Is Poe Elementary Classical School a good school?

Yes! Poe Elementary Classical School is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 19 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Poe Elementary Classical School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 227 students attended Poe Elementary Classical School.

What is the racial makeup of Poe Elementary Classical School?

Students at Poe Elementary Classical School are 84% African American, 7% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 4% White.

Poe Elementary Classical School

Summary:

Poe Elementary Classical School is a public K-8 school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 227 students and consistently ranking among the top elementary schools in the state. This exceptional institution stands out for its remarkable academic performance, equity-focused approach, and unique characteristics that contribute to its success.

Poe Elementary Classical School significantly outperforms the Chicago Public Schools District 299 and the state of Illinois in academic proficiency across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 85.8% of Poe students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 30.5% for the district and 41.2% for the state. In Mathematics, 65.2% of Poe students were proficient or better, compared to 18.3% for the district and 28.4% for the state. The school also excels in serving various student subgroups, ranking among the top Illinois elementary schools for female students, male students, African American students, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Poe Elementary Classical School's consistent high performance, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for several years, is particularly noteworthy given its location within the Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is generally underperforming compared to the state. The school's lower chronic absenteeism rates and higher spending per student, at $21,343 in the 2022-2023 school year, may be contributing factors to its exceptional academic outcomes. These unique characteristics set Poe apart from the nearby schools, which generally struggle with lower academic proficiency, higher chronic absenteeism, and lower spending per student.

Detail:

Public K-8

10538 S Langley Ave
Chicago, IL 60628-3092

(773) 535-5525

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,146

Student/teacher ratio: 16.8

Number of students: 227

Racial breakdown:

African American:

84.1%

Hispanic:

7.5%

Two or more races:

4.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 37.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Poe Elementary Classical School ranks better than 99.1% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 6^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 98.47. (See more...)

Compare Details Poe Elementary Classical School ranks better than 91.9% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 90.73. (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 Poe Elementary Classical 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 Poe Elementary Classical School is $22,146, which is the 183^rd highest among 452 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Poe Elementary Classical School:

SchoolDigger ranks Poe Elementary Classical School 19^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Poe Elementary Classical School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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SchoolDigger ranks Poe Elementary Classical School 110^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Poe Elementary Classical 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 Poe Elementary Classical School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Poe Elementary Classical School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	89.86	36^th	2020	98.2%
2004	82.74	250^th	2030	87.7%
2005	85.64	112^th	2022	94.5%
2006	86.28	67^th	2086	96.8%
2007	90.45	1^st	2095	100.0%
2008	90.57	4^th	2092	99.8%
2009	91.54	2^nd	2120	99.9%
2010	91.24	1^st	2139	100.0%
2011	90.34	10^th	2147	99.5%
2012	91.01	2^nd	2166	99.9%
2013	96.84	7^th	2167	99.7%
2014	95.57	10^th	2093	99.5%
2015	98.22	30^th	2052	98.5%
2016	97.89	21^st	2046	99.0%
2017	98.72	10^th	2044	99.5%
2018	97.29	31^st	2037	98.5%
2019	97.39	22^nd	2086	98.9%
2021	85.19	229^th	1948	88.2%
2022	81.75	347^th	2082	83.3%
2023	96.19	61^st	2077	97.1%
2024	98.47	19^th	2067	99.1%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	99.66	6^th	1765	99.7%
2019	99.02	5^th	1816	99.7%
2022	91.33	59^th	1763	96.7%
2023	97.18	23^rd	1808	98.7%
2024	99.93	5^th	1793	99.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Poe Elementary Classical School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	96.43	39^th	1964	98.0%
2019	94.51	54^th	2019	97.3%
2021	84.20	198^th	1680	88.2%
2022	84.81	253^rd	1970	87.2%
2023	93.93	89^th	1957	95.5%
2024	95.67	65^th	1942	96.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Poe Elementary Classical School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	95.42	56^th	1972	97.2%
2019	97.35	18^th	2019	99.1%
2022	73.10	458^th	1977	76.8%
2023	96.55	40^th	1984	98.0%
2024	98.94	10^th	1959	99.5%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Poe Elementary Classical School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	99.97	4^th	698	99.4%
2019	99.98	4^th	711	99.4%
2021	99.79	5^th	428	98.8%
2022	98.81	10^th	684	98.5%
2023	99.98	4^th	692	99.4%
2024	99.98	3^rd	655	99.5%

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

Rank History for Poe Elementary Classical School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Poe Elementary Classical School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	90.73	110^th	1363	91.9%

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Rank History for middle school African American students at Poe Elementary Classical School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	99.44	7^th	548	98.7%

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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

Review counts

All ratings (Avg rating: 4.5)

50%

Reviews:

by a parent
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

I think that if a school be considered for the top ten school in the state we must make sure every stakeholder takes part in this. I have a daughter at Poe and I will continue to push for the mark of excellence across the board. We can never relax and think that the work is to challenging for our students. If teachers are not keeping up with their part some one has to say something and I will. Lets try to move up from ten its to crowded here. There is more room at the top. Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Poe has highest expectations of their students and themselves. The Principle Mrs. Moore, is second to none when it comes to her students and parents!

