Is Clissold Elementary School a good school?

Clissold Elementary School ranks 1463 rd of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Clissold Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 476 students attended Clissold Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Clissold Elementary School?

Students at Clissold Elementary School are 71% African American, 13% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Clissold Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Clissold Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Morgan Park High School

Clissold Elementary School

Summary:

Clissold Elementary School is a public school in Chicago, Illinois, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 398 students. The school is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is ranked 688 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Clissold Elementary School has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state in academic proficiency, with only 25.3% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and just 8.7% proficient or better in Mathematics for the 2023-2024 school year. The school's performance is generally lower than nearby schools in the same district, such as Colemon J Elementary Academy, Esmond Elementary School, and Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School, which have higher proficiency rates and better overall rankings. However, the high-performing Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School highlights the potential impact of specialized programs and resources on student achievement.

Clissold Elementary School has also experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 6.2% in the 2019-2020 school year to 28.6% in the 2023-2024 school year, which is well above the district and state averages. The school serves a predominantly low-income population, with 42.96% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, which may contribute to the academic challenges faced by the school. Addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism and exploring strategies to support the school's low-income student population could be important steps in improving student outcomes at Clissold Elementary School.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

2350 W 110th Pl
Chicago, IL 60643-3993

(773) 535-2560

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
1463^rd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,255

Students who attend Clissold Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Morgan Park High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.9

Number of students: 476

Racial breakdown:

African American:

71.2%

White:

13.4%

Hispanic:

11.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 46.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Clissold Elementary School ranks worse than 70.8% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 182^nd among 452 ranked elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28. (See more...)

Compare Details Clissold Elementary School ranks worse than 80.1% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.34. (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 Racial makeup is: African American (71.2%), White (13.4%), Hispanic (11.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 46.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Clissold Elementary School is 11.9, which is the 132^nd best among 452 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Clissold Elementary School employs 40 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Clissold Elementary School is $22,255, which is the 180^th highest among 452 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Clissold Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Clissold Elementary School 1463^rd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Clissold Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Clissold Elementary School 1092^nd of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Clissold 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 Clissold Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Clissold Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	55.01	1106^th	2020	45.2%
2004	67.12	783^rd	2030	61.4%
2005	50.48	1222^nd	2022	39.6%
2006	70.54	683^rd	2086	67.3%
2007	73.33	581^st	2095	72.3%
2008	67.23	827^th	2092	60.5%
2009	50.53	1263^rd	2120	40.4%
2010	55.61	1151^st	2139	46.2%
2011	63.21	950^th	2147	55.8%
2012	68.82	779^th	2166	64.0%
2013	61.47	904^th	2167	58.3%
2014	48.09	1149^th	2093	45.1%
2015	56.17	782^nd	2052	61.9%
2016	39.65	1181^st	2046	42.3%
2017	40.44	1157^th	2044	43.4%
2018	39.89	1174^th	2037	42.4%
2019	37.17	1267^th	2086	39.3%
2021	27.52	1340^th	1948	31.2%
2022	33.55	1308^th	2082	37.2%
2023	33.21	1312^th	2077	36.8%
2024	28.00	1463^rd	2067	29.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Clissold Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	47.27	503^rd	1194	57.9%
2023	56.87	373^rd	1156	67.7%
2024	60.29	356^th	1195	70.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Clissold Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	38.19	1116^th	1765	36.8%
2019	39.71	1116^th	1816	38.5%
2021	15.53	1491^st	1514	1.5%
2022	34.02	1167^th	1763	33.8%
2023	33.51	1210^th	1808	33.1%
2024	36.03	1162^nd	1793	35.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Clissold Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	38.61	1177^th	1964	40.1%
2019	40.57	1162^nd	2019	42.4%
2021	18.69	1416^th	1680	15.7%
2022	31.86	1280^th	1970	35.0%
2023	33.45	1236^th	1957	36.8%
2024	27.76	1385^th	1942	28.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Clissold Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.38	1079^th	1972	45.3%
2019	33.18	1328^th	2019	34.2%
2021	16.24	1517^th	1707	11.1%
2022	35.20	1191^st	1977	39.8%
2023	33.50	1248^th	1984	37.1%
2024	29.97	1321^st	1959	32.6%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Clissold Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	63.54	160^th	698	77.1%
2019	56.34	229^th	711	67.8%
2021	24.55	410^th	428	4.2%
2022	64.08	143^rd	684	79.1%
2023	60.47	177^th	692	74.4%
2024	54.14	219^th	655	66.6%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Clissold Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	48.71	748^th	1463	48.9%
2019	48.99	755^th	1462	48.4%

