Is Nash Elementary School a good school?

Nash Elementary School ranks in the bottom 1.8% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Nash Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 232 students attended Nash Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Nash Elementary School?

Students at Nash Elementary School are 85% African American, 13% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Nash Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Nash Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Marshall Metropolitan High School

Nash Elementary School

Summary:

Nash 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, Nash Elementary is one of the lowest-ranked schools in the state, struggling to meet the needs of its predominantly low-socioeconomic student population.

Nash Elementary School has faced significant challenges, including extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, far below average academic proficiency in English Language Arts, Math, and Science, and a student population where over 90% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared to nearby schools like Moving Everest Charter School, Nash Elementary lags behind in nearly every academic metric, despite having a relatively high per-student spending of over $22,000. This suggests the school may be facing systemic issues that have not been adequately addressed over the past decade, during which its performance has remained consistently poor.

The struggles of Nash Elementary School highlight the need for a comprehensive and targeted intervention strategy to address the root causes of its challenges and improve student outcomes. With high chronic absenteeism, low academic proficiency, and a student population facing significant socioeconomic barriers, the school requires a multifaceted approach to support its learners and ensure they have the resources and opportunities to succeed.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

4837 W Erie St
Chicago, IL 60644-1720

(773) 534-6125

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
2029^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $25,158

Students who attend Nash Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Marshall Metropolitan High School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.8

Number of students: 232

Racial breakdown:

African American:

85.3%

Hispanic:

12.9%

Two or more races:

1.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 90.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Nash Elementary School ranks worse than 98.2% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 429^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 10.23. (See more...)

Compare Details Nash Elementary School ranks worse than 92.4% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.2. (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 Nash 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 Nash Elementary School is $25,158, which is the 88^th highest among 452 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Nash Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Nash Elementary School 2029^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Nash Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Nash Elementary School 1260^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Nash 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 Nash Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Nash Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	1.25	2006^th	2020	0.7%
2004	0.70	2026^th	2030	0.2%
2005	1.00	1992^nd	2022	1.5%
2006	1.83	2040^th	2086	2.2%
2007	1.84	2054^th	2095	2.0%
2008	2.69	2050^th	2092	2.0%
2009	9.43	1956^th	2120	7.7%
2010	3.87	2085^th	2139	2.5%
2011	12.43	1955^th	2147	8.9%
2012	22.18	1816^th	2166	16.2%
2013	25.39	1697^th	2167	21.7%
2014	23.16	1686^th	2093	19.4%
2015	13.23	1895^th	2052	7.7%
2016	11.68	1930^th	2046	5.7%
2017	9.43	1982^nd	2044	3.0%
2018	14.87	1830^th	2037	10.2%
2019	8.50	2045^th	2086	2.0%
2021	11.54	1923^rd	1948	1.3%
2022	11.25	2028^th	2082	2.6%
2023	8.93	2070^th	2077	0.3%
2024	10.23	2029^th	2067	1.8%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.75	1512^th	1765	14.3%
2019	11.19	1788^th	1816	1.5%
2021	16.32	1482^nd	1514	2.1%
2022	16.14	1690^th	1763	4.1%
2023	12.17	1794^th	1808	0.8%
2024	14.37	1745^th	1793	2.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Nash Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	18.17	1668^th	1964	15.1%
2019	9.91	1949^th	2019	3.5%
2022	11.76	1904^th	1970	3.4%
2023	11.11	1901^st	1957	2.9%
2024	10.19	1912^th	1942	1.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Nash Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	12.64	1857^th	1972	5.8%
2019	8.33	2000^th	2019	0.9%
2021	11.58	1680^th	1707	1.6%
2023	7.96	1982^nd	1984	0.1%
2024	13.16	1836^th	1959	6.3%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.69	418^th	698	40.1%
2019	21.99	653^rd	711	8.2%
2021	25.64	389^th	428	9.1%
2022	26.88	579^th	684	15.4%
2023	21.94	648^th	692	6.4%
2024	27.27	532^nd	655	18.8%

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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 Nash Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	3.94	1152^nd	1185	2.8%
2004	3.73	1169^th	1204	2.9%
2005	2.53	1181^st	1209	2.3%
2006	1.17	1260^th	1272	0.9%
2007	1.04	1281^st	1287	0.5%
2008	2.30	1274^th	1293	1.5%
2009	4.36	1271^st	1318	3.6%
2010	3.82	1291^st	1327	2.7%
2011	9.54	1260^th	1344	6.3%
2012	16.94	1203^rd	1365	11.9%
2013	28.05	1047^th	1367	23.4%
2014	39.90	821^st	1322	37.9%
2015	6.53	1300^th	1302	0.2%
2016	24.14	1016^th	1294	21.5%
2017	12.75	1206^th	1293	6.7%
2018	10.80	1237^th	1293	4.3%
2019	7.90	1340^th	1356	1.2%
2021	8.58	1241^st	1241	0.0%
2022	12.90	1302^nd	1369	4.9%
2023	9.41	1348^th	1367	1.4%
2024	13.20	1260^th	1363	7.6%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	13.91	1107^th	1161	4.7%
2019	9.68	1204^th	1217	1.1%
2021	11.43	1019^th	1019	0.0%
2022	17.96	1132^nd	1221	7.3%
2023	11.13	1224^th	1234	0.8%
2024	18.28	1089^th	1219	10.7%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Nash Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	13.70	1116^th	1226	9.0%
2019	6.43	1272^nd	1276	0.3%
2022	13.06	1203^rd	1286	6.5%
2023	8.87	1258^th	1275	1.3%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Nash Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	10.63	1201^st	1223	1.8%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	28.46	394^th	511	22.9%
2019	18.97	541^st	565	4.2%
2021	18.78	385^th	385	0.0%
2022	25.94	499^th	573	12.9%
2023	19.87	541^st	569	4.9%
2024	33.70	372^nd	548	32.1%

