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Gary Elementary School

Public Grades 3-8
1046th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,368 Illinois Middle Schools
Better than 24% of Illinois middle schools
Summary

Gary Elementary School is a public middle school located in Chicago, Illinois, serving grades 3-8 with a total enrollment of 718 students. 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.

Gary Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Illinois middle schools, with a ranking between 638 and 1046 out of 1,368 schools over the past 5 years. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly below the state and district averages, with only 31.3% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and just 18.7% proficient in Mathematics, compared to state averages of 53.1% and 38.5%, respectively. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as English Language Learners and students with disabilities.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as LEARN Charter - Middle School, Shields Middle School, and Evergreen Academy Elementary School, generally perform better than Gary Elementary School on academic measures, despite also serving a high proportion of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. The school with the highest academic performance, Lincoln Middle School, is located in the neighboring Berwyn school district and serves a student population with a lower percentage of low-income students.

711
Students ?
13.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,770
Per pupil spending ?
94.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3740 W 31st St
       Chicago, IL  60623-5035

(773) 534-1455

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299


Students who attend Gary Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Farragut Career Academy High School

Feeder schools for Gary Elementary School:

Elementary:    Ortiz De Dominguez Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
98.3%
White:
0.7%
African American:
0.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 36th percentile in 2015 → 24th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (22% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school22%
District avg33%
Illinois avg44%
Elementary school
1,646th of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 20%▼ down 5 pts since 2015
From bottom 25% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,046th of 1,368
Illinois public middle schools ?
Bottom 24%▼ down 13 pts since 2015
From bottom 36% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
10th of 11Middle 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
202520.91646 of 205619.9%★☆☆☆☆
202421.91631 of 206721.1%★☆☆☆☆
202322.01612 of 207722.4%★☆☆☆☆
202222.81569 of 208224.6%★☆☆☆☆
202127.31348 of 194830.8%★★☆☆☆
201927.01525 of 208626.9%★☆☆☆☆
201828.71458 of 203728.4%★☆☆☆☆
201728.21462 of 204428.5%★☆☆☆☆
201621.71647 of 204619.5%★☆☆☆☆
201525.51549 of 205224.5%★☆☆☆☆
201420.01757 of 209316.1%★☆☆☆☆
201315.51900 of 216712.3%★☆☆☆☆
201211.42009 of 21667.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20117.62039 of 21475.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20109.81980 of 21397.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20096.72006 of 21205.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200812.11887 of 20929.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200722.21782 of 209514.9%★☆☆☆☆
200617.11821 of 208612.7%★☆☆☆☆
200512.51805 of 202210.7%★☆☆☆☆
200418.61724 of 203015.1%★☆☆☆☆
200311.61763 of 202012.7%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202519.8949 of 10499.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202425.0726 of 88618.1%★☆☆☆☆
202322.6787 of 90713.2%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202529.5612 of 78822.3%★☆☆☆☆
202433.3583 of 82629.4%★☆☆☆☆
202334.0557 of 78829.3%★☆☆☆☆
202231.8592 of 76822.9%★☆☆☆☆
202137.2336 of 53737.4%★★☆☆☆
201936.8499 of 74332.8%★★☆☆☆
201840.9413 of 71842.5%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202515.91685 of 194213.2%★☆☆☆☆
202420.11588 of 194218.2%★☆☆☆☆
202320.61577 of 195719.4%★☆☆☆☆
202223.81487 of 197024.5%★☆☆☆☆
202121.61339 of 168020.3%★☆☆☆☆
201928.81449 of 201928.2%★☆☆☆☆
201831.21352 of 196431.2%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202528.6743 of 98224.3%★☆☆☆☆
202430.4686 of 95928.5%★☆☆☆☆
202330.5698 of 97028.0%★☆☆☆☆
202231.1668 of 95430.0%★★☆☆☆
202143.1372 of 74249.9%★★★☆☆
201937.4599 of 95537.3%★★☆☆☆
201840.9535 of 93843.0%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202533.81254 of 180030.3%★★☆☆☆