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

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Rank History for all middle school students at Clissold Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	67.28	417^th	1185	64.8%
2004	45.52	738^th	1204	38.7%
2005	57.36	620^th	1209	48.7%
2006	66.31	466^th	1272	63.4%
2007	72.36	340^th	1287	73.6%
2008	74.33	325^th	1293	74.9%
2009	72.82	358^th	1318	72.8%
2010	68.48	450^th	1327	66.1%
2011	56.00	693^rd	1344	48.4%
2012	64.46	530^th	1365	61.2%
2013	59.52	553^rd	1367	59.5%
2014	56.34	581^st	1322	56.1%
2015	51.49	525^th	1302	59.7%
2016	38.42	761^st	1294	41.2%
2017	33.49	842^nd	1293	34.9%
2018	33.54	830^th	1293	35.8%
2019	39.08	780^th	1356	42.5%
2021	31.11	799^th	1241	35.6%
2022	20.61	1091^st	1369	20.3%
2023	21.52	1085^th	1367	20.6%
2024	20.34	1092^nd	1363	19.9%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Clissold Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	77.00	89^th	792	88.8%
2022	34.47	490^th	781	37.3%
2023	18.48	788^th	805	2.1%
2024	28.87	572^nd	802	28.7%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Clissold Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	34.27	786^th	1161	32.3%
2019	37.85	758^th	1217	37.7%
2021	29.44	746^th	1019	26.8%
2022	19.25	1106^th	1221	9.4%
2023	15.24	1174^th	1234	4.9%
2024	24.14	980^th	1219	19.6%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Clissold Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.55	782^nd	1226	36.2%
2019	39.54	752^nd	1276	41.1%
2021	35.96	606^th	1017	40.4%
2022	24.46	967^th	1286	24.8%
2023	20.87	1018^th	1275	20.2%
2024	20.98	1001^st	1251	20.0%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Clissold Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.68	875^th	1223	28.5%
2019	37.41	765^th	1296	41.0%
2021	21.82	857^th	1048	18.2%
2022	17.38	1118^th	1286	13.1%
2023	23.18	999^th	1292	22.7%
2024	21.38	995^th	1264	21.3%

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Rank History for middle school African American students at Clissold Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	53.44	175^th	511	65.8%
2019	64.75	128^th	565	77.3%
2021	49.44	140^th	385	63.6%
2022	30.91	420^th	573	26.7%
2023	43.61	279^th	569	51.0%
2024	37.04	331^st	548	39.6%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Clissold Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	54.68	380^th	889	57.3%
2019	53.59	399^th	905	55.9%
2021	22.84	647^th	813	20.4%
2022	31.14	631^st	898	29.7%

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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 Clissold Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	379	238	3	9	1	n/a	n/a	0	630
1989	357	237	3	23	1	n/a	n/a	0	621
1990	360	275	4	30	2	n/a	n/a	0	671
1991	369	287	4	16	2	n/a	n/a	0	678
1992	365	304	6	13	2	n/a	n/a	0	690
1993	358	314	5	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	692
1994	343	320	7	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	690
1995	304	332	5	28	0	n/a	n/a	0	669
1996	304	332	5	28	0	n/a	n/a	0	669
1997	288	340	8	32	1	n/a	n/a	0	669
1998	315	330	8	22	1	n/a	n/a	0	676
1999	314	356	10	23	1	n/a	n/a	0	704
2000	328	348	6	21	1	n/a	n/a	0	704
2001	306	339	5	26	1	n/a	n/a	0	677
2002	276	380	8	38	4	n/a	n/a	0	706
2003	276	380	8	38	4	n/a	n/a	0	706
2004	273	402	5	35	5	n/a	n/a	0	720
2005	245	383	8	44	2	n/a	n/a	0	682
2006	229	339	6	30	5	n/a	n/a	37	646
2007	212	356	6	27	3	n/a	n/a	33	637
2008	183	347	7	26	3	n/a	n/a	44	610
2009	186	383	8	42	3	n/a	n/a	0	622
2010	176	377	7	35	1	n/a	n/a	0	596
2011	181	346	5	38	1	0	5	0	576
2012	184	345	6	41	1	0	2	0	579
2013	167	332	5	34	1	0	5	0	544
2014	167	353	3	27	1	1	4	0	556
2015	154	352	3	29	1	1	5	0	545
2016	140	337	6	36	1	2	5	0	527
2017	134	325	7	36	2	1	7	0	512
2018	134	319	6	38	2	1	7	0	507
2019	126	328	4	43	2	0	6	0	509
2020	117	297	3	38	2	0	9	0	466
2021	122	277	3	30	1	0	15	0	448
2022	102	261	3	33	1	0	17	0	417
2023	69	278	2	38	1	0	10	0	398
2024	64	339	2	55	2	0	14	0	476

