Is Pullman Elementary School a good school?

Pullman Elementary School ranks in the bottom 13.8% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Pullman Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 295 students attended Pullman Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Pullman Elementary School?

Students at Pullman Elementary School are 79% African American, 20% Hispanic.

Pullman Elementary School

Summary:

Pullman Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Chicago, Illinois, with 295 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. Pullman Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom 15% of Illinois elementary schools over the past decade, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pullman Elementary School faces several significant challenges. It has very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 35.2% to 52.1% over the past 5 years, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages. The school's test scores are also consistently well below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in 2023-2024, only 18.7% of Pullman students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 30.5% for the district and 41.2% for the state. Additionally, Pullman Elementary School has a very high percentage of low-socioeconomic status students, ranging from 75.59% to 84.43% over the past 3 years, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Bennett Elementary, Hughes L Elementary, CICS - Prairie Campus, and Haley Elementary Academy, Pullman Elementary School performs significantly worse, with lower test scores, higher chronic absenteeism rates, and a higher percentage of low-socioeconomic status students. Despite increased spending per student and a relatively low student-teacher ratio, Pullman Elementary School has not shown any meaningful improvement in its performance over the past decade, indicating deeper systemic issues that need to be addressed.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

11311 S Forrestville Ave
Chicago, IL 60628-5107

(773) 535-5395

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
1781^st of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,278

Student/teacher ratio: 11.3

Number of students: 295

Racial breakdown:

African American:

79.3%

Hispanic:

19.7%

White:

0.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 75.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Pullman Elementary School ranks worse than 86.2% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 296^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 16.68. (See more...)

Compare Details Pullman Elementary School ranks worse than 86.9% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.57. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high 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 Pullman Elementary School is $20,278. 250 elementary schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Pullman Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Pullman Elementary School 1781^st of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Pullman Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Pullman Elementary School 1185^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Pullman 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 Pullman Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Pullman Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	1.74	1984^th	2020	1.8%
2004	1.55	1989^th	2030	2.0%
2005	2.04	1953^rd	2022	3.4%
2006	6.33	1954^th	2086	6.3%
2007	9.59	1927^th	2095	8.0%
2008	11.20	1898^th	2092	9.3%
2009	14.78	1888^th	2120	10.9%
2010	27.71	1686^th	2139	21.2%
2011	41.90	1448^th	2147	32.6%
2012	39.95	1512^th	2166	30.2%
2013	47.20	1216^th	2167	43.9%
2014	32.15	1490^th	2093	28.8%
2015	12.30	1932^nd	2052	5.8%
2016	10.86	1948^th	2046	4.8%
2017	12.09	1895^th	2044	7.3%
2018	18.96	1690^th	2037	17.0%
2019	17.03	1814^th	2086	13.0%
2021	10.64	1946^th	1948	0.1%
2022	12.12	1991^st	2082	4.4%
2023	13.49	1926^th	2077	7.3%
2024	16.68	1781^st	2067	13.8%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.28	1301^st	1765	26.3%
2019	25.66	1499^th	1816	17.5%
2021	14.56	1511^th	1514	0.2%
2022	19.47	1594^th	1763	9.6%
2023	18.32	1676^th	1808	7.3%
2024	22.91	1504^th	1793	16.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Pullman Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.77	1593^rd	1964	18.9%
2019	17.90	1747^th	2019	13.5%
2022	12.29	1884^th	1970	4.4%
2023	12.30	1863^rd	1957	4.8%
2024	17.80	1661^st	1942	14.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Pullman Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.57	1619^th	1972	17.9%
2019	18.14	1727^th	2019	14.5%
2022	14.27	1830^th	1977	7.4%
2023	15.64	1770^th	1984	10.8%
2024	16.46	1706^th	1959	12.9%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.55	317^th	698	54.6%
2019	42.82	354^th	711	50.2%
2021	24.16	423^rd	428	1.2%
2022	31.69	476^th	684	30.4%
2023	36.41	425^th	692	38.6%
2024	36.40	411^th	655	37.3%

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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 Pullman Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	6.04	1115^th	1185	5.9%
2004	8.44	1088^th	1204	9.6%
2005	6.67	1109^th	1209	8.3%
2006	6.45	1187^th	1272	6.7%
2007	3.63	1247^th	1287	3.1%
2008	16.70	1105^th	1293	14.5%
2009	19.07	1106^th	1318	16.1%
2010	5.26	1272^nd	1327	4.1%
2011	37.84	959^th	1344	28.6%
2012	29.50	1054^th	1365	22.8%
2013	37.17	915^th	1367	33.1%
2014	20.89	1102^nd	1322	16.6%
2015	24.34	999^th	1302	23.3%
2016	31.44	878^th	1294	32.1%
2017	14.09	1171^st	1293	9.4%
2018	18.28	1083^rd	1293	16.2%
2019	16.08	1172^nd	1356	13.6%
2022	16.35	1200^th	1369	12.3%
2023	15.79	1208^th	1367	11.6%
2024	16.57	1185^th	1363	13.1%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	23.66	960^th	1161	17.3%
2019	22.75	1016^th	1217	16.5%
2022	22.20	1057^th	1221	13.4%
2023	18.35	1124^th	1234	8.9%
2024	25.30	958^th	1219	21.4%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Pullman Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	16.96	1057^th	1226	13.8%
2019	20.45	1037^th	1276	18.7%
2022	18.26	1087^th	1286	15.5%
2023	15.42	1134^th	1275	11.1%
2024	17.91	1059^th	1251	15.3%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Pullman Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.62	987^th	1223	19.3%
2019	16.08	1139^th	1296	12.1%
2022	16.76	1134^th	1286	11.8%
2023	17.72	1115^th	1292	13.7%
2024	16.97	1107^th	1264	12.4%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	32.28	360^th	511	29.5%
2019	37.73	339^th	565	40.0%
2022	34.76	372^nd	573	35.1%
2023	40.33	309^th	569	45.7%
2024	34.15	365^th	548	33.4%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Pullman Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	31.93	426^th	590	27.8%

