Is Holmes Elementary School a good school?

Holmes Elementary School ranks in the bottom 0.5% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Holmes Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 117 students attended Holmes Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Holmes Elementary School?

Students at Holmes Elementary School are 90% African American, 10% Hispanic.

Holmes Elementary School

Summary:

Holmes Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Chicago, Illinois, part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299. With consistently low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism, Holmes Elementary has struggled to support its students, ranking in the bottom 10% of Illinois elementary schools over the past decade.

The school's key challenges include a chronic absenteeism rate of 67.4%, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages. Academically, only 0% of 3rd graders were proficient or better in ELA and Math, compared to 21.3% and 22.2% respectively for the district. Holmes Elementary also ranks in the bottom 30% of Illinois elementary schools for African American students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, indicating significant achievement gaps. Interestingly, nearby schools like Libby Elementary School, Nicholson Technical Academy Elementary School, and Sherwood Elementary School also struggle with low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism, though to a lesser degree than Holmes.

Despite the low academic performance, Holmes Elementary School spends significantly more per student ($27,061 in 2022-2023) compared to the district average ($19,181 for CICS - Basil Campus) and the nearby schools. Additionally, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 7.5, suggesting the capacity to provide more individualized attention and support to students. However, this has not translated into improved academic outcomes, raising questions about the effective allocation and utilization of resources to support student learning at Holmes Elementary School.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

955 W Garfield Blvd
Chicago, IL 60621-2240

(773) 535-9025

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
2057^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $28,423

Student/teacher ratio: 7.5

Number of students: 117

Racial breakdown:

African American:

89.7%

Hispanic:

10.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 91.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Holmes Elementary School ranks worse than 99.5% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 446^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 8.5. (See more...)

Compare Details Holmes Elementary School ranks worse than 98.5% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 9.51. (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 Holmes 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 Holmes Elementary School is $28,423, which is the 34^th highest among 452 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Holmes Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Holmes Elementary School 2057^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Holmes Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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SchoolDigger ranks Holmes Elementary School 1343^rd of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Holmes Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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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 Holmes Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Holmes Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	2.74	1942^nd	2020	3.9%
2004	1.28	2001^st	2030	1.4%
2005	1.13	1987^th	2022	1.7%
2006	0.78	2081^st	2086	0.2%
2007	2.63	2038^th	2095	2.7%
2008	1.70	2078^th	2092	0.7%
2009	0.60	2115^th	2120	0.2%
2010	3.30	2095^th	2139	2.1%
2011	2.39	2124^th	2147	1.1%
2012	0.91	2160^th	2166	0.3%
2013	3.65	2148^th	2167	0.9%
2014	3.05	2074^th	2093	0.9%
2015	11.24	1969^th	2052	4.0%
2016	9.26	1988^th	2046	2.8%
2017	7.82	2020^th	2044	1.2%
2018	8.73	1996^th	2037	2.0%
2019	9.06	2032^nd	2086	2.6%
2021	13.20	1854^th	1948	4.8%
2022	12.73	1966^th	2082	5.6%
2023	15.01	1868^th	2077	10.1%
2024	8.50	2057^th	2067	0.5%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	12.95	1721^st	1765	2.5%
2019	12.05	1772^nd	1816	2.4%
2021	21.57	1345^th	1514	11.2%
2022	19.23	1606^th	1763	8.9%
2023	22.38	1561^st	1808	13.7%
2024	11.92	1778^th	1793	0.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Holmes Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	10.60	1945^th	2019	3.7%
2024	10.09	1926^th	1959	1.7%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	25.20	596^th	698	14.6%
2019	25.44	603^rd	711	15.2%
2021	30.74	321^st	428	25.0%
2022	30.59	501^st	684	26.8%
2023	22.26	641^st	692	7.4%
2024	20.40	623^rd	655	4.9%

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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 Holmes Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	8.29	1073^rd	1185	9.5%
2004	7.87	1096^th	1204	9.0%
2005	5.71	1125^th	1209	6.9%
2006	4.32	1222^nd	1272	3.9%
2007	7.26	1200^th	1287	6.8%
2008	0.67	1292^nd	1293	0.1%
2009	2.81	1292^nd	1318	2.0%
2010	0.37	1326^th	1327	0.1%
2011	0.90	1339^th	1344	0.4%
2012	1.04	1359^th	1365	0.4%
2013	4.75	1336^th	1367	2.3%
2014	4.39	1296^th	1322	2.0%
2015	9.27	1271^st	1302	2.4%
2016	15.42	1175^th	1294	9.2%
2017	13.50	1187^th	1293	8.2%
2018	8.81	1270^th	1293	1.8%
2019	8.44	1333^rd	1356	1.7%
2021	10.05	1233^rd	1241	0.6%
2022	15.20	1240^th	1369	9.4%
2023	9.03	1355^th	1367	0.9%
2024	9.51	1343^rd	1363	1.5%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	12.96	1119^th	1161	3.6%
2019	10.87	1191^st	1217	2.1%
2021	12.54	1017^th	1019	0.2%
2022	26.47	948^th	1221	22.4%
2023	11.44	1219^th	1234	1.2%
2024	12.57	1190^th	1219	2.4%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Holmes Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	16.15	1074^th	1223	12.2%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.84	467^th	511	8.6%
2021	22.04	372^nd	385	3.4%
2022	42.59	270^th	573	52.9%
2023	18.94	547^th	569	3.9%
2024	25.57	442^nd	548	19.3%

