Is Albany Park Multicultural Elementary a good school?

Albany Park Multicultural Elementary ranks 986 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Albany Park Multicultural Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 222 students attended Albany Park Multicultural Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Albany Park Multicultural Elementary?

Students at Albany Park Multicultural Elementary are 83% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% African American, 5% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Albany Park Multicultural Elementary attend?

Students who attend Albany Park Multicultural Elementary usually go on to attend Roosevelt High School

Albany Park Multicultural Elementary

Summary:

Albany Park Multicultural Elementary is a middle school located in Chicago, Illinois, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 222 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.

Albany Park Multicultural Elementary consistently performs below the state and district averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grades. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 25.4% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 30.5% for the district and 41.2% for the state. The school's performance in Mathematics is even lower, with only 13.5% of students proficient or better, compared to 18.3% for the district and 28.4% for the state. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Asian and English Language Learner (ELL) students performing particularly poorly.

While the school has relatively high per-student spending and a favorable student-teacher ratio, these factors alone do not seem to be translating into improved academic outcomes. Comparing the school to nearby high-performing schools, such as J Giles Elementary School, Nichols Middle School, and Lincoln Hall Middle School, which are located in other districts, suggests that there may be opportunities for Albany Park Multicultural Elementary to learn from and adopt effective practices that could help improve its academic performance.

Detail:

Public 7-8

4929 N Sawyer Ave
Chicago, IL 60625-5008

(773) 534-5108

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
986^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,283

Students who attend Albany Park Multicultural Elementary usually attend:

High:

Roosevelt High School

Feeder schools for Albany Park Multicultural Elementary:

Elementary:

Hibbard Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.4

Number of students: 222

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

83.3%

White:

5.4%

African American:

5.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 89.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Albany Park Multicultural Elementary ranks worse than 72.3% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks 4^th among 11 ranked middle schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25.8. (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 Albany Park Multicultural Elementary is $20,283. 5 middle schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Albany Park Multicultural Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Albany Park Multicultural Elementary 986^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Albany Park Multicultural Elementary 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 Albany Park Multicultural Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Albany Park Multicultural Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	46.25	722^nd	1185	39.1%
2004	43.02	763^rd	1204	36.6%
2005	41.62	793^rd	1209	34.4%
2006	59.52	589^th	1272	53.7%
2007	57.04	647^th	1287	49.7%
2008	47.82	792^nd	1293	38.7%
2009	43.82	868^th	1318	34.1%
2010	36.55	961^st	1327	27.6%
2011	52.44	742^nd	1344	44.8%
2012	45.99	851^st	1365	37.7%
2013	50.66	692^nd	1367	49.4%
2014	55.43	592^nd	1322	55.2%
2015	47.47	594^th	1302	54.4%
2016	26.83	961^st	1294	25.7%
2017	32.14	862^nd	1293	33.3%
2018	21.83	1023^rd	1293	20.9%
2019	37.72	795^th	1356	41.4%
2021	38.33	673^rd	1241	45.8%
2022	28.90	932^nd	1369	31.9%
2023	23.17	1045^th	1367	23.6%
2024	25.80	986^th	1363	27.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Albany Park Multicultural Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.55	194^th	285	31.9%
2019	44.51	153^rd	339	54.9%
2021	42.23	139^th	277	49.8%
2022	30.25	388^th	454	14.5%
2023	33.75	342^nd	480	28.8%
2024	31.74	363^rd	486	25.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Albany Park Multicultural Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	43.03	268^th	602	55.5%
2019	37.78	422^nd	792	46.7%
2021	26.00	472^nd	548	13.9%
2022	42.69	339^th	781	56.6%
2023	27.86	586^th	805	27.2%
2024	45.33	339^th	802	57.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Albany Park Multicultural Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	32.41	810^th	1161	30.2%
2019	52.79	506^th	1217	58.4%
2021	55.45	338^th	1019	66.8%
2022	40.55	665^th	1221	45.5%
2023	32.92	849^th	1234	31.2%
2024	38.34	724^th	1219	40.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Albany Park Multicultural Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.23	974^th	1226	20.6%
2019	39.00	760^th	1276	40.4%
2021	33.07	647^th	1017	36.4%
2022	26.23	933^rd	1286	27.4%
2023	21.29	1009^th	1275	20.9%
2024	22.90	972^nd	1251	22.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Albany Park Multicultural Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	30.84	470^th	674	30.3%
2024	45.93	264^th	639	58.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Albany Park Multicultural Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.59	989^th	1223	19.1%
2019	36.14	783^rd	1296	39.6%
2021	37.52	605^th	1048	42.3%
2022	32.87	813^th	1286	36.8%
2023	25.62	951^st	1292	26.4%
2024	29.38	840^th	1264	33.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Albany Park Multicultural Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	23.27	174^th	209	16.7%
2019	19.75	176^th	201	12.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Albany Park Multicultural Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	17.83	545^th	590	7.6%
2019	35.38	419^th	639	34.4%
2021	42.75	267^th	517	48.4%
2022	27.29	509^th	662	23.1%
2023	23.77	544^th	661	17.7%
2024	27.20	489^th	643	24.0%

