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Locke J Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1531st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 26% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Locke J Elementary School is a public school in Chicago, Illinois, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 1,131 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.

Locke J Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of Illinois elementary schools over the past 10 years, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating the school is performing significantly below the state average. The school struggles across all student subgroups, with the lowest rankings for White students and English Language Learners. Locke J also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 25.4% to 40.8% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state and district averages. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better on the IAR exams, is consistently well below the state and district averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics.

Nearby schools, such as Lyon Elementary, Acero Charter Roberto Clemente Elementary, and Dever Elementary, generally outperform Locke J Elementary across academic metrics, with higher proficiency rates and statewide rankings. Locke J Elementary has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 86.91% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, which is likely a contributing factor to the school's academic challenges. While the school has seen increased per-student spending in recent years, this has not yet resulted in meaningful improvements in student outcomes.

1,089
Students ?
14.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,933
Per pupil spending ?
86.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2828 N Oak Park Ave
       Chicago, IL  60634-4866

(773) 534-3300

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299


Students who attend Locke J Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Steinmetz College Prep High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
80.1%
White:
14.0%
African American:
3.4%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 42nd percentile in 2015 → 26th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (25% vs 44% meeting standards)
!High chronic absenteeism (33% vs 25% Illinois)
!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school25%
District avg33%
Illinois avg44%
Elementary school
1,531st of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 26%▼ down 16 pts since 2015
From bottom 42% (2015) to bottom 26% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Elementary Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
975th of 1,368
Illinois public middle schools ?
Bottom 29%▼ down 20 pts since 2015
From bottom 48% (2015) to bottom 29% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
199th 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
202526.41531 of 205625.5%★☆☆☆☆
202420.01680 of 206718.7%★☆☆☆☆
202320.51667 of 207719.7%★☆☆☆☆
202222.11600 of 208223.2%★☆☆☆☆
202129.61298 of 194833.4%★★☆☆☆
201932.61382 of 208633.7%★★☆☆☆
201832.71357 of 203733.4%★★☆☆☆
201730.11405 of 204431.3%★★☆☆☆
201634.21321 of 204635.4%★★☆☆☆
201537.61191 of 205242.0%★★☆☆☆
201429.91539 of 209326.5%★☆☆☆☆
201326.81662 of 216723.3%★☆☆☆☆
201236.51574 of 216627.3%★☆☆☆☆
201130.01652 of 214723.1%★☆☆☆☆
201025.41722 of 213919.5%★☆☆☆☆
200930.11641 of 212022.6%★☆☆☆☆
200825.01702 of 209218.6%★☆☆☆☆
200729.61690 of 209519.3%★☆☆☆☆
200627.51695 of 208618.7%★☆☆☆☆
200520.91716 of 202215.1%★☆☆☆☆
200431.11564 of 203023.0%★☆☆☆☆
20039.71791 of 202011.3%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202525.0816 of 104922.2%★☆☆☆☆
202422.7779 of 88612.1%★☆☆☆☆
202327.6692 of 90723.7%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202537.4505 of 78835.9%★★☆☆☆
202432.4601 of 82627.2%★☆☆☆☆
202328.3667 of 78815.4%★☆☆☆☆
202226.5681 of 76811.3%★☆☆☆☆
202152.3157 of 53770.8%★★★★☆
201945.9364 of 74351.0%★★★☆☆
201843.8376 of 71847.6%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202526.41459 of 194224.9%★☆☆☆☆
202418.71637 of 194215.7%★☆☆☆☆
202319.31622 of 195717.1%★☆☆☆☆
202224.61465 of 197025.6%★☆☆☆☆
202126.11218 of 168027.5%★☆☆☆☆
201931.61361 of 201932.6%★★☆☆☆
201831.61338 of 196431.9%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202531.1702 of 98228.5%★☆☆☆☆
202423.8788 of 95917.8%★☆☆☆☆
202325.4800 of 97017.5%★☆☆☆☆
202228.6711 of 95425.5%★☆☆☆☆
202149.6293 of 74260.5%★★★☆☆
201944.3512 of 95546.4%★★☆☆☆
201842.5523 of 93844.2%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202538.41152 of 180036.0%★★☆☆☆
202428.01370 of 179323.6%★☆☆☆☆
202329.31351 of 180825.3%★☆☆☆☆
202233.11191 of 176332.4%★★☆☆☆
202150.6610 of 151459.7%★★★☆☆
201949.9822 of 181654.7%★★★☆☆
201847.5866 of 176550.9%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202527.31408 of 194727.7%★☆☆☆☆
