Summary
Gunsaulus Elementary Scholastic Academy is a Chicago public school serving prekindergarten through eighth grade, with 658 students in Chicago Public Schools District 299. Compared with nearby schools, its overall test results are relatively strong, but its all-grades English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency rates remain below the state. The most important takeaway is that Gunsaulus does better than most nearby schools in both subjects, yet has not caught up with statewide results.
Mathematics is the stronger local result: Gunsaulus’ 31.9% proficiency rate was second among 11 nearby schools including itself, and well above their 18% average. ELA proficiency was 46.2%, third locally and above the nearby average of 34%. However, both scores were below the state—56.3% in ELA and 39.6% in Math. Gunsaulus was slightly above the district in ELA (46.2% versus 45.7%) and more clearly ahead in Math (31.9% versus 29.0%). Results also vary by grade: fifth-grade Math was a relative strength at 36.6%, while seventh-grade ELA was weaker, at 31%, compared with 58% statewide and 49% in the district. Attendance stands out: chronic absenteeism was 10.4%, versus 38.8% in the district and 23.5% statewide; only one of 10 nearby schools with data had a lower rate.
Scores have improved since 2023–2024, though gains have slowed: ELA rose 26 percentage points to 46.2%, and Math rose 17 points to 31.9%; most of the ELA increase came in the first year, while Math was nearly unchanged most recently. SchoolDigger ranks Gunsaulus at the 30th statewide percentile, 1,215th of 1,737, with two stars—second-highest among nearby schools with a reported rank, but below the statewide midpoint. SchoolDigger’s group rankings show a notable contrast: Male Students ranked at the 10th percentile in 2025–2026, down from 34 the year before, while Hispanic Students ranked at the 47th percentile, above the school’s 30th-percentile overall rank. These are SchoolDigger measures of how well the school serves each group. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 13.4, close to the nearby average; 86% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, slightly below the nearby average of 91%.
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