Is Chopin Elementary School a good school?

Chopin Elementary School ranks in the bottom 8.3% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Chopin Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 273 students attended Chopin Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Chopin Elementary School?

Students at Chopin Elementary School are 60% Hispanic, 31% African American, 7% White, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Chopin Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Chopin Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Clemente Community Academy High School

Chopin Elementary School

Summary:

Chopin Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Chicago, Illinois, with 273 students. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Illinois elementary schools over the past decade, with a 0-1 star rating from SchoolDigger.

Chopin Elementary School faces significant challenges, including very high chronic absenteeism rates (ranging from 37.8% to 56.5% in recent years), well-below-average test scores (only 13.3% of students were proficient or better in ELA in 2023-2024, compared to 30.5% for the district and 41.2% for the state), and struggles to effectively serve its high-poverty, minority, and English Language Learner student populations. Despite spending significantly more per student ($26,115 in 2022-2023) than the district and state averages, the school has not shown any meaningful improvement in its performance over the past decade.

Compared to nearby schools, such as De Diego Elementary Community Academy, Erie Elementary Charter School, and Sabin Elementary Magnet School, Chopin Elementary School performs poorly, with lower test scores, higher chronic absenteeism, and overall worse outcomes. These challenges suggest a need for significant interventions and support to improve student outcomes at Chopin Elementary School.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

2450 W Rice St
Chicago, IL 60622-4612

(773) 534-4080

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
1895^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $25,750

Students who attend Chopin Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Clemente Community Academy High School

Student/teacher ratio: 9.4

Number of students: 273

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

59.7%

African American:

31.1%

White:

7.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 92.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Chopin Elementary School ranks worse than 91.7% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 357^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 13.96. (See more...)

Compare Details Chopin Elementary School ranks worse than 91.2% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.23. (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

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Chopin Elementary School is $25,750, which is the 77^th highest among 452 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

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SchoolDigger ranks Chopin Elementary School 1895^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Chopin Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Chopin Elementary School 1243^rd of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Chopin 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 all elementary school students at Chopin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	6.74	1846^th	2020	8.6%
2004	11.75	1801^st	2030	11.3%
2005	47.33	1288^th	2022	36.3%
2006	51.27	1277^th	2086	38.8%
2007	39.64	1514^th	2095	27.7%
2008	46.66	1330^th	2092	36.4%
2009	60.06	1047^th	2120	50.6%
2010	63.04	964^th	2139	54.9%
2011	73.84	586^th	2147	72.7%
2012	73.84	590^th	2166	72.8%
2013	60.98	915^th	2167	57.8%
2014	22.99	1689^th	2093	19.3%
2015	19.01	1730^th	2052	15.7%
2016	18.47	1733^rd	2046	15.3%
2017	16.00	1793^rd	2044	12.3%
2018	17.25	1751^st	2037	14.0%
2019	13.00	1931^st	2086	7.4%
2021	15.30	1744^th	1948	10.5%
2022	15.65	1834^th	2082	11.9%
2023	15.21	1860^th	2077	10.4%
2024	13.96	1895^th	2067	8.3%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Chopin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	62.51	161^st	718	77.6%
2019	43.20	405^th	743	45.5%
2022	31.69	594^th	768	22.7%
2023	20.53	764^th	788	3.0%
2024	24.94	744^th	826	9.9%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	21.07	725^th	763	5.0%
2019	26.53	943^rd	1194	21.0%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.18	1385^th	1765	21.5%
2019	21.84	1602^nd	1816	11.8%
2021	20.64	1373^rd	1514	9.3%
2022	21.77	1525^th	1763	13.5%
2023	19.96	1632^nd	1808	9.7%
2024	18.06	1654^th	1793	7.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Chopin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	16.53	1718^th	1964	12.5%
2019	11.48	1909^th	2019	5.4%
2022	17.85	1672^nd	1970	15.1%
2023	17.30	1698^th	1957	13.2%
2024	15.22	1746^th	1942	10.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Chopin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.53	1621^st	1972	17.8%
2019	17.44	1748^th	2019	13.4%
2022	14.09	1837^th	1977	7.1%
2023	16.88	1719^th	1984	13.4%
2024	14.19	1799^th	1959	8.2%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	14.95	655^th	655	0.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Chopin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	25.58	763^rd	938	18.7%
2019	21.40	850^th	955	11.0%
2022	21.18	852^nd	954	10.7%
2023	19.03	903^rd	970	6.9%
2024	21.58	835^th	959	12.9%

