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Talman Elementary School

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Talman Elementary School ranks 984 th of 2056 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-8

984^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools

Better than 52% of Illinois elementary schools

Summary

Talman Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Chicago, Illinois, with 346 students enrolled. While the overall Chicago Public Schools District 299 is ranked 698 out of 811 districts in Illinois, Talman Elementary has shown relatively stronger academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts (ELA).

In the 2024-2025 school year, Talman Elementary had 52.8% of students proficient or better in ELA, compared to 42.8% for the district. In math, Talman had 30.5% proficient or better, compared to 27.3% for the district. Talman's performance is still below the state average, but it outperforms the district in both ELA and math. The school also stands out for its strong performance among certain student subgroups, ranking in the top 261 out of 982 Illinois elementary schools for Hispanic students in ELA and in the top 225 out of 788 for English Language Learners in ELA.

However, Talman Elementary School has had relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 25.4% to 40.8% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average. Despite this challenge, Talman is able to achieve stronger academic performance than nearby schools like Christopher Elementary, Morrill Elementary, and Sawyer Elementary, while spending less per student than its peers.

332

Students ?

11.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,640

Per pupil spending ?

89.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5450 S Talman Ave
Chicago, IL 60632-1520

(773) 535-7850

District: Chicago Public Schools District 299

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

90.4%

White:

7.2%

African American:

1.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 41st percentile in 2015 → 52nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 11 percentile points since 2015

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Chicago Public Schools District 299

✓Above the Illinois median (52nd percentile)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Illinois average (39% vs 44% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school39%

District avg33%

Illinois avg44%

Elementary school

984^th of 2,056

Illinois public elementary schools ?

Top 48%▲ up 11 pts since 2015

From bottom 41% (2015) to top 48% (2025)

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★★★★★

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Middle school

661^st of 1,368

Illinois public middle schools ?

Top 48%▼ down 4 pts since 2015

From top 45% (2015) to top 48% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

87^th of 451Elementary Schools in the Chicago Public Schools District 299

698^th 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	51.1	984 of 2056	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.3	1195 of 2067	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.5	1182 of 2077	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.9	1070 of 2082	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.3	1200 of 1948	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	56.3	857 of 2086	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.4	1066 of 2037	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2017	34.8	1296 of 2044	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2016	36.6	1253 of 2046	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	37.2	1203 of 2052	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2014	41.2	1294 of 2093	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2013	40.3	1395 of 2167	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2012	56.1	1138 of 2166	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2011	60.7	1024 of 2147	52.3%	★★★☆☆
2010	46.2	1367 of 2139	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2009	22.9	1754 of 2120	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	8.7	1945 of 2092	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	28.1	1716 of 2095	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	15.6	1845 of 2086	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	23.9	1680 of 2022	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	30.5	1574 of 2030	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	8.8	1810 of 2020	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	59.6	225 of 788	71.4%	★★★★☆
2024	43.2	420 of 826	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.7	397 of 788	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	48.3	314 of 768	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	36.9	339 of 537	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	50.6	278 of 743	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	49.2	298 of 718	58.5%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	50.1	933 of 1942	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.2	1056 of 1942	45.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.6	1191 of 1957	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.6	954 of 1970	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	52.5	697 of 1680	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	53.7	880 of 2019	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	38.0	1194 of 1964	39.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	65.7	261 of 982	73.4%	★★★★☆
2024	52.5	357 of 959	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	54.3	358 of 970	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	60.8	263 of 954	72.4%	★★★★☆
2021	51.0	270 of 742	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	73.2	149 of 955	84.4%	★★★★☆
2018	62.7	262 of 938	72.1%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	74.9	290 of 1800	83.9%	★★★★☆
2024	56.5	640 of 1793	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.5	725 of 1808	59.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	64.0	457 of 1763	74.1%	★★★★☆
2021	56.8	484 of 1514	68.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	77.5	216 of 1816	88.1%	★★★★☆
2018	67.9	378 of 1765	78.6%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	52.6	884 of 1947	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.6	1116 of 1959	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.6	1102 of 1984	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.5	999 of 1977	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.8	1002 of 1707	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	60.5	716 of 2019	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.8	847 of 1972	57.0%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2023	68.9	249 of 1156	78.5%	★★★★☆
2022	49.9	412 of 1113	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	35.0	735 of 1194	38.4%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	47.5	661 of 1368	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	33.5	846 of 1363	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.7	742 of 1367	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	55.0	511 of 1369	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	40.3	654 of 1241	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.9	665 of 1356	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.5	454 of 1293	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2017	55.9	501 of 1293	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2016	43.7	685 of 1294	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2015	47.9	582 of 1302	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2014	59.5	534 of 1322	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	59.4	555 of 1367	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2012	60.8	597 of 1365	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2011	58.0	653 of 1344	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2010	35.8	970 of 1327	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	23.5	1067 of 1318	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	34.9	937 of 1293	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	51.8	731 of 1287	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2006	54.0	689 of 1272	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2005	28.1	910 of 1209	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	22.2	949 of 1204	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	11.9	1025 of 1185	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2023	25.6	546 of 674	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	35.8	318 of 483	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.8	445 of 486	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	450 of 480	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	27.4	421 of 454	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	51.5	105 of 339	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.8	143 of 285	49.8%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	46.0	631 of 1248	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.0	855 of 1251	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.3	652 of 1275	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.2	597 of 1286	53.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	41.1	546 of 1017	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.7	767 of 1276	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	57.2	486 of 1226	60.4%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	55.2	263 of 669	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	39.4	355 of 643	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.9	255 of 661	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	67.4	141 of 662	78.7%	★★★★☆
2021	52.8	190 of 517	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	55.9	237 of 639	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	72.5	109 of 590	81.5%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	58.2	429 of 1229	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.7	509 of 1219	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.1	411 of 1234	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	74.6	174 of 1221	85.7%	★★★★☆
2021	61.7	259 of 1019	74.6%	★★★★☆
2019	68.3	271 of 1217	77.7%	★★★★☆
2018	80.7	129 of 1161	88.9%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	47.4	607 of 1271	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.1	709 of 1264	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.6	725 of 1292	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	63.0	375 of 1286	70.8%	★★★★☆
2021	40.7	550 of 1048	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	54.2	528 of 1296	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.6	400 of 1223	67.3%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2024	36.9	440 of 802	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.3	501 of 805	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	52.5	211 of 781	73.0%	★★★★☆
2019	53.3	230 of 792	71.0%	★★★★☆

