Holmes Elementary School
955 West Garfield Blvd Chicago IL, 60621, Cook County Phone: 773-535-9025 Ranking:  (3,025 out of 3,028, bottom 0%)*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: | 18 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 27 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 272 | 270 | 333 | 368 | 400 | 474 | 520 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 34 | 12.5% | 24 | 8.9% | 33 | 9.9% | 32 | 8.7% | 31 | 7.8% | 52 | 11.0% | 36 | 6.9% |
| Kindergarten: | 32 | 11.8% | 31 | 11.5% | 28 | 8.4% | 28 | 7.6% | 31 | 7.8% | 30 | 6.3% | 52 | 10.0% |
| Grade 1: | 28 | 10.3% | 26 | 9.6% | 24 | 7.2% | 32 | 8.7% | 35 | 8.8% | 49 | 10.3% | 49 | 9.4% |
| Grade 2: | 24 | 8.8% | 24 | 8.9% | 26 | 7.8% | 32 | 8.7% | 40 | 10.0% | 48 | 10.1% | 50 | 9.6% |
| Grade 3: | 32 | 11.8% | 32 | 11.9% | 46 | 13.8% | 54 | 14.7% | 55 | 13.8% | 60 | 12.7% | 54 | 10.4% |
| Grade 4: | 32 | 11.8% | 34 | 12.6% | 38 | 11.4% | 42 | 11.4% | 42 | 10.5% | 45 | 9.5% | 56 | 10.8% |
| Grade 5: | 26 | 9.6% | 27 | 10.0% | 35 | 10.5% | 35 | 9.5% | 38 | 9.5% | 44 | 9.3% | 53 | 10.2% |
| Grade 6: | 25 | 9.2% | 28 | 10.4% | 40 | 12.0% | 40 | 10.9% | 38 | 9.5% | 49 | 10.3% | 58 | 11.2% |
| Grade 7: | 18 | 6.6% | 22 | 8.1% | 35 | 10.5% | 39 | 10.6% | 46 | 11.5% | 43 | 9.1% | 59 | 11.3% |
| Grade 8: | 21 | 7.7% | 22 | 8.1% | 28 | 8.4% | 34 | 9.2% | 44 | 11.0% | 53 | 11.2% | 53 | 10.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 123 | 45.2% | 130 | 48.1% | 169 | 50.8% | 183 | 49.7% | 198 | 49.5% | 237 | 50.0% | 245 | 47.1% |
| Female: | 149 | 54.8% | 140 | 51.9% | 164 | 49.2% | 185 | 50.3% | 193 | 48.3% | 229 | 48.3% | 263 | 50.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 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: | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Black: | 267 | 98.2% | 267 | 98.9% | 330 | 99.1% | 366 | 99.5% | 397 | 99.3% | 471 | 99.4% | 512 | 98.5% |
| White: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 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: | 3 | 1.1% | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 245 | 90.1% | 258 | 95.6% | 228 | 68.5% | 357 | 97.0% | 389 | 97.3% | 419 | 88.4% | 500 | 96.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 100 | 30.0% | 7 | 1.9% | 8 | 2.0% | 12 | 2.5% | 17 | 3.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.11 | 16.40 | 19.59 | 18.40 | 16.67 | 18.20 | 19.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ISAT | ||||||
| 2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 31.1% | 48.7% | 75.7% |
| 2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 40.0% | 55.6% | 79.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 55.2% | 79.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38.0% | 67.1% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.3% | 69.1% | 86.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 70.2% | 85.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 72.2% | 85.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 75.9% | 86.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 78.7% | 87.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.0% | 79.8% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 9.1% | 42.3% | 54.8% |
| 2003 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 16.4% | 35.8% | 62.0% |
| 2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 28.8% | 41.3% | 65.1% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 18.5% | 42.1% | 66.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 31.6% | 50.9% | 70.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.5% | 53.2% | 72.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 36.2% | 54.6% | 71.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 35.4% | 56.4% | 72.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 39.6% | 57.8% | 73.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44.7% | 62.6% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 35.9% | 64.6% | 76.0% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 21.2% | 45.3% | 58.8% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 34.5% | 68.9% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.2% | 72.2% | 86.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 49% | 70.6% | 84.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 75.2% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 76.3% | 85.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 80.8% | 87.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 82.4% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 15.2% | 51.0% | 60.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 32.7% | 57.6% | 72.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 56.7% | 73.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 44% | 57.8% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 26.2% | 58.8% | 73.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 34.2% | 59.1% | 73.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 36.8% | 62.0% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 28.9% | 65.0% | 76.0% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 12.1% | 45.5% | 59.2% |
| 2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 15.7% | 39.5% | 66.5% |
| 2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 8.3% | 40.6% | 67.8% |
