Is Barry Elementary School a good school?

Barry Elementary School ranks in the bottom 13.6% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Barry Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 443 students attended Barry Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Barry Elementary School?

Students at Barry Elementary School are 93% Hispanic, 4% African American, 2% White.

Barry Elementary School

Summary:

Barry Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 443 students in grades PK-6 in Chicago, Illinois, which is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299. Despite spending significantly more per student than the district and state averages, Barry Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 15% of Illinois elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most years.

The school's academic performance is a major concern, with only 13.3% of students proficient in English Language Arts and 7.3% proficient in Mathematics, compared to 30.5% and 18.3% for the district, and 41.2% and 28.4% for the state, respectively. Additionally, Barry Elementary has a very high chronic absenteeism rate of 45.4%, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages. These challenges are likely exacerbated by the school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 85.33% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

When comparing Barry Elementary to nearby schools in the same district, the stark differences in performance become even more apparent. For example, Falconer Elementary School, located just 0.56 miles away, outperforms Barry in both ELA and Math proficiency by a significant margin. Despite the high per-student spending and consistent 1-star rating, Barry Elementary School has not shown any meaningful improvement in its academic performance over the past decade, highlighting the need for targeted interventions and support to address the unique challenges faced by high-poverty schools.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-6

2828 N Kilbourn Ave
Chicago, IL 60641-5381

(773) 534-3455

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
1785^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,430

Student/teacher ratio: 13.8

Number of students: 443

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

93.5%

African American:

3.6%

White:

1.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 85.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Barry Elementary School ranks worse than 86.4% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 300^th among 452 ranked elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.45. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Barry Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Barry Elementary School is $20,430. 241 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Barry Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Barry Elementary School 1785^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Barry Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Chicago Public Schools District 299:

SchoolDigger ranks Chicago Public Schools District 299 688^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Barry Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Barry Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	24.97	1613^th	2020	20.1%
2004	47.63	1256^th	2030	38.1%
2005	39.95	1416^th	2022	30.0%
2006	37.28	1559^th	2086	25.3%
2007	31.17	1667^th	2095	20.4%
2008	12.85	1872^nd	2092	10.5%
2009	16.29	1855^th	2120	12.5%
2010	18.08	1850^th	2139	13.5%
2011	29.85	1654^th	2147	23.0%
2012	24.92	1761^st	2166	18.7%
2013	25.62	1691^st	2167	22.0%
2014	29.18	1560^th	2093	25.5%
2015	21.48	1671^st	2052	18.6%
2016	16.35	1803^rd	2046	11.9%
2017	15.27	1815^th	2044	11.2%
2018	18.58	1708^th	2037	16.2%
2019	13.57	1914^th	2086	8.2%
2021	12.91	1865^th	1948	4.3%
2022	22.22	1589^th	2082	23.7%
2023	23.30	1569^th	2077	24.5%
2024	16.45	1785^th	2067	13.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Barry Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	28.70	602^nd	718	16.2%
2019	25.33	667^th	743	10.2%
2021	31.87	418^th	537	22.2%
2022	40.88	416^th	768	45.8%
2023	32.46	585^th	788	25.8%
2024	29.12	661^st	826	20.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Barry Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.47	630^th	763	17.4%
2019	23.55	1020^th	1194	14.6%
2022	25.26	915^th	1113	17.8%
2023	26.22	890^th	1156	23.0%
2024	28.73	865^th	1195	27.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Barry Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.68	1375^th	1765	22.1%
2019	22.09	1594^th	1816	12.2%
2021	20.79	1370^th	1514	9.5%
2022	32.74	1205^th	1763	31.7%
2023	33.05	1222^nd	1808	32.4%
2024	23.50	1488^th	1793	17.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Barry Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	16.91	1703^rd	1964	13.3%
2019	13.34	1863^rd	2019	7.7%
2021	11.73	1616^th	1680	3.8%
2022	21.16	1559^th	1970	20.9%
2023	24.54	1464^th	1957	25.2%
2024	17.56	1667^th	1942	14.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Barry Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	34.13	546^th	907	39.8%
2024	35.59	542^nd	886	38.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Barry Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	23.16	1546^th	1972	21.6%
2019	15.54	1819^th	2019	9.9%
2021	16.08	1530^th	1707	10.4%
2022	24.81	1438^th	1977	27.3%
2023	23.04	1510^th	1984	23.9%
2024	17.07	1678^th	1959	14.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Barry Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	25.10	773^rd	938	17.6%
2019	17.07	905^th	955	5.2%
2021	17.20	731^st	742	1.5%
2022	27.15	750^th	954	21.4%
2023	29.30	719^th	970	25.9%
2024	22.00	825^th	959	14.0%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Barry Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	280	10	26	300	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	616
1989	218	9	22	385	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	634
1990	198	7	23	423	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	651
1991	178	5	12	464	0	n/a	n/a	0	659
1992	160	4	17	437	1	n/a	n/a	0	619
1993	148	5	17	442	0	n/a	n/a	0	612
1994	147	10	19	469	0	n/a	n/a	0	645
1995	106	0	12	541	1	n/a	n/a	0	660
1996	106	0	12	541	1	n/a	n/a	0	660
1997	97	7	6	549	0	n/a	n/a	0	659
1998	88	14	10	677	0	n/a	n/a	0	789
1999	74	10	17	679	0	n/a	n/a	0	780
2000	76	6	14	733	0	n/a	n/a	0	829
2001	88	13	11	771	0	n/a	n/a	0	883
2002	67	10	11	823	1	n/a	n/a	0	912
2003	67	10	11	823	1	n/a	n/a	0	912
2004	42	11	11	821	0	n/a	n/a	0	885
2005	45	11	13	760	0	n/a	n/a	0	829
2006	22	7	14	819	0	n/a	n/a	19	881
2007	24	13	6	786	0	n/a	n/a	18	847
2008	17	16	11	880	0	n/a	n/a	25	949
2009	26	21	8	870	0	n/a	n/a	0	925
2010	17	28	3	835	0	n/a	n/a	1	884
2011	8	5	2	733	1	0	6	0	755
2012	13	15	4	750	1	0	7	0	790
2013	13	6	7	727	1	0	9	0	763
2014	13	10	9	786	1	0	7	0	826
2015	10	13	10	785	1	0	8	0	827
2016	7	5	8	731	1	0	5	0	757
2017	16	10	8	681	0	0	2	0	717
2018	14	11	11	677	0	0	1	0	714
2019	11	18	7	574	1	0	1	0	612
2020	9	14	8	525	2	1	1	0	560
2021	7	16	9	483	4	0	1	0	520
2022	6	15	4	461	5	0	0	0	491
2023	8	16	2	414	3	0	0	0	443