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)84th percentile+32 vs school

Special Education (2023)78th percentile+35 vs school

Hispanic (2025)73rd percentile+21 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)71st percentile+19 vs school

Male (2025)55th percentile~ school

Female (2025)52nd percentile~ school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)65th percentile+13 vs school

Hispanic (2025)61st percentile+9 vs school

Male (2025)52nd percentile~ school

Female (2025)49th percentile~ school

Special Education (2024)45th percentile+7 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)34th percentile-18 vs school

Disabled (2023)19th percentile-27 vs school

By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts53%~ state avg

Science35%-8 vs state

Mathematics30%-8 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISA Science (2025)		IAR English Language Arts (2025)							IAR Mathematics (2025)							% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Pneumococcal (2024)	% Meningococcal (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	% Pneumococcal All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Talman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5450 S Talman Ave	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-7850	332	28	11.8	89.8%	24 (7.2%)	4 (1.2%)	300 (90.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	51.1	984^th of 2056 public elementary schools	52.1%		38.3	1195^th of 2067 public elementary schools	42.2%	211	30.8	40.0	45.5	45.9	53.8	60.0	48.4	62.9	52.8	51.5	37.8	30.8	31.4	12.9	17.1	30.5	97.1	98.8	98.8	98.8	96.8	97.1	97.7	8.1	27.8	$22,640	$2,915	$19,725
Carson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5516 S Maplewood Ave	Chicago	60629	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-9222	724	51	14.3	83.8%	2 (0.3%)	22 (3.0%)	696 (96.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	34.3	1338^th of 2056 public elementary schools	34.9%		26.9	1488^th of 2067 public elementary schools	28.0%	150	25.0	32.8	26.2	21.1	51.1	47.7	58.6	78.3	46.8	48.4	22.1	35.2	16.9	22.9	40.0	30.9	86.1	87.9	87.7	87.7	92.1	87.3	87.1	2.9	23.1	$17,015	$2,061	$14,954
Nightingale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5250 S Rockwell St	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-9270	917	65	14.1	90.6%	6 (0.7%)	6 (0.7%)	893 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19.3	1687^th of 2056 public elementary schools	17.9%		23.3	1588^th of 2067 public elementary schools	23.2%	99	20.9	27.2	30.5	25.9	22.1	28.7	36.3	34.8	30.0	19.8	24.7	14.0	17.0	25.5	16.3	19.6	91.5	91.6	91.6	91.6	95.1	91.6	91.4	6.9	25.3	$17,600	$1,924	$15,675
Acero Charter - Rufino Tamayo Elementary	Public, Charter	K-8	5135 S California Ave	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(773) 434-6355	266	19	14.0	90.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	265 (99.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37.4	1265^th of 2056 public elementary schools	38.5%		41.6	1120^th of 2067 public elementary schools	45.8%	145	23.3	33.3	25.9	48.3	46.7	57.1	79.3	66.7	54.3	37.0	37.9	20.7	17.9	37.9	13.3	27.3										$20,388	$969	$19,418