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Enrollment information for Poe Elementary Classical School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	26	139	n/a	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	170
1990	27	135	1	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	169
1991	30	133	1	4	1	n/a	n/a	0	169
1992	32	148	1	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	185
1993	36	145	1	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	190
1994	30	149	0	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	187
1995	23	149	0	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	181
1996	23	149	0	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	181
1997	21	154	0	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	182
1998	15	164	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	184
1999	11	161	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	174
2000	8	162	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	172
2001	9	160	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	173
2002	7	174	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	184
2003	7	174	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	184
2004	6	176	2	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	187
2005	8	169	1	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	182
2006	4	153	0	3	1	n/a	n/a	5	166
2007	6	163	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	2	175
2008	3	167	0	2	1	n/a	n/a	4	177
2009	5	176	0	1	1	n/a	n/a	0	183
2010	5	190	1	1	1	n/a	n/a	0	198
2011	2	180	0	2	0	1	7	0	192
2012	3	181	0	6	0	1	2	0	193
2013	3	180	0	7	0	0	2	0	192
2014	3	182	0	6	0	0	1	0	192
2015	4	181	1	10	0	0	3	0	199
2016	5	183	2	13	0	0	3	0	206
2017	4	195	2	10	0	0	3	0	214
2018	5	185	3	11	0	1	3	0	208
2019	4	173	1	12	0	1	4	0	195
2020	6	170	0	14	0	1	2	0	193
2021	5	176	0	11	1	1	4	0	198
2022	6	179	0	12	0	1	5	0	203
2023	8	191	0	17	0	1	10	0	227

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 Poe Elementary Classical School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	170	13.0	13.0	n/a
1990	169	13.0	13.0	n/a
1991	169	10.0	16.9	n/a
1992	185	11.0	16.8	n/a
1993	190	12.0	15.8	n/a
1994	187	9.0	20.8	n/a
1995	181	11.0	16.5	n/a
1996	181	11.0	16.5	n/a
1997	182	12.0	15.2	n/a
1998	184	12.0	15.3	n/a
1999	174	12.0	14.5	n/a
2000	172	11.0	15.6	n/a
2001	173	12.0	14.4	n/a
2002	184	10.0	18.4	34.8
2003	184	10.0	18.4	34.8
2004	187	10.2	18.3	33.7
2005	182	11.5	15.8	34.1
2006	166	13.0	12.8	39.8
2007	175	12.0	14.6	44.5
2008	177	13.0	13.6	45.7
2009	183	13.0	14.1	45.9
2010	198	12.0	16.5	49.5
2011	192	12.0	16.0	47.4
2012	193	12.0	16.0	42
2013	192	12.1	15.7	45.8
2014	192	12.0	16.0	42.7
2015	199	11.0	18.0	48.7
2016	206	11.0	18.7	42.2
2017	214	10.8	19.7	43.5
2018	208	10.5	19.6	48.6
2019	195	10.0	19.5	37.4
2020	193	11.0	17.5	30.1
2021	198	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	203	15.0	13.5	35
2023	227	13.5	16.8	37.4

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 Poe Elementary Classical School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	170	13.0	13.0	n/a
1990	169	13.0	13.0	n/a
1991	169	10.0	16.9	n/a
1992	185	11.0	16.8	n/a
1993	190	12.0	15.8	n/a
1994	187	9.0	20.8	n/a
1995	181	11.0	16.5	n/a
1996	181	11.0	16.5	n/a
1997	182	12.0	15.2	n/a
1998	184	12.0	15.3	n/a
1999	174	12.0	14.5	n/a
2000	172	11.0	15.6	n/a
2001	173	12.0	14.4	n/a
2002	184	10.0	18.4	34.8
2003	184	10.0	18.4	34.8
2004	187	10.2	18.3	33.7
2005	182	11.5	15.8	34.1
2006	166	13.0	12.8	39.8
2007	175	12.0	14.6	44.5
2008	177	13.0	13.6	45.7
2009	183	13.0	14.1	45.9
2010	198	12.0	16.5	49.5
2011	192	12.0	16.0	47.4
2012	193	12.0	16.0	42
2013	192	12.1	15.7	45.8
2014	192	12.0	16.0	42.7
2015	199	11.0	18.0	48.7
2016	206	11.0	18.7	42.2
2017	214	10.8	19.7	43.5
2018	208	10.5	19.6	48.6
2019	195	10.0	19.5	37.4
2020	193	11.0	17.5	30.1
2021	198	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	203	15.0	13.5	35
2023	227	13.5	16.8	37.4

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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