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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 Holmes Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	4	961	n/a	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	966
1990	2	932	n/a	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	936
1991	2	832	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	835
1992	1	785	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	786
1993	0	727	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	728
1994	1	665	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	666
1995	0	603	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	605
1996	0	603	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	605
1997	0	567	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	567
1998	0	695	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	695
1999	0	705	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	705
2000	0	751	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	751
2001	0	789	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	790
2002	0	858	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	858
2003	0	858	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	858
2004	0	808	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	808
2005	0	718	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	718
2006	0	606	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	10	616
2007	1	548	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	11	560
2008	0	512	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	8	520
2009	1	471	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	474
2010	1	397	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	1	400
2011	0	366	0	2	0	0	0	0	368
2012	0	330	0	2	0	0	1	0	333
2013	0	267	0	2	0	0	1	0	270
2014	0	267	0	2	0	0	3	0	272
2015	0	221	0	4	0	0	0	0	225
2016	0	217	0	8	0	0	1	0	226
2017	0	194	0	4	0	0	2	0	200
2018	1	155	0	5	0	0	1	0	162
2019	0	125	0	6	0	0	0	0	131
2020	1	134	0	10	0	0	0	0	145
2021	0	128	0	9	1	0	0	0	138
2022	0	119	0	14	0	0	0	0	133
2023	0	105	0	12	0	0	0	0	117

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 Holmes Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	966	41.0	23.5	n/a
1990	936	40.0	23.4	n/a
1991	835	41.0	20.3	n/a
1992	786	38.0	20.6	n/a
1993	728	41.0	17.8	n/a
1994	666	33.0	20.2	n/a
1995	605	37.0	16.4	n/a
1996	605	37.0	16.4	n/a
1997	567	35.0	16.2	n/a
1998	695	35.0	19.9	n/a
1999	705	39.0	18.1	n/a
2000	751	41.0	18.3	n/a
2001	790	39.0	20.3	n/a
2002	858	40.0	21.5	95.8
2003	858	40.0	21.5	95.8
2004	808	39.5	20.5	96.3
2005	718	42.4	16.9	94.8
2006	616	44.5	13.8	91.6
2007	560	26.0	21.5	99.8
2008	520	27.0	19.3	101
2009	474	26.0	18.2	90.9
2010	400	24.0	16.6	99.5
2011	368	20.0	18.4	98.9
2012	333	17.0	19.5	98.5
2013	270	16.4	16.4	95.6
2014	272	18.0	15.1	90.1
2015	225	14.0	16.0	98.7
2016	226	15.0	15.0	97.3
2017	200	15.1	13.2	98.5
2018	162	12.8	12.5	100
2019	131	16.0	8.1	96.2
2020	145	13.0	11.1	91.7
2021	138	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	133	12.5	10.6	94.7
2023	117	15.5	7.5	91.5

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 Holmes Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	966	41.0	23.5	n/a
1990	936	40.0	23.4	n/a
1991	835	41.0	20.3	n/a
1992	786	38.0	20.6	n/a
1993	728	41.0	17.8	n/a
1994	666	33.0	20.2	n/a
1995	605	37.0	16.4	n/a
1996	605	37.0	16.4	n/a
1997	567	35.0	16.2	n/a
1998	695	35.0	19.9	n/a
1999	705	39.0	18.1	n/a
2000	751	41.0	18.3	n/a
2001	790	39.0	20.3	n/a
2002	858	40.0	21.5	95.8
2003	858	40.0	21.5	95.8
2004	808	39.5	20.5	96.3
2005	718	42.4	16.9	94.8
2006	616	44.5	13.8	91.6
2007	560	26.0	21.5	99.8
2008	520	27.0	19.3	101
2009	474	26.0	18.2	90.9
2010	400	24.0	16.6	99.5
2011	368	20.0	18.4	98.9
2012	333	17.0	19.5	98.5
2013	270	16.4	16.4	95.6
2014	272	18.0	15.1	90.1
2015	225	14.0	16.0	98.7
2016	226	15.0	15.0	97.3
2017	200	15.1	13.2	98.5
2018	162	12.8	12.5	100
2019	131	16.0	8.1	96.2
2020	145	13.0	11.1	91.7
2021	138	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	133	12.5	10.6	94.7
2023	117	15.5	7.5	91.5

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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