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Reinberg Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1640th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 20% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Reinberg Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Chicago, Illinois, with 772 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.

Reinberg Elementary School consistently performs below the district and state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 35.1% of Reinberg students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 42.8% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Mathematics, only 16.9% of Reinberg students were proficient or better, compared to 27.3% for the district and 38.5% for the state. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 25.4% to 40.8% over the past few years, significantly higher than the district and state averages.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Camras Elementary School, Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy, and Gray Elementary School, generally outperform Reinberg Elementary School in academic achievement, with higher proficiency rates in both ELA and Mathematics, as well as lower chronic absenteeism rates and higher school rankings and ratings. Despite having a relatively low student-teacher ratio and higher per-student spending than the nearby schools, Reinberg Elementary School continues to face significant challenges in supporting the academic success of its students.

768
Students ?
12.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,574
Per pupil spending ?
75%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3425 N Major Ave
       Chicago, IL  60634-4334

(773) 534-3465

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299


Students who attend Reinberg Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Schurz High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
73.0%
White:
15.5%
Asian:
4.4%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 67th percentile in 2015 → 20th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (24% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (36% vs 25% Illinois)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school24%
District avg33%
Illinois avg44%
Elementary school
1,640th of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 20%▼ down 47 pts since 2015
From top 33% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
959th of 1,368
Illinois public middle schools ?
Bottom 30%▼ down 33 pts since 2015
From top 37% (2015) to bottom 30% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
241st 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
202521.01640 of 205620.2%★☆☆☆☆
202426.31508 of 206727.0%★☆☆☆☆
202323.21572 of 207724.3%★☆☆☆☆
202227.41456 of 208230.1%★★☆☆☆
202122.51490 of 194823.5%★☆☆☆☆
201943.11124 of 208646.1%★★☆☆☆
201845.61038 of 203749.0%★★☆☆☆
201748.8972 of 204452.4%★★★☆☆
201659.9744 of 204663.6%★★★☆☆
201562.3678 of 205267.0%★★★☆☆
201449.21125 of 209346.2%★★☆☆☆
201354.91061 of 216751.0%★★★☆☆
201258.11084 of 216650.0%★★★☆☆
201144.51400 of 214734.8%★★☆☆☆
201023.41763 of 213917.6%★☆☆☆☆
200937.21522 of 212028.2%★☆☆☆☆
200834.91540 of 209226.4%★☆☆☆☆
200751.41293 of 209538.3%★★☆☆☆
200634.81593 of 208623.6%★☆☆☆☆
200527.11636 of 202219.1%★☆☆☆☆
200432.71536 of 203024.3%★☆☆☆☆
200343.21340 of 202033.7%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202525.3812 of 104922.6%★☆☆☆☆
202426.9688 of 88622.3%★☆☆☆☆
202322.0810 of 90710.7%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202531.9569 of 78827.8%★☆☆☆☆
202444.7392 of 82652.5%★★★☆☆
202338.5467 of 78840.7%★★☆☆☆
202237.0496 of 76835.4%★★☆☆☆
202124.6525 of 5372.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201954.5227 of 74369.4%★★★☆☆
201853.2252 of 71864.9%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202518.51621 of 194216.5%★☆☆☆☆
202428.11372 of 194229.4%★☆☆☆☆
202322.71514 of 195722.6%★☆☆☆☆
202227.61384 of 197029.7%★☆☆☆☆
202117.41438 of 168014.4%★☆☆☆☆
201944.31076 of 201946.7%★★☆☆☆
201848.7950 of 196451.6%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202528.0755 of 98223.1%★☆☆☆☆
202439.1558 of 95941.8%★★☆☆☆
202333.8643 of 97033.7%★★☆☆☆
202233.8629 of 95434.1%★★☆☆☆
202134.5473 of 74236.3%★★☆☆☆
201957.7307 of 95567.9%★★★☆☆
201859.2301 of 93867.9%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202529.41341 of 180025.5%★☆☆☆☆
202437.91117 of 179337.7%★★☆☆☆
202332.51244 of 180831.2%★★☆☆☆
202243.1953 of 176345.9%★★☆☆☆
202132.91044 of 151431.0%★★☆☆☆
201957.9605 of 181666.7%★★★☆☆
201861.4524 of 176570.3%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202523.61497 of 194723.1%★☆☆☆☆