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Barry Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	616	22.0	28.0	n/a
1989	634	23.0	27.5	n/a
1990	651	24.0	27.1	n/a
1991	659	27.0	24.4	n/a
1992	619	30.0	20.6	n/a
1993	612	31.0	19.7	n/a
1994	645	29.0	22.2	n/a
1995	660	33.0	20.0	n/a
1996	660	33.0	20.0	n/a
1997	659	34.0	19.4	n/a
1998	789	39.0	20.2	n/a
1999	780	40.0	19.5	n/a
2000	829	40.0	20.7	n/a
2001	883	40.0	22.1	n/a
2002	912	39.0	23.4	90.1
2003	912	39.0	23.4	90.1
2004	885	41.0	21.6	97.4
2005	829	42.1	19.7	99.6
2006	881	46.1	19.1	93.7
2007	847	38.0	22.3	96
2008	949	43.0	22.1	95.9
2009	925	44.0	21.0	87
2010	884	43.0	20.5	93.8
2011	755	37.0	20.4	98.3
2012	790	37.0	21.3	97.8
2013	763	53.0	14.3	97.5
2014	826	43.0	19.2	97
2015	827	45.0	18.3	97.6
2016	757	40.0	18.9	95.8
2017	717	33.3	21.5	94.6
2018	714	29.7	24.0	94.7
2019	612	41.5	14.7	87.6
2020	560	45.0	12.4	85.7
2021	520	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	491	38.5	12.7	89.6
2023	443	32.0	13.8	85.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Barry Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	616	22.0	28.0	n/a
1989	634	23.0	27.5	n/a
1990	651	24.0	27.1	n/a
1991	659	27.0	24.4	n/a
1992	619	30.0	20.6	n/a
1993	612	31.0	19.7	n/a
1994	645	29.0	22.2	n/a
1995	660	33.0	20.0	n/a
1996	660	33.0	20.0	n/a
1997	659	34.0	19.4	n/a
1998	789	39.0	20.2	n/a
1999	780	40.0	19.5	n/a
2000	829	40.0	20.7	n/a
2001	883	40.0	22.1	n/a
2002	912	39.0	23.4	90.1
2003	912	39.0	23.4	90.1
2004	885	41.0	21.6	97.4
2005	829	42.1	19.7	99.6
2006	881	46.1	19.1	93.7
2007	847	38.0	22.3	96
2008	949	43.0	22.1	95.9
2009	925	44.0	21.0	87
2010	884	43.0	20.5	93.8
2011	755	37.0	20.4	98.3
2012	790	37.0	21.3	97.8
2013	763	53.0	14.3	97.5
2014	826	43.0	19.2	97
2015	827	45.0	18.3	97.6
2016	757	40.0	18.9	95.8
2017	717	33.3	21.5	94.6
2018	714	29.7	24.0	94.7
2019	612	41.5	14.7	87.6
2020	560	45.0	12.4	85.7
2021	520	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	491	38.5	12.7	89.6
2023	443	32.0	13.8	85.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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