Gillespie Elementary School

Public PK, KG-8

 9301 S State St
       Chicago, IL  60619-7296


(773) 535-5065

District: City of Chicago School District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
1968th of 2,077 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,902 Help


Students who attend Gillespie Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Harlan Community Academy High School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.4 Help
Number of students:  376

Racial breakdown:

African American:
96.3%
Hispanic:
3.5%
White:
0.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  87.2% Help


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Compare Details Gillespie Elementary School ranks worse than 94.8% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 391st among 453 ranked elementary schools in the City of Chicago School District 299. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.03. (See more...)
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Compare Details Gillespie Elementary School ranks worse than 85.8% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.35. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (96.3%), Hispanic (3.5%), White (0.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 87.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Gillespie Elementary School is 14.4. 306 elementary schools in the City of Chicago School District 299 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Gillespie Elementary School is $17,902. 278 elementary schools in the City of Chicago School District 299 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Gillespie Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Gillespie Elementary School 1968th of 2077 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Gillespie Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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African American students:

SchoolDigger ranks Gillespie Elementary School 1173rd of 1367 Illinois public middle schools. (See Gillespie Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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City of Chicago School District 299:

SchoolDigger ranks City of Chicago School District 299 711th of 823 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Gillespie Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Gillespie Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 4.34 1902nd 2020 5.8%
2004 1.65 1984th 2030 2.3%
2005 3.50 1910th 2022 5.5%
2006 4.43 1988th 2086 4.7%
2007 2.65 2037th 2095 2.8%
2008 2.20 2066th 2092 1.2%
2009 0.44 2118th 2120 0.1%
2010 4.14 2074th 2139 3.0%
2011 5.25 2083rd 2147 3.0%
2012 7.95 2060th 2166 4.9%
2013 17.75 1859th 2167 14.2%
2014 24.52 1667th 2093 20.4%
2015 22.51 1641st 2052 20.0%
2016 17.42 1774th 2046 13.3%
2017 13.75 1851st 2044 9.4%
2018 18.03 1718th 2037 15.7%
2019 17.14 1810th 2086 13.2%
2021 14.84 1764th 1948 9.4%
2022 12.05 1995th 2082 4.2%
2023 12.03 1968th 2077 5.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Gillespie Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.34 1381st 1765 21.8%
2019 23.26 1559th 1816 14.2%
2021 24.76 1247th 1514 17.6%
2022 18.52 1633rd 1763 7.4%
2023 16.43 1708th 1808 5.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Gillespie Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.61 1712th 1964 12.8%
2019 15.33 1810th 2019 10.4%
2022 12.21 1889th 1970 4.1%
2023 15.58 1769th 1957 9.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Gillespie Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.31 1588th 1972 19.5%
2019 19.62 1697th 2019 15.9%
2022 13.56 1862nd 1977 5.8%
2023 10.65 1936th 1984 2.4%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Gillespie Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.57 364th 698 47.9%
2019 34.18 473rd 711 33.5%
2021 34.88 265th 428 38.1%
2022 29.14 532nd 684 22.2%
2023 29.34 534th 692 22.8%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Gillespie Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 6.52 1110th 1185 6.3%
2004 15.18 1003rd 1204 16.7%
2005 4.57 1138th 1209 5.9%
2006 7.55 1175th 1272 7.6%
2007 4.56 1237th 1287 3.9%
2008 4.50 1240th 1293 4.1%
2009 4.12 1274th 1318 3.3%
2010 10.66 1211th 1327 8.7%
2011 14.48 1206th 1344 10.3%
2012 16.16 1210th 1365 11.4%
2013 19.23 1153rd 1367 15.7%
2014 29.45 981st 1322 25.8%
2015 20.84 1057th 1302 18.8%
2016 27.19 948th 1294 26.7%
2017 14.86 1152nd 1293 10.9%
2018 14.75 1151st 1293 11.0%
2019 16.42 1168th 1356 13.9%
2022 13.75 1273rd 1369 7.0%
2023 17.35 1173rd 1367 14.2%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Gillespie Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.88 995th 1161 14.3%
2019 17.49 1106th 1217 9.1%
2022 17.92 1133rd 1221 7.2%
2023 24.45 1001st 1234 18.9%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Gillespie Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.88 1095th 1226 10.7%
2019 16.53 1096th 1276 14.1%
2022 11.59 1241st 1286 3.5%
2023 20.40 1026th 1275 19.5%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Gillespie Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.49 1111th 1223 9.2%
2019 9.67 1278th 1296 1.4%
2022 17.05 1127th 1286 12.4%
2023 15.54 1160th 1292 10.2%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Gillespie Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.44 319th 511 37.6%
2019 35.09 365th 565 35.4%
2022 30.24 434th 573 24.3%
2023 34.45 363rd 569 36.2%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Gillespie Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 1 747 n/a 1 n/a n/a n/a 0 749
1990 2 794 n/a 1 n/a n/a n/a 0 797
1991 1 874 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 876
1992 0 956 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 956
1993 1 942 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 943
1994 2 928 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 930
1995 0 820 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 820
1996 0 820 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 820
1997 5 826 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 831
1998 0 869 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 869
1999 0 942 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 942
2000 0 830 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 830
2001 0 838 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 838
2002 1 825 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 827
2003 1 825 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 827
2004 0 723 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 725
2005 7 705 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 714
2006 0 692 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 695
2007 1 709 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 714
2008 0 633 0 6 0 n/a n/a 1 640
2009 0 544 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 547
2010 1 526 0 7 0 n/a n/a 0 534
2011 1 465 0 16 1 0 3 0 486
2012 0 569 0 18 0 0 2 0 589
2013 0 578 0 14 0 0 1 0 593
2014 0 561 0 5 0 0 2 0 568
2015 2 494 0 3 0 0 2 0 501
2016 2 511 0 12 0 0 2 0 527
2017 2 497 0 6 1 0 1 0 507
2018 2 464 0 11 0 0 1 0 478
2019 2 458 0 6 0 0 1 0 467
2020 2 413 0 6 0 0 1 0 422
2021 1 419 0 8 0 0 1 0 429
2022 1 372 0 16 0 0 0 0 389
2023 1 362 0 13 0 0 0 0 376

