Elementary · Illinois
Darwin Elem School
Free meals for allDarwin Elem School, a public elementary school in Chicago, Illinois: grades pre-k–8, 502 students, 13.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 502
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- Grades
- Pre-K–8
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 58% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 76% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared
Larger than 66% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Illinois: 53%56%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A higher share proficient than 57% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 47% · 1,514 elementary schools compared
50 students tested, grades 8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
Illinois: 39%18%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 76% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 32% · 1,679 elementary schools compared
259 students tested, grades 3–8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Location
- Address
- 3116 W Belden Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
- Phone
- (773)534-4110
- City or town
- Chicago
- County
- Cook County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Goethe Elem SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 711 | 13.5 | 54% | 35% |
Yates Elem SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 268 | 8.3 | — | 13% |
Chase Elem SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 415 | 10.4 | — | 14% |
Brentano Elem Math & Science AcadFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 763 | 13.5 | 64% | 45% |
Funston Elem SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 440 | 9.9 | 28% | 9.4% |
Avondale - Logandale Elem SchFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 459 | 11.9 | 40% | 19% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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