Elementary · Illinois

White Elem Career Academy

Free meals for all

White Elem Career Academy, a public elementary school in Chicago, Illinois: grades pre-k–8, 116 students, 10.5 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: 116
Teachers (FTE): 11.0
Students per teacher: 10.5
Grades: Pre-K–8; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 90% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 96% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared

Smaller than 94% 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%

Not published: too few students tested.

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Illinois: 39%

Not published: too few students tested.

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

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
Run by: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Location

Address: 1136 W 122nd St, Chicago, IL 60643
Phone: (773)535-5672
City or town: Chicago
County: Cook County

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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
Colemon J Elem AcademyFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	166	7.4	—	—	0.4 mi
Burr Oak AcademyFree meals for all	Pre-K–2	289	14.1	—	—	0.5 mi
Burr Oak Elem SchoolFree meals for all	3–5	290	32.2	26%	11%	0.5 mi
Higgins Elem Community AcademyFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	271	11.8	—	18%	0.6 mi
Whistler Elem SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	242	12.7	—	4.3%	0.8 mi
Brown R Elem Community AcadFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	279	12.1	—	8.0%	0.8 mi

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.

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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