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

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Clissold Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	630	28.0	22.5	n/a
1989	621	26.0	23.8	n/a
1990	671	28.0	23.9	n/a
1991	678	29.0	23.3	n/a
1992	690	24.0	28.7	n/a
1993	692	25.0	27.7	n/a
1994	690	25.0	27.6	n/a
1995	669	26.0	25.7	n/a
1996	669	26.0	25.7	n/a
1997	669	27.0	24.8	n/a
1998	676	27.0	25.0	n/a
1999	704	30.0	23.5	n/a
2000	704	31.0	22.7	n/a
2001	677	34.0	19.9	n/a
2002	706	36.0	19.6	16.1
2003	706	36.0	19.6	16.1
2004	720	34.9	20.6	25.7
2005	682	41.5	16.4	19.1
2006	646	43.0	15.0	20.9
2007	637	27.0	23.6	16.2
2008	610	29.0	21.0	18.6
2009	622	33.5	18.6	22.7
2010	596	32.0	18.6	32.4
2011	576	29.0	19.8	25.2
2012	579	31.0	18.6	32.5
2013	544	28.6	18.9	36.9
2014	556	32.5	17.1	43.5
2015	545	32.0	17.0	56.1
2016	527	30.0	17.5	47.6
2017	512	26.9	19.0	50
2018	507	28.0	18.0	38.7
2019	509	32.0	15.9	37.7
2020	466	34.0	13.7	35.6
2021	448	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	417	34.5	12.0	36.7
2023	398	33.5	11.8	43
2024	476	40.0	11.9	46.8

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 Clissold Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	630	28.0	22.5	n/a
1989	621	26.0	23.8	n/a
1990	671	28.0	23.9	n/a
1991	678	29.0	23.3	n/a
1992	690	24.0	28.7	n/a
1993	692	25.0	27.7	n/a
1994	690	25.0	27.6	n/a
1995	669	26.0	25.7	n/a
1996	669	26.0	25.7	n/a
1997	669	27.0	24.8	n/a
1998	676	27.0	25.0	n/a
1999	704	30.0	23.5	n/a
2000	704	31.0	22.7	n/a
2001	677	34.0	19.9	n/a
2002	706	36.0	19.6	16.1
2003	706	36.0	19.6	16.1
2004	720	34.9	20.6	25.7
2005	682	41.5	16.4	19.1
2006	646	43.0	15.0	20.9
2007	637	27.0	23.6	16.2
2008	610	29.0	21.0	18.6
2009	622	33.5	18.6	22.7
2010	596	32.0	18.6	32.4
2011	576	29.0	19.8	25.2
2012	579	31.0	18.6	32.5
2013	544	28.6	18.9	36.9
2014	556	32.5	17.1	43.5
2015	545	32.0	17.0	56.1
2016	527	30.0	17.5	47.6
2017	512	26.9	19.0	50
2018	507	28.0	18.0	38.7
2019	509	32.0	15.9	37.7
2020	466	34.0	13.7	35.6
2021	448	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	417	34.5	12.0	36.7
2023	398	33.5	11.8	43
2024	476	40.0	11.9	46.8

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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