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Gillespie Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

9301 South State St

Chicago IL, 60619, Cook County

Phone: 773-535-5065

Ranking:

(2,956 out of 3,028, bottom 2%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Chicago Public School District 299

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	36		35		28		29		28		33		32
Total Students:	568		593		589		486		534		547		640
Prekindergarten:	56	9.9%	69	11.6%	83	14.1%	40	8.2%	42	7.9%	41	7.5%	38	5.9%
Kindergarten:	51	9.0%	67	11.3%	47	8.0%	46	9.5%	44	8.2%	43	7.9%	50	7.8%
Grade 1:	70	12.3%	60	10.1%	58	9.8%	36	7.4%	50	9.4%	47	8.6%	44	6.9%
Grade 2:	61	10.7%	45	7.6%	40	6.8%	59	12.1%	51	9.6%	47	8.6%	67	10.5%
Grade 3:	59	10.4%	63	10.6%	75	12.7%	45	9.3%	81	15.2%	57	10.4%	94	14.7%
Grade 4:	48	8.5%	70	11.8%	47	8.0%	63	13.0%	51	9.6%	60	11.0%	52	8.1%
Grade 5:	57	10.0%	50	8.4%	68	11.5%	49	10.1%	54	10.1%	53	9.7%	59	9.2%
Grade 6:	55	9.7%	62	10.5%	65	11.0%	50	10.3%	49	9.2%	68	12.4%	83	13.0%
Grade 7:	58	10.2%	58	9.8%	50	8.5%	59	12.1%	55	10.3%	49	9.0%	69	10.8%
Grade 8:	53	9.3%	49	8.3%	56	9.5%	39	8.0%	57	10.7%	81	14.8%	84	13.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	305	53.7%	331	55.8%	313	53.1%	263	54.1%	289	54.1%	250	45.7%	320	50.0%
Female:	263	46.3%	262	44.2%	276	46.9%	223	45.9%	237	44.4%	289	52.8%	315	49.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	5	0.9%	14	2.4%	18	3.1%	16	3.3%	7	1.3%	3	0.5%	6	0.9%
Black:	561	98.8%	578	97.5%	569	96.6%	465	95.7%	526	98.5%	544	99.5%	633	98.9%
White:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	3	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	544	95.8%	546	92.1%	346	58.7%	454	93.4%	484	90.6%	485	88.7%	594	92.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	227	38.5%	21	4.3%	35	6.6%	42	7.7%	43	6.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.78		17.06		21.04		16.76		19.07		16.60		20.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ISAT
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	29.3%	48.7%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	35.5%	55.6%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42.1%	55.2%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.0%	67.1%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50.0%	69.1%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45.4%	70.2%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	41.8%	72.2%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.9%	75.9%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	78.7%	87.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.0%	79.8%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	34.0%	42.3%	54.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	19.1%	35.8%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	22.3%	41.3%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	42.6%	42.1%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	44.7%	50.9%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	53.2%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40.7%	54.6%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	35.1%	56.4%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46.6%	57.8%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.8%	62.6%	74.7%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	64.6%	76.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43.4%	45.3%	58.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.3%	68.9%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	48.3%	72.2%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	29.4%	70.6%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.1%	75.2%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53%	76.3%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.7%	80.8%	87.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.4%	82.4%	88.1%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	36.9%	51.0%	60.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50.7%	57.6%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.8%	56.7%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	45.1%	57.8%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	29.3%	58.8%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	36.8%	59.1%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	37.3%	62.0%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.2%	65.0%	76.0%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	40.0%	45.5%	59.2%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	41.3%	39.5%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	20.8%	40.6%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	23.8%	43.3%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	49.3%	57.1%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	41.4%	57.3%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	35.3%	56.0%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	28.3%	58.9%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	44.9%	60.2%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	37.3%	66.4%	79.4%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	47.8%	69.2%	79.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.7%	73.8%	80.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	24.5%	44.0%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32.3%	50.9%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	14.7%	49.7%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	20.6%	58.3%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	23.6%	65.3%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	65.7%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	26.5%	69.1%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54%	71.6%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52%	75.1%	84.0%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.0%	75.5%	83.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.9%	49.5%	59.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	26.8%	38.8%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	20.0%	42.7%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	26.7%	43.4%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	24.7%	49.9%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	33.7%	52.5%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.9%	55.5%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	26.5%	57.6%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	34%	59.5%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44%	63.4%	76.4%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	43.9%	65.4%	77.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40.9%	43.8%	58.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	38.8%	62.3%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	31.2%	66.8%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44.3%	69%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44.0%	71.1%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47.2%	74.4%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.0%	75.4%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.5%	77.9%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.3%	51.5%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	49.4%	59.1%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.5%	59.2%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.6%	67.0%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	40.9%	68.3%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.3%	70.3%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.7%	76.5%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.6%	73.7%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	36.9%	49.4%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	42.3%	62.0%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	23%	65.9%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	41.1%	68.2%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.1%	72.4%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.0%	76.0%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.6%	77.6%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.0%	79.0%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39.7%	53.3%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50.6%	62.8%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	43.6%	62.9%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.5%	69.5%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.1%	69.2%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.0%	67.6%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.9%	72.6%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.3%	70.9%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	34.5%	51.9%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	51.7%	56.2%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	44.2%	56.0%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	40.0%	54.5%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	55.2%	68.4%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	40.5%	62.5%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	52.0%	63.2%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	53.9%	64.8%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	56.3%	70.6%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	64.2%	73.0%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	61.7%	71.8%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	75.4%	73.0%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	6.1%	30.7%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	5.8%	33.3%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	1.3%	32.3%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.3%	64.6%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42.5%	71.1%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.9%	69.3%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	34.2%	72.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.0%	76.5%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.1%	81.4%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	80.6%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41.7%	53.9%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	33.8%	50.5%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.4%	54.6%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.8%	59.4%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67%	72.1%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	77.9%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.2%	75.0%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.2%	77.6%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	78.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.0%	80.7%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	83.1%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	38.8%	52.5%	59.8%

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* Gillespie Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.