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De Diego Elementary Community Academy

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1918th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 7% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

De Diego Elementary Community Academy is a public elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, serving 518 students in grades PK-8. The school is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is ranked 698 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

De Diego Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 15% of Illinois elementary schools, with low proficiency rates in English Language Arts (21.6%) and Mathematics (10.3%) compared to the district (42.8% and 27.3%) and state (53.1% and 38.5%) averages. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 25.4% to 60.5% over the past few years. Additionally, the school serves a high-poverty population, with 83.78% to 89.21% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Nearby schools, such as Chopin Elementary School, Moos Elementary School, and Pulaski International School of Chicago, generally perform better than De Diego Elementary on academic measures, but they also serve higher-income populations. In contrast, LaSalle II Lang Academy Elementary School and Pritzker Elementary School stand out as high-performing schools in the area. Addressing the challenges of chronic absenteeism and supporting the academic needs of the student population will be crucial for De Diego Elementary to improve and provide a quality education for its students.

511
Students ?
11.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$24,254
Per pupil spending ?
80%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1313 N Claremont Ave
       Chicago, IL  60622-2910

(773) 534-4451

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299


Students who attend De Diego Elementary Community Academy usually attend:

High:    Clemente Community Academy High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
68.1%
African American:
23.5%
White:
4.7%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 24th percentile in 2015 → 7th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (14% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (60% vs 25% Illinois)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school14%
District avg33%
Illinois avg44%
Elementary school
1,918th of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 7%▼ down 17 pts since 2015
From bottom 24% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,223rd of 1,368
Illinois public middle schools ?
Bottom 11%▼ down 6 pts since 2015
From bottom 17% (2015) to bottom 11% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
380th of 451Elementary Schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299
698th of 811Chicago 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)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202510.71918 of 20566.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.32028 of 20671.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.61811 of 207712.8%★☆☆☆☆
202217.51761 of 208215.4%★☆☆☆☆
202125.61397 of 194828.3%★☆☆☆☆
201914.31898 of 20869.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.31843 of 20379.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201710.11959 of 20444.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201617.81757 of 204614.1%★☆☆☆☆
201525.11559 of 205224.0%★☆☆☆☆
201422.21708 of 209318.4%★☆☆☆☆
201332.21548 of 216728.6%★☆☆☆☆
201226.71730 of 216620.1%★☆☆☆☆
201117.11877 of 214712.6%★☆☆☆☆
201023.21767 of 213917.4%★☆☆☆☆
200924.01734 of 212018.2%★☆☆☆☆
200829.11632 of 209222.0%★☆☆☆☆
200727.31725 of 209517.7%★☆☆☆☆
200626.61712 of 208617.9%★☆☆☆☆
200517.71757 of 202213.1%★☆☆☆☆
200428.01608 of 203020.8%★☆☆☆☆
200327.01585 of 202021.5%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202530.2512 of 68825.6%★☆☆☆☆
202424.7565 of 65513.7%★☆☆☆☆
202320.9661 of 6924.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.9600 of 71115.6%★☆☆☆☆
201824.8603 of 69813.6%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202520.2937 of 104910.7%★☆☆☆☆
202424.2751 of 88615.2%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202417.5817 of 8261.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202513.11766 of 19429.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.81920 of 19421.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.61683 of 195714.0%★☆☆☆☆
202216.21728 of 197012.3%★☆☆☆☆
202116.81467 of 168012.7%★☆☆☆☆
201913.91848 of 20198.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.81797 of 19648.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202510.6964 of 9821.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.6943 of 9591.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202327.8756 of 97022.1%★☆☆☆☆
202224.7788 of 95417.4%★☆☆☆☆
202142.2382 of 74248.5%★★☆☆☆
201922.2840 of 95512.0%★☆☆☆☆
201824.9775 of 93817.4%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202424.046 of 5211.5%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202515.11678 of 18006.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.51773 of 17931.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202325.41472 of 180818.6%★☆☆☆☆