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Gillespie Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 749 33.0 22.6 n/a
1990 797 32.0 24.9 n/a
1991 876 38.0 23.0 n/a
1992 956 40.0 23.9 n/a
1993 943 46.0 20.5 n/a
1994 930 44.0 21.1 n/a
1995 820 42.0 19.5 n/a
1996 820 42.0 19.5 n/a
1997 831 41.0 20.3 n/a
1998 869 40.0 21.7 n/a
1999 942 43.0 21.9 n/a
2000 830 36.0 23.1 n/a
2001 838 40.0 21.0 n/a
2002 827 40.0 20.7 85
2003 827 40.0 20.7 85
2004 725 35.4 20.5 99.6
2005 714 38.6 18.5 78.7
2006 695 40.6 17.1 95.7
2007 714 32.0 22.3 85.2
2008 640 32.0 20.0 99.7
2009 547 33.0 16.6 96.3
2010 534 28.0 19.0 97.2
2011 486 29.0 16.7 97.7
2012 589 28.0 21.0 97.3
2013 593 34.7 17.0 92.1
2014 568 36.0 15.7 95.8
2015 501 33.0 15.1 97.4
2016 527 32.0 16.4 97.2
2017 507 27.1 18.6 95.3
2018 478 26.6 17.9 95.4
2019 467 30.5 15.3 81.2
2020 422 29.0 14.5 88.4
2021 429 n/a n/a n/a
2022 389 26.0 14.9 84.3
2023 376 26.0 14.4 87.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Gillespie Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 749 33.0 22.6 n/a
1990 797 32.0 24.9 n/a
1991 876 38.0 23.0 n/a
1992 956 40.0 23.9 n/a
1993 943 46.0 20.5 n/a
1994 930 44.0 21.1 n/a
1995 820 42.0 19.5 n/a
1996 820 42.0 19.5 n/a
1997 831 41.0 20.3 n/a
1998 869 40.0 21.7 n/a
1999 942 43.0 21.9 n/a
2000 830 36.0 23.1 n/a
2001 838 40.0 21.0 n/a
2002 827 40.0 20.7 85
2003 827 40.0 20.7 85
2004 725 35.4 20.5 99.6
2005 714 38.6 18.5 78.7
2006 695 40.6 17.1 95.7
2007 714 32.0 22.3 85.2
2008 640 32.0 20.0 99.7
2009 547 33.0 16.6 96.3
2010 534 28.0 19.0 97.2
2011 486 29.0 16.7 97.7
2012 589 28.0 21.0 97.3
2013 593 34.7 17.0 92.1
2014 568 36.0 15.7 95.8
2015 501 33.0 15.1 97.4
2016 527 32.0 16.4 97.2
2017 507 27.1 18.6 95.3
2018 478 26.6 17.9 95.4
2019 467 30.5 15.3 81.2
2020 422 29.0 14.5 88.4
2021 429 n/a n/a n/a
2022 389 26.0 14.9 84.3
2023 376 26.0 14.4 87.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Immunization Rates