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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 Nash Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	n/a	1210	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1215
1990	3	1190	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1193
1991	0	1152	0	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	1159
1992	1	1193	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	1198
1993	0	1154	0	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	1162
1994	1	1075	1	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	1083
1995	0	1069	0	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	1076
1996	0	1069	0	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	1076
1997	0	1076	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	1079
1998	0	1059	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	1062
1999	0	1030	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	1035
2000	0	1041	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	1042
2001	1	1044	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	1048
2002	0	973	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	979
2003	0	973	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	979
2004	0	921	0	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	930
2005	0	840	0	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	851
2006	0	716	0	11	0	n/a	n/a	3	730
2007	1	620	0	13	0	n/a	n/a	1	635
2008	1	614	1	11	1	n/a	n/a	7	635
2009	1	575	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	580
2010	1	480	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	485
2011	0	434	0	10	0	0	0	0	444
2012	0	377	0	12	0	0	1	0	390
2013	1	376	0	13	0	0	1	0	391
2014	1	375	0	18	0	0	4	0	398
2015	1	332	0	21	0	0	3	0	357
2016	2	308	0	19	0	0	5	0	334
2017	2	309	0	14	0	0	4	0	329
2018	0	263	0	8	0	0	3	0	274
2019	1	230	0	7	0	0	3	0	241
2020	1	186	0	18	0	0	8	0	213
2021	0	213	0	16	0	0	3	0	232
2022	0	195	1	24	0	0	4	0	224
2023	0	198	1	30	0	0	3	0	232

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 Nash Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1215	60.0	20.2	n/a
1990	1193	60.0	19.8	n/a
1991	1159	58.0	19.9	n/a
1992	1198	61.0	19.6	n/a
1993	1162	62.0	18.7	n/a
1994	1083	50.0	21.7	n/a
1995	1076	55.0	19.6	n/a
1996	1076	55.0	19.6	n/a
1997	1079	54.0	20.0	n/a
1998	1062	54.0	19.7	n/a
1999	1035	52.0	19.9	n/a
2000	1042	51.0	20.4	n/a
2001	1048	49.0	21.4	n/a
2002	979	45.0	21.8	95.5
2003	979	45.0	21.8	95.5
2004	930	43.1	21.6	95.9
2005	851	36.4	23.4	85.4
2006	730	43.8	16.7	93.1
2007	635	30.0	21.2	82
2008	635	28.0	22.7	100.6
2009	580	26.0	22.3	99.5
2010	485	28.0	17.3	99.4
2011	444	21.0	21.1	98.2
2012	390	19.0	20.5	99.2
2013	391	21.9	17.8	98.5
2014	398	21.0	18.9	99
2015	357	20.0	17.8	99.2
2016	334	21.0	15.9	98.2
2017	329	16.4	20.0	99.1
2018	274	15.8	17.3	98.2
2019	241	15.0	16.0	95.4
2020	213	13.0	16.3	93.4
2021	232	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	224	14.0	16.0	92.4
2023	232	18.0	12.8	90.5

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 Nash Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1215	60.0	20.2	n/a
1990	1193	60.0	19.8	n/a
1991	1159	58.0	19.9	n/a
1992	1198	61.0	19.6	n/a
1993	1162	62.0	18.7	n/a
1994	1083	50.0	21.7	n/a
1995	1076	55.0	19.6	n/a
1996	1076	55.0	19.6	n/a
1997	1079	54.0	20.0	n/a
1998	1062	54.0	19.7	n/a
1999	1035	52.0	19.9	n/a
2000	1042	51.0	20.4	n/a
2001	1048	49.0	21.4	n/a
2002	979	45.0	21.8	95.5
2003	979	45.0	21.8	95.5
2004	930	43.1	21.6	95.9
2005	851	36.4	23.4	85.4
2006	730	43.8	16.7	93.1
2007	635	30.0	21.2	82
2008	635	28.0	22.7	100.6
2009	580	26.0	22.3	99.5
2010	485	28.0	17.3	99.4
2011	444	21.0	21.1	98.2
2012	390	19.0	20.5	99.2
2013	391	21.9	17.8	98.5
2014	398	21.0	18.9	99
2015	357	20.0	17.8	99.2
2016	334	21.0	15.9	98.2
2017	329	16.4	20.0	99.1
2018	274	15.8	17.3	98.2
2019	241	15.0	16.0	95.4
2020	213	13.0	16.3	93.4
2021	232	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	224	14.0	16.0	92.4
2023	232	18.0	12.8	90.5

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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