202223.81454 of 176317.5%★☆☆☆☆
202139.3872 of 151442.4%★★☆☆☆
201921.71607 of 181611.5%★☆☆☆☆
201823.91483 of 176516.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202510.11843 of 19475.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.71890 of 19593.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.71767 of 198410.9%★☆☆☆☆
202222.61508 of 197723.7%★☆☆☆☆
202132.01095 of 170735.9%★★☆☆☆
201916.11801 of 201910.8%★☆☆☆☆
201818.01704 of 197213.6%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202514.81208 of 12926.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202424.1970 of 119518.8%★☆☆☆☆
202330.4783 of 115632.3%★★☆☆☆
201934.8739 of 119438.1%★★☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202514.31223 of 136810.6%★☆☆☆☆
202414.31240 of 13639.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.71079 of 136721.1%★☆☆☆☆
202217.51169 of 136914.6%★☆☆☆☆
202122.9972 of 124121.7%★☆☆☆☆
201910.31298 of 13564.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.61271 of 12931.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201714.91151 of 129311.0%★☆☆☆☆
201622.81051 of 129418.8%★☆☆☆☆
201519.61087 of 130216.5%★☆☆☆☆
201423.21068 of 132219.2%★☆☆☆☆
201343.0799 of 136741.6%★★☆☆☆
201237.4967 of 136529.2%★☆☆☆☆
201141.2910 of 134432.3%★★☆☆☆
201047.6825 of 132737.8%★★☆☆☆
200943.8869 of 131834.1%★★☆☆☆
200858.8640 of 129350.5%★★★☆☆
200743.1857 of 128733.4%★★☆☆☆
200650.7740 of 127241.8%★★☆☆☆
200536.6837 of 120930.8%★★☆☆☆
200434.4847 of 120429.7%★☆☆☆☆
200343.8739 of 118537.6%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202437.6321 of 54841.4%★★☆☆☆
202351.2213 of 56962.6%★★★☆☆
202236.4350 of 57338.9%★★☆☆☆
201922.8506 of 56510.4%★☆☆☆☆
201818.0498 of 5112.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202334.6416 of 67438.3%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202423.7456 of 4866.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202323.8457 of 4804.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202512.51144 of 12488.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.71160 of 12517.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.31070 of 127516.1%★☆☆☆☆
202214.91163 of 12869.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202129.0711 of 101730.1%★★☆☆☆
201910.61212 of 12765.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.91199 of 12262.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202514.2641 of 6694.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.8608 of 6435.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202328.1502 of 66124.1%★☆☆☆☆
202220.7589 of 66211.0%★☆☆☆☆
202140.7283 of 51745.3%★★☆☆☆
201911.4626 of 6392.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.3586 of 5900.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202425.563 of 7010.0%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202518.51086 of 122911.6%★☆☆☆☆
202418.41086 of 121910.9%★☆☆☆☆
202332.7852 of 123431.0%★★☆☆☆
202223.11034 of 122115.3%★☆☆☆☆
202136.1640 of 101937.2%★★☆☆☆
201914.01154 of 12175.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.71144 of 11611.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202519.91032 of 127118.8%★☆☆☆☆
202417.41088 of 126413.9%★☆☆☆☆
202325.7949 of 129226.5%★☆☆☆☆
202222.8989 of 128623.1%★☆☆☆☆
202118.6910 of 104813.2%★☆☆☆☆
201910.61264 of 12962.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.91189 of 12232.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202535.0481 of 81240.8%★★☆☆☆
202434.2481 of 80240.0%★★☆☆☆
202331.9523 of 80535.0%★★☆☆☆
201929.9583 of 79226.4%★☆☆☆☆
201825.0478 of 60220.6%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Elementary school
African American (2025)26th percentile+19 vs school
Homeless (2024)12th percentile+10 vs school
Disabled (2025)11th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2025)9th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)7th percentile~ school
Male (2025)5th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)2nd percentile-5 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)1st percentile~ school
Middle school
African American (2024)41st percentile+32 vs school
Special Education (2025)41st percentile+30 vs school
Disabled (2023)38th percentile+17 vs school
Male (2025)19th percentile+8 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile~ school
Homeless (2024)10th percentile~ school
Female (2025)8th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2024)6th percentile-3 vs school
Hispanic (2025)4th percentile-6 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts22%-31 vs state
Science12%-31 vs state
Mathematics10%-28 vs state

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Students at De Diego Elementary Community Academy are 68% Hispanic, 23% African American, 5% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 511 students attended De Diego Elementary Community Academy.

De Diego Elementary Community Academy ranks in the bottom 6.7% of Illinois elementary schools.

Students who attend De Diego Elementary Community Academy usually go on to attend:

High : Clemente Community Academy High School


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