202422.31525 of 195922.2%★☆☆☆☆
202322.51531 of 198422.8%★☆☆☆☆
202220.51573 of 197720.4%★☆☆☆☆
202127.01210 of 170729.1%★☆☆☆☆
201934.71285 of 201936.4%★★☆☆☆
201835.51229 of 197237.7%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202525.3988 of 129223.5%★☆☆☆☆
202428.0882 of 119526.2%★☆☆☆☆
202330.2787 of 115631.9%★★☆☆☆
202228.3816 of 111326.7%★☆☆☆☆
202124.8517 of 64019.2%★☆☆☆☆
201925.8966 of 119419.1%★☆☆☆☆
201834.9446 of 76341.5%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202526.31084 of 138922.0%★☆☆☆☆
202423.01144 of 139217.8%★☆☆☆☆
202310.61352 of 14194.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.01385 of 14252.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.61324 of 14629.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.81144 of 146321.8%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202527.4975 of 136828.7%★☆☆☆☆
202422.41053 of 136322.7%★☆☆☆☆
202328.2944 of 136730.9%★★☆☆☆
202230.9896 of 136934.6%★★☆☆☆
202128.6855 of 124131.1%★★☆☆☆
201927.1983 of 135627.5%★☆☆☆☆
201825.1969 of 129325.1%★☆☆☆☆
201751.0570 of 129355.9%★★★☆☆
201654.3524 of 129459.5%★★★☆☆
201542.5672 of 130248.4%★★☆☆☆
201436.1892 of 132232.5%★★☆☆☆
201340.7843 of 136738.3%★★☆☆☆
201250.9783 of 136542.6%★★☆☆☆
201150.2766 of 134443.0%★★☆☆☆
201043.9873 of 132734.2%★★☆☆☆
200946.2827 of 131837.3%★★☆☆☆
200852.3729 of 129343.6%★★☆☆☆
200748.1794 of 128738.3%★★☆☆☆
200643.4842 of 127233.8%★★☆☆☆
200519.5981 of 120918.9%★☆☆☆☆
200415.8999 of 120417.0%★☆☆☆☆
200318.0964 of 118518.6%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202527.6531 of 69423.5%★☆☆☆☆
202430.3466 of 63927.1%★☆☆☆☆
202338.0376 of 67444.2%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202536.7301 of 48337.7%★★☆☆☆
202426.3435 of 48610.5%★☆☆☆☆
202332.9360 of 48025.0%★☆☆☆☆
202244.0205 of 45454.8%★★★☆☆
202136.3198 of 27728.5%★☆☆☆☆
201944.2158 of 33953.4%★★★☆☆
201833.7219 of 28523.2%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202528.0899 of 124828.0%★☆☆☆☆
202424.7934 of 125125.3%★☆☆☆☆
202329.7862 of 127532.4%★★☆☆☆
202230.4856 of 128633.4%★★☆☆☆
202126.3749 of 101726.4%★☆☆☆☆
201926.2964 of 127624.5%★☆☆☆☆
201820.2999 of 122618.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202529.4471 of 66929.6%★☆☆☆☆
202424.8521 of 64319.0%★☆☆☆☆
202334.6431 of 66134.8%★★☆☆☆
202235.6416 of 66237.2%★★☆☆☆
202138.6306 of 51740.8%★★☆☆☆
201927.8500 of 63921.8%★☆☆☆☆
201824.6490 of 59016.9%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202534.6802 of 122934.7%★★☆☆☆
202429.3875 of 121928.2%★☆☆☆☆
202340.1711 of 123442.4%★★☆☆☆
202241.9646 of 122147.1%★★☆☆☆
202142.8536 of 101947.4%★★☆☆☆
201938.4751 of 121738.3%★★☆☆☆
201835.0772 of 116133.5%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202527.4893 of 127129.7%★☆☆☆☆
202421.11000 of 126420.9%★☆☆☆☆
202326.7929 of 129228.1%★☆☆☆☆
202231.8834 of 128635.1%★★☆☆☆
202125.3791 of 104824.5%★☆☆☆☆
201929.1898 of 129630.7%★★☆☆☆
201830.9820 of 122333.0%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202528.6554 of 81231.8%★★☆☆☆
202432.0510 of 80236.4%★★☆☆☆
202339.5409 of 80549.2%★★☆☆☆
202231.0571 of 78126.9%★☆☆☆☆
202126.0472 of 54813.9%★☆☆☆☆
201927.1658 of 79216.9%★☆☆☆☆
201833.4383 of 60236.4%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202519.6755 of 88414.6%★☆☆☆☆
202419.1742 of 87515.2%★☆☆☆☆
202314.4817 of 8958.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202237.1544 of 89839.4%★★☆☆☆
201844.5482 of 88945.8%★★☆☆☆
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
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)36th percentile+10 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)36th percentile+10 vs school
Hispanic (2025)29th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)28th percentile~ school
Female (2025)25th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)24th percentile~ school
Disabled (2025)22nd percentile-3 vs school
White (2025)22nd percentile-4 vs school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2025)38th percentile+9 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile+6 vs school
Special Education (2025)32nd percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)30th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)30th percentile~ school
Female (2025)28th percentile~ school
Disabled (2025)23rd percentile-5 vs school
White (2025)15th percentile-14 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts36%-17 vs state
Science23%-20 vs state
Mathematics19%-20 vs state

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Locke J Elementary School ranks 1531st of 2056 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,089 students attended Locke J Elementary School.

Students at Locke J Elementary School are 80% Hispanic, 14% White, 3% African American, 1% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Students who attend Locke J Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Steinmetz College Prep High School


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