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Fairfield Elementary Academy

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1890th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 8% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Fairfield Elementary Academy is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Chicago, Illinois, with an enrollment of 467 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.

Fairfield Elementary Academy consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of Illinois elementary schools, with significantly below-average performance on state assessments across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 25.9% of Fairfield students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 42.8% for the district and 53.1% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low in mathematics, with only 4.9% of students proficient or better, compared to 27.3% for the district and 38.5% for the state. Fairfield's struggles extend to its diverse student population, with subgroups such as African American and Hispanic students ranking in the bottom 20-30% of Illinois elementary schools.

While nearby schools in the same district, such as Marquette Elementary School, Claremont Academy Elementary School, and Earle Elementary School, generally perform better than Fairfield Elementary Academy, the school's consistently low performance over the past several years suggests a need for significant intervention and support to address the root causes of its challenges, which may include high chronic absenteeism rates and limited resources.

492
Students ?
14.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,898
Per pupil spending ?
98.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 6201 S Fairfield Ave
       Chicago, IL  60629-2309

(773) 535-9500

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299


Students who attend Fairfield Elementary Academy usually attend:

High:    Gage Park High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
85.2%
African American:
13.0%
American Indian:
1.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 14th percentile in 2015 → 8th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (14% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (39% vs 25% Illinois)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school14%
District avg33%
Illinois avg44%
Elementary school
1,890th of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 8%▼ down 6 pts since 2015
From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 8% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,240th of 1,368
Illinois public middle schools ?
Bottom 9%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
364th 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
202511.51890 of 20568.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.22052 of 20670.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.42030 of 20772.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.51933 of 20827.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.41894 of 19482.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.11845 of 208611.6%★☆☆☆☆
201814.81831 of 203710.1%★☆☆☆☆
201712.11896 of 20447.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20169.81976 of 20463.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201517.91761 of 205214.2%★☆☆☆☆
201411.11929 of 20937.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20137.92066 of 21674.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20120.82162 of 21660.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20110.92144 of 21470.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20101.12130 of 21390.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20092.32089 of 21201.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20083.42038 of 20922.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20073.52018 of 20953.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20061.62048 of 20861.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20051.61969 of 20222.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20042.71956 of 20303.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20031.51991 of 20201.4%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202330.2520 of 69224.9%★☆☆☆☆
202220.1680 of 6840.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.3649 of 7118.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.0626 of 69810.3%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202326.4711 of 90721.6%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202530.2600 of 78823.9%★☆☆☆☆
202419.8805 of 8262.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.5755 of 7884.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202221.2750 of 7682.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202124.6525 of 5372.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201937.7488 of 74334.3%★★☆☆☆
201832.0543 of 71824.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202510.91821 of 19426.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.01916 of 19421.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.51941 of 19570.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.01859 of 19705.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.91663 of 16801.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.21771 of 201912.3%★☆☆☆☆
201813.81800 of 19648.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202515.4913 of 9827.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.6951 of 9590.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.6965 of 9700.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.4917 of 9543.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.7728 of 7421.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201924.3813 of 95514.9%★☆☆☆☆
201823.8795 of 93815.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202517.31631 of 18009.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.41774 of 17931.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.51753 of 18083.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.11576 of 176310.6%★☆☆☆☆
202118.31441 of 15144.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.91489 of 181618.0%★☆☆☆☆
201822.91509 of 176514.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202513.51744 of 194710.4%★☆☆☆☆
20249.31940 of 19591.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.61850 of 19846.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.61741 of 197711.9%★☆☆☆☆
202112.61650 of 17073.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.81772 of 201912.2%★☆☆☆☆
201818.21701 of 197213.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202319.81063 of 11568.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202222.8999 of 111310.2%★☆☆☆☆
201921.21098 of 11948.0%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202513.71240 of 13689.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.51275 of 13636.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.21177 of 136713.9%★☆☆☆☆
202221.21082 of 136921.0%★☆☆☆☆
202118.61052 of 124115.2%★☆☆☆☆
201916.21169 of 135613.8%★☆☆☆☆
201815.01146 of 129311.4%★☆☆☆☆
201715.31145 of 129311.4%★☆☆☆☆
201620.51085 of 129416.2%★☆☆☆☆
201513.51194 of 13028.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20146.51277 of 13223.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20136.71311 of 13674.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20121.61355 of 13650.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20112.71322 of 13441.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20109.21226 of 13277.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20097.61233 of 13186.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20085.41232 of 12934.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20075.51224 of 12874.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20064.91212 of 12724.7%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202539.2328 of 57442.9%★★☆☆☆
202319.4544 of 5694.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202229.1453 of 57320.9%★☆☆☆☆
201923.4496 of 56512.2%★☆☆☆☆
201820.3481 of 5115.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202320.7651 of 6743.4%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202536.1310 of 48335.8%★★☆☆☆
202429.0393 of 48619.1%★☆☆☆☆
202332.3369 of 48023.1%★☆☆☆☆
202225.7443 of 4542.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201951.2106 of 33968.7%★★★☆☆
201844.6127 of 28555.4%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20259.01204 of 12483.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.11171 of 12516.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.81151 of 12759.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202221.71020 of 128620.7%★☆☆☆☆
201916.31100 of 127613.8%★☆☆☆☆
201815.31083 of 122611.7%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202516.3617 of 6697.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.1625 of 6432.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.1574 of 66113.2%★☆☆☆☆
202224.8538 of 66218.7%★☆☆☆☆
202119.3475 of 5178.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201921.1558 of 63912.7%★☆☆☆☆
201818.2539 of 5908.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202520.61051 of 122914.5%★☆☆☆☆
202417.51098 of 12199.9%★☆☆☆☆
202325.2983 of 123420.3%★☆☆☆☆
202231.7848 of 122130.5%★★☆☆☆
202127.7771 of 101924.3%★☆☆☆☆
201923.41006 of 121717.3%★☆☆☆☆
201821.3989 of 116114.8%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202524.2943 of 127125.8%★☆☆☆☆
202415.91132 of 126410.4%★☆☆☆☆
202323.7987 of 129223.6%★☆☆☆☆
202221.91003 of 128622.0%★☆☆☆☆
201917.31114 of 129614.0%★☆☆☆☆
201815.21094 of 122310.5%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202318.5788 of 8052.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202226.8734 of 7816.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201932.1524 of 79233.8%★★☆☆☆
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 (2023)25th percentile+23 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)24th percentile+16 vs school
Disabled (2023)22nd percentile+19 vs school
Male (2025)10th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile~ school
Special Education (2023)8th percentile+6 vs school
Hispanic (2025)7th percentile~ school
Female (2025)6th percentile~ school
Middle school
African American (2025)43rd percentile+34 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)36th percentile+26 vs school
Male (2025)26th percentile+16 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)14th percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2025)8th percentile~ school
Female (2025)4th percentile-6 vs school
Disabled (2023)3rd percentile-10 vs school
Special Education (2023)2nd percentile-12 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts26%-27 vs state
Science13%-30 vs state
Mathematics5%-34 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 492 students attended Fairfield Elementary Academy.

Students at Fairfield Elementary Academy are 85% Hispanic, 13% African American, 1% American Indian.

Fairfield Elementary Academy ranks in the bottom 8.1% of Illinois elementary schools.

Students who attend Fairfield Elementary Academy usually go on to attend:

High : Gage Park High School


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