Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001176
Yates Elementary School
1839 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647 · (773) 534-4550 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
236 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 | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 46% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
44%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
Yates Elementary School→Clemente Community 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
26.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
14.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.9% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 17.7% | 3.8% |
% 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
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Yates Elementary School
Yates Elementary School's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yates Elementary School this school | 268 | 88.1% | 18.5% |
| Lowell Elementary School Chicago | 311 | 88.7% | 19.3% |
| Perry Elementary School Carpentersville | 278 | 90.3% | 24.1% |
| Finkl Elementary School Chicago | 240 | 87.9% | 21.0% |
| Gordon School Posen | 312 | 88.5% | 35.6% |
| J W Robinson Jr Elementary School Lyons | 251 | 86.5% | 35.2% |
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 Yates Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #1,653 of 1,925 | #596 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #1,760 of 2,077 ▲ 167 | #624 of 829 ▲ 113 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #1,748 of 2,077 ▼ 93 | #655 of 829 ▼ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #1,724 of 2,419 | #707 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #24 of 2,035 | #16 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.8% | #1,067 of 2,042 | #397 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.1% | #332 of 2,132 | #239 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.9% | #57 of 1,461 | #38 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
268
-30 (-10%) vs 2020
-75% since 1990-91, when it was 1,063
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 | 268 | 32.3 | 8.3:1 | 88% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 35 | 8.8:1 | 95% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 280 | 35 | 8.0:1 | 86% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 35.4 | 12.6:1 | 85% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 41 | 13.3:1 | 96% (523) |
| 2010-11 | 722 | 43 | 16.8:1 | 97% (698) |
| 2000-01 | 1,001 | 55 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,063 | 58 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yates Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (446 to 268); teachers down 9% (35.4 to 32.3).
About Yates Elementary School
Students in Chicago, Illinois, attend Yates Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment is 268 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 8. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 30% smaller than average.
Across its 622 schools, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enrolls 324,396 students. Yates Elementary School is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Yates Elementary School, 72%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 20% Black, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. Cook County's residents are about 27% Hispanic, 45 points below the school's share. Yates Elementary School has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Yates Elementary School was 8.3:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. Yates Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 88%. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 20.7%. Yates Elementary School scores 18.5%.
In the county around the school, Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
The closest public school to Yates Elementary School is Moos Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 23.2% proficiency; Yates Elementary School posts 18.5%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 268 was 10% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 298.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Yates Elementary School. 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
Other Yates Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Yates Elementary. Yates Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBRANDON, FL · 548 students
- Yates Elementary SchoolLexington, KY · 438 students
- YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSCHENECTADY, NY · 327 students
Nearby schools
- Moos Elementary School0.2 mi · 434
- Chase Elementary School0.4 mi · 415
- Erie Elementary Charter School0.6 mi · 405
- Goethe Elementary School0.7 mi · 711
- Darwin Elementary School0.7 mi · 502
- Stowe Elementary School0.7 mi · 558
Frequently asked questions
About Yates Elementary SchoolHow large is Yates Elementary School?
Yates Elementary School enrolls approximately 268 students in grades PK-08.
Is Yates Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Yates Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Yates Elementary School have?
Yates Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
How diverse is Yates Elementary School?
Yates Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 72% Hispanic, 20% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Yates Elementary School?
Yates Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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