Christopher Elementary School	Public	K-8	5042 S Artesian Ave	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-9375	315	38	8.4	95.9%	6 (1.9%)	50 (15.9%)	257 (81.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14.3	1813^th of 2056 public elementary schools	11.8%		11.8	1979^th of 2067 public elementary schools	4.3%	166	21.4	10.3	12.5	9.1	35.7	31.6	33.3	31.0	25.6	25.0	9.1	0.0	10.5	9.5	10.3	10.7	92.6	95.8	95.8	95.8	95.5	94.2	93.3		37.5	$31,627	$4,137	$27,491
Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School	Public	PK, KG-8	6011 S Rockwell St	Chicago	60629	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-9288	600	41	14.6	96.2%	17 (2.8%)	139 (23.2%)	442 (73.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12.9	1850^th of 2056 public elementary schools	10.0%		14.4	1870^th of 2067 public elementary schools	9.5%	20	14.6	23.7	5.4	13.3	22.9	41.3	51.9	39.7	30.8	7.9	11.1	6.3	13.0	23.5	27.1	15.7	88.0	95.3	95.3	95.3	95.5	92.9	90.3	5.5	28.0	$19,231	$2,912	$16,319
Sawyer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5248 S Sawyer Ave	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-0440	885	58	15.3	95.9%	17 (1.9%)	2 (0.2%)	857 (96.8%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	16.8	1745^th of 2056 public elementary schools	15.1%		17.2	1762^nd of 2067 public elementary schools	14.8%	17	13.8	25.0	27.6	19.6	27.7	25.6	23.5	36.6	27.0	26.4	20.6	9.6	15.6	15.3	28.6	19.6	95.1	96.4	96.3	96.3	97.6	94.1	95.0	3.7	27.4	$17,180	$2,337	$14,843
Fairfield Elementary Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	6201 S Fairfield Ave	Chicago	60629	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-9500	492	35	14.0	98.2%	1 (0.2%)	64 (13.0%)	419 (85.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	11.5	1890^th of 2056 public elementary schools	8.1%		9.2	2052^nd of 2067 public elementary schools	0.7%	162	5.3	20.9	26.0	23.8	26.3	31.8	10.2	39.5	25.9	14.0	9.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	4.9	89.4	93.1	93.1	93.1	95.9	91.6	92.0	3.5	24.4	$18,898	$2,862	$16,036
Henderson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5650 S Wolcott Ave	Chicago	60636	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-9080	246	16	15.6	76.0%	2 (0.8%)	113 (45.9%)	131 (53.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10.1	1943^rd of 2056 public elementary schools	5.5%		13.7	1908^th of 2067 public elementary schools	7.7%	35	8.3	3.7	13.3	14.3	25.0	28.6	53.3	29.6	27.0	13.3	9.5	0.0	9.5	0.0	0.0	5.5	71.7	76.0	76.0	76.0	89.7	75.5	73.4	5.6	16.3	$27,609	$3,782	$23,827
Monarcas Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	5815 S Homan Ave	Chicago	60629	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-9280	797	57	13.9	91.5%	9 (1.1%)	15 (1.9%)	765 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48.3	1029^th of 2056 public elementary schools	50.0%		45.2	1044^th of 2067 public elementary schools	49.5%	15	37.9		49.1	35.8	59.2				47.8	47.3	28.4	36.9				37.6	92.6	95.7	95.7	95.7	97.9	93.2	92.0	12.9		$18,652	$2,588	$16,064

Frequently Asked Questions about Talman Elementary School

What district is Talman Elementary School in?

Chicago Public Schools District 299

What is the racial makeup of Talman Elementary School?

Students at Talman Elementary School are 90% Hispanic, 7% White, 1% African American.

How many students attend Talman Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 332 students attended Talman Elementary School.

Is Talman Elementary School a good school?

Talman Elementary School ranks 984^th of 2056 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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