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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 Chopin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	7.71	1084^th	1185	8.5%
2004	7.64	1099^th	1204	8.7%
2005	17.00	1005^th	1209	16.9%
2006	40.85	863^rd	1272	32.2%
2007	49.23	771^st	1287	40.1%
2008	27.93	1009^th	1293	22.0%
2009	79.75	209^th	1318	84.1%
2010	89.59	25^th	1327	98.1%
2011	83.23	123^rd	1344	90.8%
2012	78.49	235^th	1365	82.8%
2013	56.43	601^st	1367	56.0%
2014	24.59	1045^th	1322	21.0%
2015	33.18	844^th	1302	35.2%
2016	28.51	923^rd	1294	28.7%
2017	24.97	983^rd	1293	24.0%
2018	14.10	1166^th	1293	9.8%
2019	21.67	1082^nd	1356	20.2%
2021	19.36	1039^th	1241	16.3%
2022	18.60	1141^st	1369	16.7%
2023	13.47	1267^th	1367	7.3%
2024	14.23	1243^rd	1363	8.8%

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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Chopin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	37.82	283^rd	454	37.7%
2023	35.11	324^th	480	32.5%
2024	25.25	440^th	486	9.5%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	25.00	478^th	602	20.6%
2019	43.66	334^th	792	57.8%
2022	26.83	734^th	781	6.0%
2024	28.87	571^st	802	28.8%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.64	1001^st	1161	13.8%
2019	32.57	858^th	1217	29.5%
2021	18.27	943^rd	1019	7.5%
2022	26.56	945^th	1221	22.6%
2023	15.89	1164^th	1234	5.7%
2024	18.19	1090^th	1219	10.6%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Chopin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	16.12	1069^th	1226	12.8%
2019	25.04	976^th	1276	23.5%
2022	9.13	1282^nd	1286	0.3%
2023	31.96	829^th	1275	35.0%
2024	16.56	1091^st	1251	12.8%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Chopin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	12.00	1159^th	1223	5.2%
2019	18.92	1085^th	1296	16.3%
2022	15.92	1157^th	1286	10.0%
2023	11.78	1249^th	1292	3.3%
2024	15.09	1148^th	1264	9.2%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Chopin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	15.31	565^th	590	4.2%
2019	27.95	499^th	639	21.9%
2022	29.21	491^st	662	25.8%
2023	19.17	590^th	661	10.7%
2024	14.05	615^th	643	4.4%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Chopin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	5.57	886^th	895	1.0%

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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 Chopin Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	43	86	3	716	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	848
1989	42	89	2	675	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	808
1990	30	81	1	687	1	n/a	n/a	0	800
1991	35	78	5	710	0	n/a	n/a	0	828
1992	29	64	7	710	2	n/a	n/a	0	812
1993	50	78	6	711	2	n/a	n/a	0	847
1994	71	76	7	656	2	n/a	n/a	0	812
1995	78	64	7	578	2	n/a	n/a	0	729
1996	78	64	7	578	2	n/a	n/a	0	729
1997	71	58	6	601	1	n/a	n/a	0	737
1998	67	71	7	619	0	n/a	n/a	0	764
1999	60	50	5	611	0	n/a	n/a	0	726
2000	29	42	5	543	0	n/a	n/a	0	619
2001	25	56	4	526	0	n/a	n/a	0	611
2002	18	48	5	490	0	n/a	n/a	0	561
2003	18	48	5	490	0	n/a	n/a	0	561
2004	16	36	2	352	0	n/a	n/a	0	406
2005	18	14	2	293	0	n/a	n/a	0	327
2006	13	13	1	259	0	n/a	n/a	6	292
2007	19	16	2	222	0	n/a	n/a	10	269
2008	14	17	1	224	0	n/a	n/a	12	268
2009	16	32	3	260	0	n/a	n/a	0	311
2010	13	28	1	256	0	n/a	n/a	0	298
2011	11	24	0	262	3	0	1	0	301
2012	11	28	1	225	2	2	0	0	269
2013	10	22	2	207	1	2	16	0	260
2014	33	119	4	423	4	1	6	0	590
2015	31	120	2	376	1	1	5	0	536
2016	35	102	1	368	1	2	4	0	513
2017	31	95	2	326	1	1	4	0	460
2018	32	94	1	288	2	1	5	0	423
2019	24	93	0	263	3	1	7	0	391
2020	19	82	1	224	2	0	5	0	333
2021	22	80	0	200	1	0	8	0	311
2022	16	79	2	180	0	1	6	0	284
2023	20	85	1	163	1	0	3	0	273