202433.91216 of 179332.2%★★☆☆☆
202336.11142 of 180836.8%★★☆☆☆
202235.91122 of 176336.4%★★☆☆☆
202144.3757 of 151450.0%★★★☆☆
201943.11009 of 181644.4%★★☆☆☆
201845.7909 of 176548.5%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202526.81420 of 194727.1%★☆☆☆☆
202425.01452 of 195925.9%★☆☆☆☆
202324.51465 of 198426.2%★☆☆☆☆
202223.01493 of 197724.5%★☆☆☆☆
202130.81124 of 170734.2%★★☆☆☆
201925.81504 of 201925.5%★☆☆☆☆
201826.61458 of 197226.1%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202525.9978 of 129224.3%★☆☆☆☆
202426.6907 of 119524.1%★☆☆☆☆
202323.7956 of 115617.3%★☆☆☆☆
202222.41011 of 11139.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.31076 of 11949.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201821.4709 of 7637.1%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202523.01046 of 136823.5%★☆☆☆☆
202427.8944 of 136330.7%★★☆☆☆
202330.6907 of 136733.7%★★☆☆☆
202233.0856 of 136937.5%★★☆☆☆
202141.1638 of 124148.6%★★☆☆☆
201932.3902 of 135633.5%★★☆☆☆
201839.3749 of 129342.1%★★☆☆☆
201746.7645 of 129350.1%★★★☆☆
201634.9817 of 129436.9%★★☆☆☆
201533.8831 of 130236.2%★★☆☆☆
201431.1962 of 132227.2%★☆☆☆☆
201329.11033 of 136724.4%★☆☆☆☆
201218.91182 of 136513.4%★☆☆☆☆
201121.01141 of 134415.1%★☆☆☆☆
201017.11153 of 132713.1%★☆☆☆☆
200914.31161 of 131811.9%★☆☆☆☆
200816.51110 of 129314.2%★☆☆☆☆
200720.61066 of 128717.2%★☆☆☆☆
200622.71039 of 127218.3%★☆☆☆☆
200512.01044 of 120913.6%★☆☆☆☆
200415.01004 of 120416.6%★☆☆☆☆
200313.61008 of 118514.9%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202518.0664 of 6944.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202425.7541 of 63915.3%★☆☆☆☆
202326.5535 of 67420.6%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202519.6462 of 4834.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202432.8351 of 48627.8%★☆☆☆☆
202331.6377 of 48021.5%★☆☆☆☆
202238.0280 of 45438.3%★★☆☆☆
202145.6115 of 27758.5%★★★☆☆
201943.0177 of 33947.8%★★☆☆☆
201845.4121 of 28557.5%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202520.51014 of 124818.8%★☆☆☆☆
202427.3892 of 125128.7%★☆☆☆☆
202329.5863 of 127532.3%★★☆☆☆
202230.4853 of 128633.7%★★☆☆☆
202138.4573 of 101743.7%★★☆☆☆
201936.2815 of 127636.1%★★☆☆☆
201836.2769 of 122637.3%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202527.1504 of 66924.7%★☆☆☆☆
202433.5422 of 64334.4%★★☆☆☆
202337.5396 of 66140.1%★★☆☆☆
202239.7382 of 66242.3%★★☆☆☆
202153.3185 of 51764.2%★★★☆☆
201937.4401 of 63937.2%★★☆☆☆
201846.8288 of 59051.2%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202533.4823 of 122933.0%★★☆☆☆
202440.9686 of 121943.7%★★☆☆☆
202346.5599 of 123451.5%★★★☆☆
202250.6504 of 122158.7%★★★☆☆
202161.3264 of 101974.1%★★★★☆
201948.5582 of 121752.2%★★★☆☆
201854.8441 of 116162.0%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202525.6926 of 127127.1%★☆☆☆☆
202428.9848 of 126432.9%★★☆☆☆
202332.0833 of 129235.5%★★☆☆☆
202236.6754 of 128641.4%★★☆☆☆
202136.1620 of 104840.8%★★☆☆☆
201926.4944 of 129627.2%★☆☆☆☆
201841.3670 of 122345.2%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202522.1661 of 81218.6%★☆☆☆☆
202426.3621 of 80222.6%★☆☆☆☆
202340.0402 of 80550.1%★★★☆☆
202226.9654 of 78116.3%★☆☆☆☆
202143.8237 of 54856.8%★★★☆☆
201930.5563 of 79228.9%★☆☆☆☆
201824.8496 of 60217.6%★☆☆☆☆
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
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)30th percentile+10 vs school
Male (2025)27th percentile+7 vs school
Hispanic (2025)24th percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2025)24th percentile+4 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)22nd percentile~ school
Female (2025)13th percentile-7 vs school
Disabled (2025)10th percentile-10 vs school
Middle school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)33rd percentile+9 vs school
Male (2025)27th percentile+4 vs school
Hispanic (2025)25th percentile~ school
Female (2025)19th percentile-5 vs school
Special Education (2025)19th percentile-5 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)4th percentile-19 vs school
Disabled (2025)4th percentile-19 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts31%-22 vs state
Science19%-24 vs state
Mathematics19%-20 vs state

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Students at Gary Elementary School are 98% Hispanic.

In the 2024-25 school year, 711 students attended Gary Elementary School.

Gary Elementary School ranks in the bottom 23.5% of Illinois middle schools.

Students who attend Gary Elementary School usually go on to attend Farragut Career Academy High School


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