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Kilmer Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1519th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 26% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Kilmer Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Chicago, Illinois, with 786 students. It 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. Kilmer Elementary School has consistently been ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools over the past several years, with a ranking between 1390 and 1661 out of around 2,000 schools.

Kilmer Elementary School consistently underperforms compared to the district and state in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 30.5% of Kilmer students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 42.8% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Mathematics, only 20% of Kilmer students were proficient or better, compared to 27.3% for the district and 38.5% for the state. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with African American students performing relatively well, but Hispanic and White students, as well as English Language Learners and students with disabilities, struggling and ranking in the bottom 20-40% of Illinois schools. Additionally, Kilmer Elementary School has very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 25.4% to 40.8% over the past few years, significantly higher than the district and state averages.

Kilmer Elementary School's performance is generally lower than the nearby Mosaic School of Fine Arts, Hayt Elementary School, and Armstrong G Elementary International Studies, which tend to have higher academic proficiency rates, lower chronic absenteeism, and better rankings within the state. While Kilmer Elementary School spends between $15,643 and $19,731 per student, which is higher than the district average, it has not been able to translate this into consistently strong academic outcomes for its students. Addressing the underlying factors contributing to the school's struggles, such as poverty and English language proficiency, will be crucial for improving Kilmer Elementary School's performance and providing a high-quality education for its students.

790
Students ?
11.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,513
Per pupil spending ?
78%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 6700 N Greenview Ave
       Chicago, IL  60626-4208