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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 Albany Park Multicultural Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	40	7	75	74	2	n/a	n/a	0	198
1989	46	10	52	61	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	169
1990	44	15	44	70	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	173
1991	49	14	46	62	0	n/a	n/a	0	171
1992	50	14	66	74	0	n/a	n/a	0	204
1993	49	29	63	90	0	n/a	n/a	0	231
1994	46	28	88	94	0	n/a	n/a	0	256
1995	51	33	87	92	1	n/a	n/a	0	264
1996	51	33	87	92	1	n/a	n/a	0	264
1997	39	22	89	103	0	n/a	n/a	0	253
1998	43	23	78	106	2	n/a	n/a	0	252
1999	45	27	80	116	1	n/a	n/a	0	269
2000	50	21	80	122	0	n/a	n/a	0	273
2001	49	18	72	116	0	n/a	n/a	0	255
2002	30	18	61	158	0	n/a	n/a	0	267
2003	30	18	61	158	0	n/a	n/a	0	267
2004	28	10	52	169	1	n/a	n/a	0	260
2005	27	14	46	196	1	n/a	n/a	0	284
2006	15	21	33	183	1	n/a	n/a	12	265
2007	26	23	39	193	0	n/a	n/a	9	290
2008	20	26	36	195	0	n/a	n/a	9	286
2009	21	31	32	199	0	n/a	n/a	0	283
2010	11	19	33	203	0	n/a	n/a	0	266
2011	10	16	34	201	0	1	0	0	262
2012	23	15	36	188	0	0	3	0	265
2013	18	12	23	214	0	0	3	0	270
2014	12	16	32	218	0	0	3	0	281
2015	14	11	34	202	0	0	8	0	269
2016	16	9	30	223	0	0	7	0	285
2017	17	12	28	216	0	0	4	0	277
2018	16	16	24	228	3	0	4	0	291
2019	14	14	24	225	3	0	2	0	282
2020	14	13	18	203	0	0	4	0	252
2021	15	13	13	201	1	0	5	0	248
2022	10	13	10	208	2	0	1	0	244
2023	12	11	10	185	2	0	2	0	222

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 Albany Park Multicultural Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	198	12.0	16.5	n/a
1989	169	9.0	18.7	n/a
1990	173	10.0	17.3	n/a
1991	171	12.0	14.2	n/a
1992	204	12.0	17.0	n/a
1993	231	14.0	16.5	n/a
1994	256	14.0	18.3	n/a
1995	264	16.0	16.5	n/a
1996	264	16.0	16.5	n/a
1997	253	17.0	14.9	n/a
1998	252	15.0	16.8	n/a
1999	269	17.0	15.8	n/a
2000	273	16.0	17.1	n/a
2001	255	18.0	14.2	n/a
2002	267	16.0	16.7	95.9
2003	267	16.0	16.7	95.9
2004	260	15.1	17.2	0
2005	284	17.0	16.7	n/a
2006	265	20.5	12.9	n/a
2007	290	11.0	26.4	n/a
2008	286	14.0	20.4	n/a
2009	283	15.0	18.9	91.5
2010	266	16.0	16.6	98.9
2011	262	15.0	17.4	98.9
2012	265	15.0	17.6	95.8
2013	270	17.6	15.2	95.9
2014	281	16.0	17.5	96.4
2015	269	14.0	19.2	98.1
2016	285	14.0	20.3	97.5
2017	277	14.7	18.8	95.7
2018	291	18.1	16.0	94.8
2019	282	18.5	15.2	92.9
2020	252	19.0	13.2	91.7
2021	248	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	244	18.0	13.5	93.4
2023	222	16.5	13.4	89.6

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 Albany Park Multicultural Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	198	12.0	16.5	n/a
1989	169	9.0	18.7	n/a
1990	173	10.0	17.3	n/a
1991	171	12.0	14.2	n/a
1992	204	12.0	17.0	n/a
1993	231	14.0	16.5	n/a
1994	256	14.0	18.3	n/a
1995	264	16.0	16.5	n/a
1996	264	16.0	16.5	n/a
1997	253	17.0	14.9	n/a
1998	252	15.0	16.8	n/a
1999	269	17.0	15.8	n/a
2000	273	16.0	17.1	n/a
2001	255	18.0	14.2	n/a
2002	267	16.0	16.7	95.9
2003	267	16.0	16.7	95.9
2004	260	15.1	17.2	0
2005	284	17.0	16.7	n/a
2006	265	20.5	12.9	n/a
2007	290	11.0	26.4	n/a
2008	286	14.0	20.4	n/a
2009	283	15.0	18.9	91.5
2010	266	16.0	16.6	98.9
2011	262	15.0	17.4	98.9
2012	265	15.0	17.6	95.8
2013	270	17.6	15.2	95.9
2014	281	16.0	17.5	96.4
2015	269	14.0	19.2	98.1
2016	285	14.0	20.3	97.5
2017	277	14.7	18.8	95.7
2018	291	18.1	16.0	94.8
2019	282	18.5	15.2	92.9
2020	252	19.0	13.2	91.7
2021	248	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	244	18.0	13.5	93.4
2023	222	16.5	13.4	89.6

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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