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Nobel Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1807th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 12% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Nobel Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Chicago, Illinois, with 603 students enrolled. 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.

Nobel Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom 15-20% of Illinois elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics are significantly lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 25.7% of Nobel students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 42.8% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate at Nobel was just 9.9%, compared to 27.3% for the district and 38.5% for the state. The school also struggles to serve its diverse student population, with low performance across subgroups, particularly for disabled students, who rank in the bottom 5% of Illinois elementary schools.

Despite the relatively high spending per student at Nobel Elementary School, ranging from $12,637 to $16,924 over the past few years, the school's academic performance remains poor. This suggests potential inefficiencies in resource allocation. Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Cameron Elementary, McAuliffe Elementary, and KIPP One Academy, generally perform better than Nobel Elementary School in academic proficiency, student subgroup performance, and other key metrics, indicating that the challenges faced by Nobel Elementary School may not be shared by all schools in the immediate vicinity.

592
Students ?
16.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$17,670
Per pupil spending ?
96.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 4127 W Hirsch St
       Chicago, IL  60651-1806

(773) 534-4365

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299


Students who attend Nobel Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Orr Academy High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
87.0%
African American:
10.6%
White:
0.8%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 44th percentile in 2015 → 12th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (17% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (34% vs 25% Illinois)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school17%
District avg33%
Illinois avg44%
Elementary school
1,807th of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 12%▼ down 32 pts since 2015
From bottom 44% (2015) to bottom 12% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,155th of 1,368
Illinois public middle schools ?
Bottom 16%▼ down 40 pts since 2015
From top 44% (2015) to bottom 16% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
318th 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
202514.51807 of 205612.1%★☆☆☆☆
202418.31729 of 206716.4%★☆☆☆☆
202318.11751 of 207715.7%★☆☆☆☆
202216.31807 of 208213.2%★☆☆☆☆
202118.51629 of 194816.4%★☆☆☆☆
201933.31367 of 208634.5%★★☆☆☆
201834.11323 of 203735.1%★★☆☆☆
201724.31571 of 204423.1%★☆☆☆☆
201621.71648 of 204619.5%★☆☆☆☆
201539.41143 of 205244.3%★★☆☆☆
201436.91382 of 209334.0%★★☆☆☆
201322.61747 of 216719.4%★☆☆☆☆
201211.72006 of 21667.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20119.02011 of 21476.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20106.02041 of 21394.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20095.32033 of 21204.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20085.91988 of 20925.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200710.51915 of 20958.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200620.41781 of 208614.6%★☆☆☆☆
200523.81684 of 202216.7%★☆☆☆☆
200417.81736 of 203014.5%★☆☆☆☆
200310.21780 of 202011.9%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202221.4672 of 6841.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201939.4407 of 71142.8%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202517.5988 of 10495.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202428.2668 of 88624.6%★☆☆☆☆
202328.8669 of 90726.2%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202519.8738 of 7886.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202427.9683 of 82617.3%★☆☆☆☆
202330.1631 of 78819.9%★☆☆☆☆
202220.7752 of 7682.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202135.7360 of 53733.0%★★☆☆☆
201942.8410 of 74344.8%★★☆☆☆
201834.6509 of 71829.1%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202519.51598 of 194217.7%★☆☆☆☆
202420.41573 of 194219.0%★☆☆☆☆
202318.21664 of 195715.0%★☆☆☆☆
202218.71640 of 197016.8%★☆☆☆☆
202115.71506 of 168010.4%★☆☆☆☆
201939.41180 of 201941.6%★★☆☆☆
201836.51230 of 196437.4%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202517.9881 of 98210.3%★☆☆☆☆
202425.0769 of 95919.8%★☆☆☆☆
202325.4803 of 97017.2%★☆☆☆☆
202222.2833 of 95412.7%★☆☆☆☆
202125.7618 of 74216.7%★☆☆☆☆
201947.8453 of 95552.6%★★★☆☆
201845.0491 of 93847.7%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202523.11490 of 180017.2%★☆☆☆☆
202427.91373 of 179323.4%★☆☆☆☆