202424.81457 of 195925.6%★☆☆☆☆
202324.01479 of 198425.5%★☆☆☆☆
202227.71365 of 197731.0%★★☆☆☆
202130.61128 of 170733.9%★★☆☆☆
201942.31095 of 201945.8%★★☆☆☆
201842.01061 of 197246.2%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202526.4968 of 129225.1%★☆☆☆☆
202425.7934 of 119521.8%★☆☆☆☆
202323.8953 of 115617.6%★☆☆☆☆
202226.4877 of 111321.2%★☆☆☆☆
201958.1360 of 119469.8%★★★★☆
201842.7363 of 76352.4%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20248.91347 of 13923.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.61149 of 146221.4%★☆☆☆☆
201824.71162 of 146320.6%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202528.6959 of 136829.9%★★☆☆☆
202435.2813 of 136340.4%★★☆☆☆
202336.9819 of 136740.1%★★☆☆☆
202243.3697 of 136949.1%★★☆☆☆
202149.0532 of 124157.1%★★★☆☆
201941.3751 of 135644.6%★★☆☆☆
201839.9740 of 129342.8%★★☆☆☆
201744.9670 of 129348.2%★★☆☆☆
201643.8682 of 129447.3%★★☆☆☆
201555.2484 of 130262.8%★★★☆☆
201445.1749 of 132243.3%★★☆☆☆
201347.3738 of 136746.0%★★☆☆☆
201246.4846 of 136538.0%★★☆☆☆
201143.9864 of 134435.7%★★☆☆☆
201034.2988 of 132725.5%★☆☆☆☆
200944.0863 of 131834.5%★★☆☆☆
200833.2956 of 129326.1%★☆☆☆☆
200750.6752 of 128741.6%★★☆☆☆
200648.3775 of 127239.1%★★☆☆☆
200533.8861 of 120928.8%★☆☆☆☆
200431.2877 of 120427.2%★☆☆☆☆
200335.2827 of 118530.2%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202521.3632 of 6948.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202429.7475 of 63925.7%★☆☆☆☆
202342.9316 of 67453.1%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202533.5336 of 48330.4%★★☆☆☆
202447.9182 of 48662.6%★★★☆☆
202350.8152 of 48068.3%★★★☆☆
202263.165 of 45485.7%★★★★☆
201954.784 of 33975.2%★★★★☆
201832.0253 of 28511.2%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202525.6934 of 124825.2%★☆☆☆☆
202436.9751 of 125140.0%★★☆☆☆
202334.2798 of 127537.4%★★☆☆☆
202245.3629 of 128651.1%★★★☆☆
202143.3528 of 101748.1%★★☆☆☆
201939.1759 of 127640.5%★★☆☆☆
201835.0792 of 122635.4%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202530.6456 of 66931.8%★★☆☆☆
202442.0331 of 64348.5%★★☆☆☆
202341.5356 of 66146.1%★★☆☆☆
202251.9259 of 66260.9%★★★☆☆
202159.4145 of 51772.0%★★★★☆
201945.8312 of 63951.2%★★★☆☆
201842.8320 of 59045.8%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202536.6764 of 122937.8%★★☆☆☆
202446.5581 of 121952.3%★★★☆☆
202351.6510 of 123458.7%★★★☆☆
202258.7376 of 122169.2%★★★☆☆
202165.8209 of 101979.5%★★★★☆
201957.0431 of 121764.6%★★★☆☆
201854.8442 of 116161.9%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202530.4850 of 127133.1%★★☆☆☆
202432.3789 of 126437.6%★★☆☆☆
202339.1730 of 129243.5%★★☆☆☆
202239.7700 of 128645.6%★★☆☆☆
202149.8439 of 104858.1%★★★☆☆
201942.6682 of 129647.4%★★☆☆☆
201844.0639 of 122347.8%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202528.2561 of 81230.9%★★☆☆☆
202430.9530 of 80233.9%★★☆☆☆
202346.5316 of 80560.7%★★★☆☆
202255.8184 of 78176.4%★★★★☆
201941.1367 of 79253.7%★★★☆☆
201836.7338 of 60243.9%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202329.6647 of 89527.7%★☆☆☆☆
201918.3779 of 90513.9%★☆☆☆☆
201833.2621 of 88930.1%★★☆☆☆
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
English Language Learner (2025)28th percentile+8 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)26th percentile+5 vs school
Special Education (2025)25th percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2025)23rd percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)23rd percentile+3 vs school
Disabled (2025)23rd percentile~ school
Female (2025)17th percentile-4 vs school
White (2024)3rd percentile-24 vs school
Middle school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)38th percentile+8 vs school
Male (2025)33rd percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2025)32nd percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)31st percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2025)30th percentile~ school
White (2023)28th percentile-12 vs school
Female (2025)25th percentile-5 vs school
Disabled (2025)9th percentile-21 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts35%-18 vs state
Science22%-21 vs state
Mathematics17%-22 vs state

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Reinberg Elementary School ranks in the bottom 20.2% of Illinois elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 768 students attended Reinberg Elementary School.

Students at Reinberg Elementary School are 73% Hispanic, 15% White, 4% Asian, 4% African American, 1% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.

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

High : Schurz High School


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