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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001171
Young Elementary School
1434 N Parkside Ave, Chicago, IL 60651 · (773) 534-6200 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
401 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 28 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (43).
Student demographics
46%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
22.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
7.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.7% | 7.8% |
| 2023-24 | 14.6% | 2.8% |
% 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
15.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Young Elementary School
Young Elementary School's state test result (15.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Elementary School this school | 417 | 96.2% | 15.6% |
| CICS - Prairie Campus Chicago | 412 | 94.4% | 18.4% |
| Sullivan Elementary School Chicago | 439 | 96.1% | 14.6% |
| Brunson Math & Sci Specialty Elementary School Chicago | 452 | 94.0% | 8.6% |
| Wentworth Elementary School Chicago | 433 | 97.5% | 10.1% |
| Claremont Magnet Elementary School Chicago | 335 | 96.4% | 19.9% |
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 Young Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #1,735 of 1,925 | #649 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.8% | #1,970 of 2,077 ▲ 16 | #754 of 829 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #1,863 of 2,077 ▼ 86 | #728 of 829 ▼ 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #920 of 2,419 | #397 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,354 of 2,035 | #606 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #1,001 of 2,042 | #366 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #112 of 2,132 | #85 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.4% | #19 of 1,461 | #12 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
417
-211 (-34%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 906
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 | 417 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 96% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 30 | 13.4:1 | 96% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 36.5 | 13.2:1 | 96% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 628 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 808 | 40.9 | 19.8:1 | 97% (785) |
| 2015-16 | 946 | 45 | 21.0:1 | 97% (922) |
| 2010-11 | 1,219 | 60 | 20.3:1 | 99% (1,211) |
| 2000-01 | 1,663 | 77 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 906 | 41 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Young Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (808 to 417); teachers down 29% (40.9 to 29).
About Young Elementary School
Young Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Chicago, Illinois. Students in pre-K through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 417 students.
The district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, operates 622 schools serving 324,396 students.
About 66% of the student body at Young Elementary School is Black. Other groups make up 31% Hispanic. County-wide, 22% of Cook County residents are Black. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at Young Elementary School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 14.4:1 is based on 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is similar, at 13.9:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 96%. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Young Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 15.6% and a predicted 16.0%.
In the surrounding county, Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Brunson Math & Sci Specialty Elementary School, is the closest to Young Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 32.2% proficiency; Young Elementary School posts 15.6%.
Federal data place Young Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Young Elementary School enrolled 628 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 417.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. 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 Young Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 4 states are named Young Elementary. Young Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Young Elementary SchoolSEMINOLE, TX · 581 students
- Young Elementary SchoolPASADENA, TX · 545 students
- Young Elementary SchoolDECATUR, TX · 445 students
- Young Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 334 students
- Young ElementaryLouisville, KY · 100 students
Nearby schools
- Brunson Math & Sci Specialty Elementary School0.6 mi · 452
- Lewis Elementary School0.7 mi · 427
- Hay Elementary Community Academy0.8 mi · 247
- William Hatch Elementary School0.8 mi · 358
- Noble St Chtr-ITW Speer Academy0.8 mi · 1,135
- Prosser Career Academy High School0.9 mi · 1,185
Frequently asked questions
About Young Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Young Elementary School?
Young Elementary School enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Young Elementary School serve?
Young Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Young Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Young Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Young Elementary School?
At Young Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 31% Hispanic, 66% Black.
Is Young Elementary School public or private?
Young Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.