Gillespie Elementary School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPPneumococcal Meningococcal
201595.2%95.2%95.2%95.2%38.2%97.1%95.2%8.8%
201694.0%94.7%94.9%94.7%37.0%96.7%66.9%9.7%4.2%
201794.5%94.7%95.1%94.9%32.8%93.1%93.9%7.2%12.0%
201895.4%95.8%96.0%96.0%33.0%94.2%95.6%8.1%18.8%
201997.0%97.2%97.4%97.4%36.0%96.7%97.2%8.1%22.9%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Gillespie Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $991 (8.6%) $10,534 (91.4%) $11,525
2020 $851 (6.4%) $12,428 (93.6%) $13,279
2021 $2,700 (19.1%) $11,424 (80.9%) $14,124
2022 $2,700 (19.1%) $11,424 (80.9%) $14,124
2023 $3,225 (18.0%) $14,678 (82.0%) $17,902

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Gillespie Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1810th of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1968th of 2077 Elementary schools
 8%
Ranks 1168th of 1356 Middle schoolsRanks 1173rd of 1367 Middle schools
 0.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Gillespie Elementary School)52.611.4
 41.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)39.419.7
 19.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.428.8
 7.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Gillespie Elementary School)8.28.6
 0.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)32.920.9
 12%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Illinois)40.633
 7.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Gillespie Elementary School)2.56.9
 4.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)23.225
 1.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Gillespie Elementary School)50
 5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)24.116.4
 7.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Gillespie Elementary School)12.50
 12.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)24.124.1
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Gillespie Elementary School)00
   5th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)20.715
 5.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (Gillespie Elementary School)26.513.9
 12.6%
   5th Grade Science (City of Chicago School District 299)40.739.2
 1.5%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Gillespie Elementary School)25.3
 3.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)22.824.7
 1.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)3534.2
 0.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Gillespie Elementary School)02.6
 2.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)17.714.6
 3.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)25.323.4
 1.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Gillespie Elementary School)5.510.3
 4.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)28.229.7
 1.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)41.237.9
 3.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (Gillespie Elementary School)00
   7th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)21.818.7
 3.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.926.9
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Gillespie Elementary School)35.77.1
 28.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)26.231.3
 5.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)39.640.5
 0.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (Gillespie Elementary School)7.10
 7.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)24.319.5
 4.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)32.625.7
 6.9%
8th Grade Science (Gillespie Elementary School)28.648.1
 19.5%
   8th Grade Science (City of Chicago School District 299)40.340.3
   8th Grade Science (Illinois)5552
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students467376
 19.5%
African American458362
 21%
American Indian00
Asian00
Hispanic613
 116.7%
Pacific Islander00
White21
 50%
Two or More Races10
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients81.2%87.2%
 6.1%


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Students at Gillespie Elementary School are 96% African American, 3% Hispanic.

In the 2022-23 school year, 376 students attended Gillespie Elementary School.

Students who attend Gillespie Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Harlan Community Academy High School

Gillespie Elementary School ranks in the bottom 5.2% of Illinois elementary schools.


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