(773) 534-2115

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299


Students who attend Kilmer Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Sullivan High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
41.8%
African American:
22.2%
White:
15.3%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 21st percentile in 2014 → 26th in 2025
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2014
✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (25% vs 44% meeting standards)
!English Language Arts scores 23 pts below the Illinois average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school25%
District avg33%
Illinois avg44%
Elementary school
1,519th of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 26%▼ down 6 pts since 2016
From bottom 33% (2016) to bottom 26% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Elementary Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,053rd of 1,368
Illinois public middle schools ?
Bottom 23%▼ down 5 pts since 2016
From bottom 28% (2016) to bottom 23% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
196th 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
202526.71519 of 205626.1%★☆☆☆☆
202422.41610 of 206722.1%★☆☆☆☆
202330.01394 of 207732.9%★★☆☆☆
202223.71542 of 208225.9%★☆☆☆☆
202118.41634 of 194816.1%★☆☆☆☆
201926.61534 of 208626.5%★☆☆☆☆
201828.51460 of 203728.3%★☆☆☆☆
201730.71390 of 204432.0%★★☆☆☆
201631.61381 of 204632.5%★★☆☆☆
201424.71661 of 209320.6%★☆☆☆☆
201320.81776 of 216718.0%★☆☆☆☆
201216.51920 of 216611.4%★☆☆☆☆
201126.01736 of 214719.1%★☆☆☆☆
201027.71688 of 213921.1%★☆☆☆☆
200938.91487 of 212029.9%★☆☆☆☆
200834.41550 of 209225.9%★☆☆☆☆
200756.41147 of 209545.3%★★☆☆☆
200639.81508 of 208627.7%★☆☆☆☆
200529.51600 of 202220.9%★☆☆☆☆
200420.71699 of 203016.3%★☆☆☆☆
200311.71762 of 202012.8%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202557.4228 of 68866.9%★★★☆☆
202446.9290 of 65555.7%★★★☆☆
202364.9143 of 69279.3%★★★★☆
202253.4222 of 68467.5%★★★☆☆
201954.3245 of 71165.5%★★★☆☆
201849.1273 of 69860.9%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202539.6584 of 104944.3%★★☆☆☆
202428.6662 of 88625.3%★☆☆☆☆
202323.2774 of 90714.7%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202529.7611 of 78822.5%★☆☆☆☆
202433.7570 of 82631.0%★★☆☆☆
202336.7509 of 78835.4%★★☆☆☆
202235.3531 of 76830.9%★★☆☆☆
202147.3195 of 53763.7%★★★☆☆
201946.6343 of 74353.8%★★★☆☆
201845.5349 of 71851.4%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202531.41335 of 194231.3%★★☆☆☆
202423.51490 of 194223.3%★☆☆☆☆
202333.61233 of 195737.0%★★☆☆☆
202225.91425 of 197027.7%★☆☆☆☆
201935.01274 of 201936.9%★★☆☆☆
201830.11377 of 196429.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202520.5844 of 98214.1%★☆☆☆☆
202423.6793 of 95917.3%★☆☆☆☆
202325.0808 of 97016.7%★☆☆☆☆
202216.9912 of 9544.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201930.0710 of 95525.7%★☆☆☆☆
201840.6539 of 93842.5%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202534.21248 of 180030.7%★★☆☆☆
202429.61324 of 179326.2%★☆☆☆☆
202338.91076 of 180840.5%★★☆☆☆
202232.81202 of 176331.8%★★☆☆☆
202129.71119 of 151426.1%★☆☆☆☆
201941.31065 of 181641.4%★★☆☆☆
201843.5968 of 176545.2%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202523.41503 of 194722.8%★☆☆☆☆
202422.71517 of 195922.6%★☆☆☆☆
202326.21425 of 198428.2%★☆☆☆☆
202222.81501 of 197724.1%★☆☆☆☆
202113.21634 of 17074.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.71692 of 201916.2%★☆☆☆☆
201828.31416 of 197228.2%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202536.8764 of 129240.9%★★☆☆☆
202423.6983 of 119517.7%★☆☆☆☆
202332.4742 of 115635.8%★★☆☆☆
202233.4688 of 111338.2%★★☆☆☆
201943.0574 of 119451.9%★★★☆☆
201837.0417 of 76345.3%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202534.9981 of 138929.4%★☆☆☆☆
202427.41064 of 139223.6%★☆☆☆☆
202330.11047 of 141926.2%★☆☆☆☆
202258.7553 of 142561.2%★★★☆☆
201814.31348 of 14637.9%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202522.81053 of 136823.0%★☆☆☆☆
202422.11058 of 136322.4%★☆☆☆☆
202328.2943 of 136731.0%★★☆☆☆
202229.4925 of 136932.4%★★☆☆☆
202118.71047 of 124115.6%★☆☆☆☆
201925.91002 of 135626.1%★☆☆☆☆
201837.1777 of 129339.9%★★☆☆☆
201734.7824 of 129336.3%★★☆☆☆
201627.6934 of 129427.8%★☆☆☆☆
201415.11172 of 132211.3%★☆☆☆☆
201317.01189 of 136713.0%★☆☆☆☆
201213.81225 of 136510.3%★☆☆☆☆
201115.01196 of 134411.0%★☆☆☆☆
201027.61041 of 132721.6%★☆☆☆☆
200922.21084 of 131817.8%★☆☆☆☆
200823.11057 of 129318.3%★☆☆☆☆
200719.61079 of 128716.2%★☆☆☆☆
200632.7948 of 127225.5%★☆☆☆☆
200522.8954 of 120921.1%★☆☆☆☆
200411.41047 of 120413.0%★☆☆☆☆
200318.9954 of 118519.5%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202549.8238 of 57458.5%★★★☆☆
202437.0332 of 54839.4%★★☆☆☆
202355.9176 of 56969.1%★★★☆☆
202262.7132 of 57377.0%★★★★☆
201954.5184 of 56567.4%★★★☆☆
201866.5110 of 51178.5%★★★★☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202530.9474 of 69431.7%★★☆☆☆
202428.6490 of 63923.3%★☆☆☆☆
202328.5514 of 67423.7%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202528.4391 of 48319.0%★☆☆☆☆
202448.2178 of 48663.4%★★★☆☆
202345.7202 of 48057.9%★★★☆☆
202234.9332 of 45426.9%★☆☆☆☆
201940.3203 of 33940.1%★★☆☆☆
201852.971 of 28575.1%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202528.8884 of 124829.2%★☆☆☆☆
202422.2985 of 125121.3%★☆☆☆☆
202331.1847 of 127533.6%★★☆☆☆
202232.5818 of 128636.4%★★☆☆☆
201931.5892 of 127630.1%★★☆☆☆
201832.7829 of 122632.4%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202519.0586 of 66912.4%★☆☆☆☆
202417.0586 of 6438.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202329.2488 of 66126.2%★☆☆☆☆
202230.3477 of 66227.9%★☆☆☆☆
201926.9511 of 63920.0%★☆☆☆☆
201838.9363 of 59038.5%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202525.6964 of 122921.6%★☆☆☆☆
202429.3874 of 121928.3%★☆☆☆☆
202339.4727 of 123441.1%★★☆☆☆
202241.1655 of 122146.4%★★☆☆☆
202130.0737 of 101927.7%★☆☆☆☆
201935.1805 of 121733.9%★★☆☆☆
201847.2560 of 116151.8%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202518.91055 of 127117.0%★☆☆☆☆
202425.3920 of 126427.2%★☆☆☆☆
202326.3936 of 129227.6%★☆☆☆☆
202226.8921 of 128628.4%★☆☆☆☆
202115.7955 of 10488.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.81012 of 129621.9%★☆☆☆☆
201840.8680 of 122344.4%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202522.7657 of 81219.1%★☆☆☆☆
202424.0662 of 80217.5%★☆☆☆☆
202333.1504 of 80537.4%★★☆☆☆
202226.4767 of 7811.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201928.2638 of 79219.4%★☆☆☆☆
201831.2421 of 60230.1%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202531.0639 of 88427.7%★☆☆☆☆
202435.4571 of 87534.7%★★☆☆☆
202324.6727 of 89518.8%★☆☆☆☆
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)67th percentile+41 vs school
Disabled (2025)44th percentile+18 vs school
Special Education (2025)41st percentile+15 vs school
Female (2025)31st percentile+5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)31st percentile+5 vs school
White (2025)29th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)23rd percentile-3 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)22nd percentile-4 vs school
Hispanic (2025)14th percentile-12 vs school
Middle school
African American (2025)59th percentile+36 vs school
Disabled (2025)32nd percentile+9 vs school
Female (2025)29th percentile+6 vs school
White (2025)28th percentile+5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)19th percentile-4 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)19th percentile-4 vs school
Male (2025)17th percentile-6 vs school
Hispanic (2025)12th percentile-11 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts30%-23 vs state
Science24%-19 vs state
Mathematics20%-18 vs state

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Students at Kilmer Elementary School are 42% Hispanic, 22% African American, 15% White, 10% Asian, 9% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.

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

High : Sullivan High School

Kilmer Elementary School ranks 1519th of 2056 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 790 students attended Kilmer Elementary School.


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