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Barry Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-6
1446th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,737 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 17% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Barry Elementary School serves 473 students from pre-K through grade 6 in Chicago and is part of Chicago Public Schools District 299. Its 2025–26 all-grades proficiency results show the main concern: 28% in English Language Arts and 17% in math, both well below district rates of 46% and 29% and state rates of 56% and 40%.

Grade-level results show some clear bright spots alongside a weakness. Barry’s third-grade math proficiency was 42%, above the district’s 38% and higher than all six nearby schools with reported results. Fifth-grade science was also a strength: Barry reached 36%, compared with 35% in the district, and had the highest result among eight nearby schools with reported scores; their average was 26%. Fourth-grade ELA was weaker at 23%, versus 43% in the district and 56% statewide. Barry was second-lowest among 11 nearby schools with reported results, ahead of only Mozart Elementary School. Nearby schools serve different grade spans, so schoolwide totals are not directly comparable.

ELA and math improved overall from 2023–24 to 2025–26, but both dipped in the latest year: ELA rose from 13% to 31% and then eased to 28%, while math went from 7% to 19% and then 17%. SchoolDigger places Barry at the 17th percentile statewide with 1 star; that is a low statewide position, though it ranks fourth among Barry and the 10 nearby schools. SchoolDigger’s measure for English Language Learner Students is a relative strength: Barry’s 33rd percentile is 16 points above its overall percentile. In 2024–25, 88% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with an 86% nearby-school average; the student-teacher ratio was 15:1, versus a nearby average of 13.4:1. Chronic absenteeism was 39% in 2025–26, close to the district’s 39% but 15 points above the state’s 24%.

473
Students ?
15.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$23,151
Per pupil spending ?
87.7%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
94.3%
Measles protection (all grades) (2025-26)
 2828 N Kilbourn Ave
       Chicago, IL  60641-5381

(773) 534-3455

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
90.9%
African American:
5.9%
White:
1.1%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 24th percentile in 2023 → 17th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (27% vs 48% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (38% vs 24% Illinois)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school27%
District avg36%
Illinois avg48%
1,446th of 1,737
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 17%▲ up 5 pts since 2016
From bottom 12% (2016) to bottom 17% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
196th of 280Elementary Schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299
568th of 738Chicago Public Schools District 299 among Illinois districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202616.81446 of 173716.8%★☆☆☆☆
202521.71623 of 205621.1%★☆☆☆☆
202416.51785 of 206713.6%★☆☆☆☆
202323.31569 of 207724.5%★☆☆☆☆
202222.21589 of 208223.7%★☆☆☆☆
202112.91865 of 19484.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.61914 of 20868.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.61708 of 203716.2%★☆☆☆☆
201715.31815 of 204411.2%★☆☆☆☆
201616.41803 of 204611.9%★☆☆☆☆
201521.51671 of 205218.6%★☆☆☆☆
201429.21560 of 209325.5%★☆☆☆☆
201325.61691 of 216722.0%★☆☆☆☆
201224.91761 of 216618.7%★☆☆☆☆
201129.81654 of 214723.0%★☆☆☆☆
201018.11850 of 213913.5%★☆☆☆☆
200916.31855 of 212012.5%★☆☆☆☆
200812.81872 of 209210.5%★☆☆☆☆
200731.21667 of 209520.4%★☆☆☆☆
200637.31559 of 208625.3%★☆☆☆☆
200539.91416 of 202230.0%★★☆☆☆
200447.61256 of 203038.1%★★☆☆☆
200325.01613 of 202020.1%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202537.5618 of 104941.1%★★☆☆☆
202435.6542 of 88638.8%★★☆☆☆
202334.1546 of 90739.8%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202633.2110 of 16533.3%★★☆☆☆
202540.4463 of 78841.2%★★☆☆☆
202429.1661 of 82620.0%★☆☆☆☆
202332.5585 of 78825.8%★☆☆☆☆
202240.9416 of 76845.8%★★☆☆☆
202131.9418 of 53722.2%★☆☆☆☆
201925.3667 of 74310.2%★☆☆☆☆
201828.7602 of 71816.2%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202611.31179 of 12868.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202519.31600 of 194217.6%★☆☆☆☆
202417.61667 of 194214.2%★☆☆☆☆
202324.51464 of 195725.2%★☆☆☆☆
202221.21559 of 197020.9%★☆☆☆☆
202111.71616 of 16803.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.31863 of 20197.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.91703 of 196413.3%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202627.0392 of 53626.9%★☆☆☆☆
202528.1752 of 98223.4%★☆☆☆☆
202422.0825 of 95914.0%★☆☆☆☆
202329.3719 of 97025.9%★☆☆☆☆
202227.1750 of 95421.4%★☆☆☆☆
202117.2731 of 7421.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.1905 of 9555.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.1773 of 93817.6%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202630.8710 of 100129.1%★☆☆☆☆
202530.71312 of 180027.1%★☆☆☆☆
202423.51488 of 179317.0%★☆☆☆☆
202333.01222 of 180832.4%★★☆☆☆
202232.71205 of 176331.7%★★☆☆☆
202120.81370 of 15149.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.11594 of 181612.2%★☆☆☆☆
201827.71375 of 176522.1%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202524.01485 of 194723.7%★☆☆☆☆
202417.11678 of 195914.3%★☆☆☆☆
202323.01510 of 198423.9%★☆☆☆☆
202224.81438 of 197727.3%★☆☆☆☆
202116.11530 of 170710.4%★☆☆☆☆
201915.51819 of 20199.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.21546 of 197221.6%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202529.1907 of 129229.8%★☆☆☆☆
202428.7865 of 119527.6%★☆☆☆☆
202326.2890 of 115623.0%★☆☆☆☆
202225.3915 of 111317.8%★☆☆☆☆
201923.61020 of 119414.6%★☆☆☆☆
201824.5630 of 76317.4%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Disabled (2025)41st percentile+20 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)33rd percentile+17 vs school
Special Education (2025)30th percentile+9 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)29th percentile+12 vs school
Hispanic (2026)27th percentile+10 vs school
Male (2025)24th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2026)8th percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2025-2026) ?
Science36%-12 vs state
English Language Arts28%-28 vs state
Mathematics17%-23 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 473 students attended Barry Elementary School.

Students at Barry Elementary School are 91% Hispanic, 6% African American, 1% White.

Barry Elementary School ranks in the bottom 16.8% of Illinois elementary schools.

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Latest Illinois data All new data »
2025–26 school spending dataOct 30, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 30, 2026
2025–26 ACT, IAR, ISA & PreACT Secure test scoresOct 30, 2026
2013–14 through 2025–26 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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