202328.71369 of 180824.3%★☆☆☆☆
202225.81397 of 176320.8%★☆☆☆☆
202126.91186 of 151421.7%★☆☆☆☆
201954.3701 of 181661.4%★★★☆☆
201853.8709 of 176559.8%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202512.71767 of 19479.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.41666 of 195915.0%★☆☆☆☆
202319.61616 of 198418.5%★☆☆☆☆
202215.71773 of 197710.3%★☆☆☆☆
202118.41450 of 170715.1%★☆☆☆☆
201928.61447 of 201928.3%★☆☆☆☆
201832.81314 of 197233.4%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202522.71036 of 129219.8%★☆☆☆☆
202424.4958 of 119519.8%★☆☆☆☆
202329.1806 of 115630.3%★★☆☆☆
202226.2884 of 111320.6%★☆☆☆☆
202121.4565 of 64011.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201936.1705 of 119441.0%★★☆☆☆
201827.2584 of 76323.5%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202518.21155 of 136815.6%★☆☆☆☆
202423.71029 of 136324.5%★☆☆☆☆
202338.4802 of 136741.3%★★☆☆☆
202226.8964 of 136929.6%★☆☆☆☆
202126.3904 of 124127.2%★☆☆☆☆
201932.9894 of 135634.1%★★☆☆☆
201833.5832 of 129335.7%★★☆☆☆
201726.5957 of 129326.0%★☆☆☆☆
201623.11037 of 129419.9%★☆☆☆☆
201548.2575 of 130255.8%★★★☆☆
201438.7845 of 132236.1%★★☆☆☆
201338.9890 of 136734.9%★★☆☆☆
201225.31108 of 136518.8%★☆☆☆☆
201122.51129 of 134416.0%★☆☆☆☆
201014.51170 of 132711.8%★☆☆☆☆
200917.61119 of 131815.1%★☆☆☆☆
200819.31085 of 129316.1%★☆☆☆☆
200724.61035 of 128719.6%★☆☆☆☆
200625.51012 of 127220.4%★☆☆☆☆
200516.51009 of 120916.5%★☆☆☆☆
200418.4976 of 120418.9%★☆☆☆☆
200310.21051 of 118511.3%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202524.3483 of 57415.9%★☆☆☆☆
202236.5348 of 57339.3%★★☆☆☆
202135.4245 of 38536.4%★★☆☆☆
201933.1391 of 56530.8%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202521.7621 of 69410.5%★☆☆☆☆
202438.2348 of 63945.5%★★☆☆☆
202343.1313 of 67453.6%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202521.6453 of 4836.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202431.8360 of 48625.9%★☆☆☆☆
202345.3205 of 48057.3%★★★☆☆
202239.7263 of 45442.1%★★☆☆☆
202152.671 of 27774.4%★★★★☆
201943.5166 of 33951.0%★★★☆☆
201834.7208 of 28527.0%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202523.1976 of 124821.8%★☆☆☆☆
202426.3911 of 125127.2%★☆☆☆☆
202331.8833 of 127534.7%★★☆☆☆
202223.7981 of 128623.7%★☆☆☆☆
202123.8794 of 101721.9%★☆☆☆☆
201936.6804 of 127637.0%★★☆☆☆
201842.4688 of 122643.9%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202521.8560 of 66916.3%★☆☆☆☆
202430.2453 of 64329.5%★☆☆☆☆
202344.6321 of 66151.4%★★★☆☆
202232.1459 of 66230.7%★★☆☆☆
202135.9332 of 51735.8%★★☆☆☆
201938.9381 of 63940.4%★★☆☆☆
201837.2381 of 59035.4%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202527.1939 of 122923.6%★☆☆☆☆
202431.3841 of 121931.0%★★☆☆☆
202355.2441 of 123464.3%★★★☆☆
202239.9681 of 122144.2%★★☆☆☆
202141.8553 of 101945.7%★★☆☆☆
201950.0558 of 121754.1%★★★☆☆
201848.4535 of 116153.9%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202515.11139 of 127110.4%★☆☆☆☆
202421.6985 of 126422.1%★☆☆☆☆
202342.9663 of 129248.7%★★☆☆☆
202230.6855 of 128633.5%★★☆☆☆
202124.5807 of 104823.0%★☆☆☆☆
201928.3909 of 129629.9%★★☆☆☆
201824.0948 of 122322.5%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202526.4583 of 81228.2%★☆☆☆☆
202429.8554 of 80230.9%★★☆☆☆
202339.1415 of 80548.4%★★☆☆☆
202227.3635 of 78118.7%★☆☆☆☆
201924.7700 of 79211.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201830.1431 of 60228.4%★☆☆☆☆
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)20th percentile+8 vs school
Female (2025)18th percentile+6 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)17th percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2025)10th percentile~ school
Male (2025)9th percentile-3 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)6th percentile-6 vs school
Disabled (2025)6th percentile-6 vs school
African American (2022)2nd percentile-11 vs school
Middle school
Special Education (2025)28th percentile+13 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)24th percentile+8 vs school
Female (2025)22nd percentile+6 vs school
Hispanic (2025)16th percentile~ school
African American (2025)16th percentile~ school
Disabled (2025)11th percentile-5 vs school
Male (2025)10th percentile-5 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)6th percentile-9 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts26%-27 vs state
Science16%-27 vs state
Mathematics10%-29 vs state

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Open Quote Nobel is a great school my son is happy there and he loves going to school. Everyone theres knows josiah and he is always looking forward of going to school. The staff and teachers are friendly and the office staff are friendly and well educated. Close Quote





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

High : Orr Academy High School

Students at Nobel Elementary School are 87% Hispanic, 11% African American.

Nobel Elementary School ranks in the bottom 12.1% of Illinois elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 592 students attended Nobel Elementary School.


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