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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 Pullman Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	12	410	n/a	208	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	630
1990	10	377	1	222	1	n/a	n/a	0	611
1991	13	398	1	219	0	n/a	n/a	0	631
1992	7	351	9	220	0	n/a	n/a	0	587
1993	14	363	5	212	0	n/a	n/a	0	594
1994	9	406	4	206	0	n/a	n/a	0	625
1995	9	389	2	209	0	n/a	n/a	0	609
1996	9	389	2	209	0	n/a	n/a	0	609
1997	4	444	2	213	0	n/a	n/a	0	663
1998	9	472	1	220	0	n/a	n/a	0	702
1999	4	485	2	164	0	n/a	n/a	0	655
2000	2	453	0	163	0	n/a	n/a	0	618
2001	5	490	0	139	0	n/a	n/a	0	634
2002	11	458	0	140	0	n/a	n/a	0	609
2003	11	458	0	140	0	n/a	n/a	0	609
2004	9	443	0	131	0	n/a	n/a	0	583
2005	1	412	0	123	0	n/a	n/a	0	536
2006	3	378	0	109	0	n/a	n/a	11	501
2007	4	315	0	94	0	n/a	n/a	4	417
2008	1	284	0	82	0	n/a	n/a	5	372
2009	4	276	0	68	0	n/a	n/a	0	348
2010	3	233	0	63	0	n/a	n/a	0	299
2011	1	193	0	62	1	0	0	0	257
2012	1	188	0	66	0	0	1	0	256
2013	0	191	0	58	0	0	2	0	251
2014	0	195	0	57	1	0	4	0	257
2015	0	230	0	46	1	0	4	0	281
2016	2	268	0	46	1	0	4	0	321
2017	3	301	0	38	0	0	3	0	345
2018	3	317	0	68	0	0	3	0	391
2019	4	354	0	53	0	0	4	0	415
2020	2	333	0	44	0	0	4	0	383
2021	5	297	0	42	0	0	4	0	348
2022	3	275	0	55	0	0	1	0	334
2023	2	234	0	58	0	0	1	0	295

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 Pullman Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	630	28.0	22.5	n/a
1990	611	28.0	21.8	n/a
1991	631	28.0	22.5	n/a
1992	587	30.0	19.5	n/a
1993	594	33.0	18.0	n/a
1994	625	32.0	19.5	n/a
1995	609	33.0	18.5	n/a
1996	609	33.0	18.5	n/a
1997	663	37.0	17.9	n/a
1998	702	34.0	20.6	n/a
1999	655	38.0	17.2	n/a
2000	618	31.0	19.9	n/a
2001	634	31.0	20.5	n/a
2002	609	28.0	21.8	86
2003	609	28.0	21.8	86
2004	583	28.7	20.3	97.1
2005	536	29.3	18.3	86.8
2006	501	31.6	15.9	85.3
2007	417	20.0	20.9	96.4
2008	372	19.0	19.6	100.5
2009	348	19.5	17.8	92.8
2010	299	16.0	18.6	96.7
2011	257	15.0	17.1	98.8
2012	256	10.0	25.6	97.3
2013	251	14.0	17.9	93.6
2014	257	15.5	16.5	94.6
2015	281	15.0	18.7	98.6
2016	321	15.0	21.4	96.6
2017	345	12.0	28.6	95.4
2018	391	20.4	19.1	93.6
2019	415	23.0	18.0	92.5
2020	383	24.0	15.9	94.8
2021	348	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	334	25.0	13.3	84.4
2023	295	26.0	11.3	75.6

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 Pullman Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	630	28.0	22.5	n/a
1990	611	28.0	21.8	n/a
1991	631	28.0	22.5	n/a
1992	587	30.0	19.5	n/a
1993	594	33.0	18.0	n/a
1994	625	32.0	19.5	n/a
1995	609	33.0	18.5	n/a
1996	609	33.0	18.5	n/a
1997	663	37.0	17.9	n/a
1998	702	34.0	20.6	n/a
1999	655	38.0	17.2	n/a
2000	618	31.0	19.9	n/a
2001	634	31.0	20.5	n/a
2002	609	28.0	21.8	86
2003	609	28.0	21.8	86
2004	583	28.7	20.3	97.1
2005	536	29.3	18.3	86.8
2006	501	31.6	15.9	85.3
2007	417	20.0	20.9	96.4
2008	372	19.0	19.6	100.5
2009	348	19.5	17.8	92.8
2010	299	16.0	18.6	96.7
2011	257	15.0	17.1	98.8
2012	256	10.0	25.6	97.3
2013	251	14.0	17.9	93.6
2014	257	15.5	16.5	94.6
2015	281	15.0	18.7	98.6
2016	321	15.0	21.4	96.6
2017	345	12.0	28.6	95.4
2018	391	20.4	19.1	93.6
2019	415	23.0	18.0	92.5
2020	383	24.0	15.9	94.8
2021	348	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	334	25.0	13.3	84.4
2023	295	26.0	11.3	75.6

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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