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

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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 Chopin Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	848	45.0	18.8	n/a
1989	808	44.0	18.3	n/a
1990	800	41.0	19.5	n/a
1991	828	41.0	20.1	n/a
1992	812	43.0	18.8	n/a
1993	847	49.0	17.3	n/a
1994	812	47.0	17.3	n/a
1995	729	43.0	17.0	n/a
1996	729	43.0	17.0	n/a
1997	737	38.0	19.4	n/a
1998	764	38.0	20.1	n/a
1999	726	37.0	19.6	n/a
2000	619	35.0	17.7	n/a
2001	611	35.0	17.5	n/a
2002	561	37.0	15.2	94.8
2003	561	37.0	15.2	94.8
2004	406	25.6	15.9	95.1
2005	327	25.9	12.6	94.2
2006	292	22.9	12.8	97.9
2007	269	14.0	19.2	100.8
2008	268	12.0	22.3	103.5
2009	311	18.0	17.3	96.8
2010	298	18.0	16.5	97
2011	301	16.0	18.8	99
2012	269	16.0	16.8	96.3
2013	260	17.0	15.2	91.9
2014	590	42.5	13.8	94.9
2015	536	36.0	14.8	96.5
2016	513	33.0	15.5	93.8
2017	460	31.8	14.4	94.3
2018	423	30.8	13.7	93.9
2019	391	31.5	12.4	95.1
2020	333	32.5	10.2	95.8
2021	311	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	284	31.5	9.0	91.2
2023	273	29.0	9.4	92.7

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 Chopin Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	848	45.0	18.8	n/a
1989	808	44.0	18.3	n/a
1990	800	41.0	19.5	n/a
1991	828	41.0	20.1	n/a
1992	812	43.0	18.8	n/a
1993	847	49.0	17.3	n/a
1994	812	47.0	17.3	n/a
1995	729	43.0	17.0	n/a
1996	729	43.0	17.0	n/a
1997	737	38.0	19.4	n/a
1998	764	38.0	20.1	n/a
1999	726	37.0	19.6	n/a
2000	619	35.0	17.7	n/a
2001	611	35.0	17.5	n/a
2002	561	37.0	15.2	94.8
2003	561	37.0	15.2	94.8
2004	406	25.6	15.9	95.1
2005	327	25.9	12.6	94.2
2006	292	22.9	12.8	97.9
2007	269	14.0	19.2	100.8
2008	268	12.0	22.3	103.5
2009	311	18.0	17.3	96.8
2010	298	18.0	16.5	97
2011	301	16.0	18.8	99
2012	269	16.0	16.8	96.3
2013	260	17.0	15.2	91.9
2014	590	42.5	13.8	94.9
2015	536	36.0	14.8	96.5
2016	513	33.0	15.5	93.8
2017	460	31.8	14.4	94.3
2018	423	30.8	13.7	93.9
2019	391	31.5	12.4	95.1
2020	333	32.5	10.2	95.8
2021	311	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	284	31.5	9.0	91.2
2023	273	29.0	9.4	92.7

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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