| 2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 29.7% | 43.3% | 71.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 23.6% | 57.1% | 79.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 40.4% | 57.3% | 79.7% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 39.6% | 56.0% | 76.2% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 31% | 58.9% | 76.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 41.5% | 60.2% | 76.6% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 50.0% | 66.4% | 79.4% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 29.7% | 69.2% | 79.8% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 28.1% | 73.8% | 80.9% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.7% | 44.0% | 68.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 10.3% | 50.9% | 71.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.7% | 49.7% | 73.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.9% | 58.3% | 78.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.2% | 65.3% | 82.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 65.7% | 81.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 40.5% | 69.1% | 82.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 71.6% | 83.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 75.1% | 84.0% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 75.5% | 83.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.6% | 49.5% | 59.4% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.9% | 38.8% | 60.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 17.3% | 42.7% | 60.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.6% | 43.4% | 62.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.4% | 49.9% | 68.5% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 25.5% | 52.5% | 69.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.4% | 55.5% | 73.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.5% | 57.6% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.2% | 59.5% | 74.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 20% | 63.4% | 76.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.2% | 65.4% | 77.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 0.0% | 43.8% | 58.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 33.8% | 62.3% | 79.1% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 35.9% | 66.8% | 81.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 69% | 82.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 38.5% | 71.1% | 82.4% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 74.4% | 84.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 75.4% | 83.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 77.9% | 84.9% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 29.6% | 51.5% | 59.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 30.8% | 59.1% | 72.8% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 59.2% | 73.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 43.3% | 67.0% | 79.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 68.3% | 79.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 35.1% | 70.3% | 81.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 39% | 76.5% | 84.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 35% | 73.7% | 81.7% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 25.9% | 49.4% | 58.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 62.0% | 76.0% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.6% | 65.9% | 79.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 68.2% | 80.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 72.4% | 82.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.5% | 76.0% | 84.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.5% | 77.6% | 84.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.2% | 79.0% | 84.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 13.6% | 53.3% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.3% | 62.8% | 72% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.9% | 62.9% | 73.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.6% | 69.5% | 77.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.7% | 69.2% | 77.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 29.5% | 67.6% | 77.4% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.3% | 72.6% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.5% | 70.9% | 78.1% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 9.1% | 51.9% | 58.5% |
| 2003 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 56.2% | 73.7% |
| 2004 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.8% | 56.0% | 74.4% |
| 2005 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.1% | 54.5% | 74.6% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 68.4% | 80.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 31.6% | 62.5% | 79.3% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 27.9% | 63.2% | 79.2% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.9% | 64.8% | 79.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.4% | 70.6% | 82.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 73.0% | 81.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.2% | 71.8% | 79.9% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 27.3% | 73.0% | 79.0% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 5.8% | 30.7% | 53.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 28.8% | 33.3% | 54.4% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 15.7% | 32.3% | 54.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 64.6% | 78.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 71.1% | 81.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 38.6% | 69.3% | 80.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 62% | 72.8% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 54% | 76.5% | 83.7% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 81.4% | 86.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.7% | 80.6% | 85.0% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.4% | 53.9% | 58.9% |
| 2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.2% | 50.5% | 63.7% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 54.6% | 67.1% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.5% | 59.4% | 72.8% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 72.1% | 79.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 77.9% | 81.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 75.0% | 81.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 54% | 77.6% | 83.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 52% | 78.1% | 84.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 80.7% | 85.0% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 83.1% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 27.3% | 52.5% | 59.8% |
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* Holmes 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.