School Chicago | 117 | 86.3% | 17.4% |
| LEARN Chtr - 7th Campus Chicago | 144 | 88.2% | 20.7% |
| Riverdale School Riverdale | 137 | 99.3% | 28.9% |
| Plato Learning Academy Elementary School Chicago | 157 | 97.5% | 4.4% |
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 White Elementary Career Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #1,531 of 1,925 | #520 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.3% | #2,004 of 2,077 ▼ 35 | #777 of 829 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #1,288 of 2,077 ▲ 11 | #433 of 829 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 116 | #2,303 of 2,419 | #889 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #225 of 2,132 | #162 of 804 |
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
116
+8 (+7%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 239
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 | 116 | 11 | 10.6:1 | 92% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 122 | 11 | 11.1:1 | 96% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 113 | 13 | 8.7:1 | 95% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 108 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 162 | 10.5 | 15.4:1 | 94% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 185 | 9 | 20.6:1 | 86% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 130 | 7 | 18.6:1 | 89% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 259 | 13 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 239 | 11 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for White Elementary Career Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (162 to 116); teachers up 5% (10.5 to 11).
About White Elementary Career Academy
White Elementary Career Academy serves students in Chicago, Illinois, as a small elementary school. Enrolled students number 116 students, in pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 70% lower than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 is made up of 622 schools with 324,396 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show White Elementary Career Academy is 94% Black. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 22% Black. White Elementary Career Academy's diversity index is 11%, against a US figure of 70%.
White Elementary Career Academy employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. White Elementary Career Academy's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 92%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
White Elementary Career Academy's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (22.3%) and its predicted rate (18.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Federal survey data for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
Nearby, Colemon J Elementary Academy is about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of White Elementary Career Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 22.2%; White Elementary Career Academy's is 22.3%, ranking 3rd of 8.
For locale, NCES codes White Elementary Career Academy as City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 8 more students in 2024-25.
Discussions about White Elementary Career Academy may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Colemon J Elementary Academy0.4 mi · 166
- Burr Oak Academy0.5 mi · 289
- Burr Oak Elementary School0.5 mi · 290
- Higgins Elementary Community Academy0.6 mi · 271
- Whistler Elementary School0.8 mi · 242
- Brown R Elementary Community Academy0.8 mi · 279
Frequently asked questions
About White Elementary Career AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at White Elementary Career Academy?
White Elementary Career Academy enrolls approximately 116 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does White Elementary Career Academy serve?
White Elementary Career Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does White Elementary Career Academy have?
White Elementary Career Academy employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at White Elementary Career Academy?
At White Elementary Career Academy, the student body is approximately 4% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is White Elementary Career Academy public or private?
White Elementary Career Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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