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Graham A Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1924th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 6% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Graham A Elementary School is a public elementary school serving around 300 students in grades PK-8 in Chicago, Illinois. 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.

Graham A Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of Illinois elementary schools, with very low academic performance on standardized tests. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 18.1% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, and just 6.5% were proficient in Mathematics, significantly below the district and state averages. The school also has extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 25.4% to 42.7% in recent years. Additionally, the school serves a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 89.33% to 94.6% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Hendricks Elementary Community Academy, Beethoven Elementary School, and Hamline Elementary School, also perform poorly on academic measures and have high rates of chronic absenteeism and students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. However, one notable exception is Bronzeville Classical Elementary School, which significantly outperforms Graham A Elementary School and the district on academic measures. Despite the high spending per student at Graham A Elementary School, the school's academic performance remains very low, suggesting that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to the school's challenges.

344
Students ?
10.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$22,272
Per pupil spending ?
89.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 4436 S Union Ave
       Chicago, IL  60609-3465

(773) 535-1308

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299


Students who attend Graham A Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Tilden Career Communty Academy High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
62.2%
White:
19.2%
African American:
14.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 20th percentile in 2015 → 6th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (19% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (43% vs 25% Illinois)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school19%
District avg33%
Illinois avg44%
Elementary school
1,924th of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 6%▼ down 14 pts since 2015
From bottom 20% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,166th of 1,368
Illinois public middle schools ?
Bottom 15%▼ down 12 pts since 2015
From bottom 26% (2015) to bottom 15% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
385th 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
202510.61924 of 20566.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.32000 of 20673.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.32031 of 20772.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.62013 of 20823.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.31850 of 19485.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.01732 of 208617.0%★☆☆☆☆
201829.41440 of 203729.3%★☆☆☆☆
201714.71834 of 204410.3%★☆☆☆☆
201618.91726 of 204615.6%★☆☆☆☆
201522.71638 of 205220.2%★☆☆☆☆
201433.61454 of 209330.5%★★☆☆☆
201334.91493 of 216731.1%★★☆☆☆
201237.81555 of 216628.2%★☆☆☆☆
201145.21385 of 214735.5%★★☆☆☆
201024.01753 of 213918.0%★☆☆☆☆
200923.91736 of 212018.1%★☆☆☆☆
200826.41677 of 209219.8%★☆☆☆☆
200713.21884 of 209510.1%★☆☆☆☆
20069.81908 of 20868.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20057.31851 of 20228.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20046.01883 of 20307.2%☆☆☆☆☆
200313.01745 of 202013.6%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202221.7668 of 6842.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201926.1596 of 71116.2%★☆☆☆☆
201836.3422 of 69839.5%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202422.7771 of 8266.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202241.7405 of 76847.3%★★☆☆☆
201933.3560 of 74324.6%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202512.61781 of 19428.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.61769 of 19428.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.41859 of 19575.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.21886 of 19704.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.41599 of 16804.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.11636 of 201919.0%★☆☆☆☆
201836.01239 of 196436.9%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20258.0976 of 9820.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.0913 of 9594.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.9943 of 9702.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.6930 of 9542.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202120.9700 of 7425.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201931.9686 of 95528.2%★☆☆☆☆
201844.8495 of 93847.2%★★☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202424.944 of 5215.4%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202516.11657 of 18007.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.71690 of 17935.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.01769 of 18082.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.41683 of 17634.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202120.41383 of 15148.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201930.71350 of 181625.7%★☆☆☆☆
201840.51048 of 176540.6%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202510.71822 of 19476.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.51918 of 19592.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.51966 of 19840.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.51897 of 19774.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.11666 of 17072.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201921.61633 of 201919.1%★☆☆☆☆
201824.11527 of 197222.6%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202545.2609 of 129252.9%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20199.61405 of 14623.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201824.01175 of 146319.7%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202517.21166 of 136814.8%★☆☆☆☆
202410.51328 of 13632.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.51269 of 13677.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.41197 of 136912.6%★☆☆☆☆
202121.21000 of 124119.4%★☆☆☆☆
201920.21106 of 135618.4%★☆☆☆☆
201832.5851 of 129334.2%★★☆☆☆
201725.7969 of 129325.1%★☆☆☆☆
201618.51122 of 129413.3%★☆☆☆☆
201526.7958 of 130226.4%★☆☆☆☆
201441.0804 of 132239.2%★★☆☆☆
201324.61087 of 136720.5%★☆☆☆☆
201219.11180 of 136513.6%★☆☆☆☆
201129.61061 of 134421.1%★☆☆☆☆
201018.01141 of 132714.0%★☆☆☆☆
200922.61081 of 131818.0%★☆☆☆☆
20085.81225 of 12935.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20077.11202 of 12876.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20064.91214 of 12724.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20058.61083 of 120910.4%★☆☆☆☆
200414.31013 of 120415.9%★☆☆☆☆
200322.7922 of 118522.2%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202319.9540 of 5695.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201939.9316 of 56544.1%★★☆☆☆
201848.3212 of 51158.5%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202422.2469 of 4863.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202224.2449 of 4541.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202519.51030 of 124817.5%★☆☆☆☆
202411.41196 of 12514.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.41161 of 12758.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.61173 of 12868.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202126.5745 of 101726.7%★☆☆☆☆
201918.61063 of 127616.7%★☆☆☆☆
201834.9793 of 122635.3%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202517.8602 of 66910.0%★☆☆☆☆
202410.4637 of 6430.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202322.2565 of 66114.5%★☆☆☆☆
202216.5629 of 6625.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202138.2310 of 51740.0%★★☆☆☆
201922.9545 of 63914.7%★☆☆☆☆
201841.5333 of 59043.6%★★☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202421.968 of 702.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202518.51084 of 122911.8%★☆☆☆☆
202415.31146 of 12196.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.01132 of 12348.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.61081 of 122111.5%★☆☆☆☆
202128.8752 of 101926.2%★☆☆☆☆
201925.5973 of 121720.0%★☆☆☆☆
201845.1596 of 116148.7%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202411.31225 of 12643.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.51199 of 12927.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202221.81007 of 128621.7%★☆☆☆☆
202118.9898 of 104814.3%★☆☆☆☆
201924.0988 of 129623.8%★☆☆☆☆
201830.7822 of 122332.8%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202318.5788 of 8052.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202226.4767 of 7811.8%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20236.6883 of 8951.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.2882 of 9052.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201829.4655 of 88926.3%★☆☆☆☆
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
Special Education (2025)53rd percentile+46 vs school
Homeless (2024)15th percentile+12 vs school
Female (2025)8th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2024)7th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)6th percentile~ school
White (2019)4th percentile-13 vs school
African American (2022)2nd percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)1st percentile-6 vs school
Middle school
Female (2025)17th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile-3 vs school
Hispanic (2025)10th percentile-5 vs school
African American (2023)5th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2024)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2024)3rd percentile~ school
Homeless (2024)3rd percentile~ school
Special Education (2023)2nd percentile-5 vs school
White (2023)1st percentile-6 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
Science26%-17 vs state
English Language Arts18%-35 vs state
Mathematics6%-32 vs state

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Students at Graham A Elementary School are 62% Hispanic, 19% White, 15% African American, 2% American Indian.

Graham A Elementary School ranks in the bottom 6.4% of Illinois elementary schools.

Students who attend Graham A Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Tilden Career Communty Academy High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 344 students attended Graham A Elementary School.


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