Howe Elementary School
720 North Lorel Ave Chicago IL, 60644, Cook County Phone: 773-534-6060 Ranking:  (2,783 out of 3,028, bottom 8%)*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: | 44 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 28 | |||||||
| Total Students: | NA | NA | 602 | 575 | 582 | 544 | 555 | 595 | ||||||
| Prekindergarten: | NA | NA | 40 | 6.6% | 41 | 7.1% | 38 | 6.5% | 39 | 7.2% | 41 | 7.4% | 40 | 6.7% |
| Kindergarten: | NA | NA | 66 | 11.0% | 50 | 8.7% | 61 | 10.5% | 53 | 9.7% | 51 | 9.2% | 60 | 10.1% |
| Grade 1: | NA | NA | 63 | 10.5% | 55 | 9.6% | 62 | 10.7% | 47 | 8.6% | 59 | 10.6% | 59 | 9.9% |
| Grade 2: | NA | NA | 61 | 10.1% | 60 | 10.4% | 57 | 9.8% | 61 | 11.2% | 57 | 10.3% | 66 | 11.1% |
| Grade 3: | NA | NA | 61 | 10.1% | 66 | 11.5% | 72 | 12.4% | 69 | 12.7% | 71 | 12.8% | 73 | 12.3% |
| Grade 4: | NA | NA | 66 | 11.0% | 70 | 12.2% | 54 | 9.3% | 61 | 11.2% | 56 | 10.1% | 54 | 9.1% |
| Grade 5: | NA | NA | 60 | 10.0% | 52 | 9.0% | 66 | 11.3% | 57 | 10.5% | 46 | 8.3% | 57 | 9.6% |
| Grade 6: | NA | NA | 59 | 9.8% | 63 | 11.0% | 67 | 11.5% | 54 | 9.9% | 53 | 9.5% | 61 | 10.3% |
| Grade 7: | NA | NA | 60 | 10.0% | 62 | 10.8% | 51 | 8.8% | 53 | 9.7% | 56 | 10.1% | 59 | 9.9% |
| Grade 8: | NA | NA | 66 | 11.0% | 56 | 9.7% | 54 | 9.3% | 50 | 9.2% | 65 | 11.7% | 66 | 11.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | NA | NA | 290 | 48.2% | 305 | 53.0% | 303 | 52.1% | 263 | 48.3% | 273 | 49.2% | 288 | 48.4% |
| Female: | NA | NA | 312 | 51.8% | 270 | 47.0% | 279 | 47.9% | 272 | 50.0% | 274 | 49.4% | 296 | 49.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | NA | NA | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | NA | NA | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | NA | NA | 16 | 2.7% | 10 | 1.7% | 6 | 1.0% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% |
| Black: | NA | NA | 583 | 96.8% | 562 | 97.7% | 575 | 98.8% | 538 | 98.9% | 552 | 99.5% | 585 | 98.3% |
| White: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | 594 | 98.7% | 351 | 61.0% | 550 | 94.5% | 521 | 95.8% | 511 | 92.1% | 524 | 88.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 210 | 36.5% | 23 | 4.0% | 20 | 3.7% | 12 | 2.2% | 14 | 2.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | 18.29 | 19.17 | 20.07 | 18.13 | 18.50 | 21.30 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ISAT | ||||||
| 2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 26.3% | 48.7% | 75.7% |
| 2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 29.1% | 55.6% | 79.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 25% | 55.2% | 79.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 67.1% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 42.4% | 69.1% | 86.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 34.7% | 70.2% | 85.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 72.2% | 85.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 75.9% | 86.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 78.7% | 87.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 79.8% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45.9% | 42.3% | 54.8% |
| 2003 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 13.5% | 35.8% | 62.0% |
| 2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 24.0% | 41.3% | 65.1% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 21% | 42.1% | 66.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 22.2% | 50.9% | 70.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 24.4% | 53.2% | 72.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 54.6% | 71.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 34.6% | 56.4% | 72.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 57.8% | 73.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 62.6% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 64.6% | 76.0% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 21.3% | 45.3% | 58.8% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 68.9% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 72.2% | 86.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 70.6% | 84.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 75.2% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 76.3% | 85.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 80.8% | 87.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 82.4% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 51.0% | 60.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 39.7% | 57.6% | 72.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 33.8% | 56.7% | 73.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 57.8% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 35.6% | 58.8% | 73.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.1% | 59.1% | 73.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 62.0% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 65.0% | 76.0% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 28.6% | 45.5% | 59.2% |
| 2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 20.2% | 39.5% | 66.5% |
| 2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 9.5% | 40.6% | 67.8% |
| 2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 14.5% | 43.3% | 71.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 27% | 57.1% | 79.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 30.4% | 57.3% | 79.7% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 56.0% | 76.2% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 31% | 58.9% | 76.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.7% | 60.2% | 76.6% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 66.4% | 79.4% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 69.2% | 79.8% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 73.8% | 80.9% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 24.1% | 44.0% | 68.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.3% | 50.9% | 71.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.4% | 49.7% | 73.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 24.4% | 58.3% | 78.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.4% | 65.3% | 82.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.2% | 65.7% | 81.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 60% | 69.1% | 82.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.0% | 71.6% | 83.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 75.1% | 84.0% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 75.5% | 83.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.8% | 49.5% | 59.4% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.7% | 38.8% | 60.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.7% | 42.7% | 60.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.4% | 43.4% | 62.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.3% | 49.9% | 68.5% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 13.3% | 52.5% | 69.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 55.5% | 73.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 38% | 57.6% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 59.5% | 74.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 63.4% | 76.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.0% | 65.4% | 77.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.2% | 43.8% | 58.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 43.9% | 62.3% | 79.1% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 22.5% | 66.8% | 81.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 69% | 82.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 71.1% | 82.4% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 74.4% | 84.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 75.4% | 83.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 77.9% | 84.9% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 51.5% | 59.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.0% | 59.1% | 72.8% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 22.2% | 59.2% | 73.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.4% | 67.0% | 79.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 68.3% | 79.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 70.3% | 81.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 76.5% | 84.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.0% | 73.7% | 81.7% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 24.2% | 49.4% | 58.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.3% | 62.0% | 76.0% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.0% | 65.9% | 79.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 23.1% | 68.2% | 80.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 72.4% | 82.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 88% | 76.0% | 84.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 82% | 77.6% | 84.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 79.0% | 84.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 53.3% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.8% | 62.8% | 72% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 62.9% | 73.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 69.5% | 77.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.6% | 69.2% | 77.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 66% | 67.6% | 77.4% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 58% | 72.6% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.2% | 70.9% | 78.1% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.4% | 51.9% | 58.5% |
| 2003 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.8% | 56.2% | 73.7% |
| 2004 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 34.9% | 56.0% | 74.4% |
| 2005 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.4% | 54.5% | 74.6% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.8% | 68.4% | 80.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.8% | 62.5% | 79.3% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 24.6% | 63.2% | 79.2% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.4% | 64.8% | 79.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.1% | 70.6% | 82.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.0% | 73.0% | 81.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 71.8% | 79.9% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 73.0% | 79.0% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 8.6% | 30.7% | 53.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 5% | 33.3% | 54.4% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 13.1% | 32.3% | 54.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 32.9% | 64.6% | 78.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.1% | 71.1% | 81.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.8% | 69.3% | 80.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 72.8% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 76.5% | 83.7% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 81.4% | 86.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 80.6% | 85.0% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.8% | 53.9% | 58.9% |
| 2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 34.8% | 50.5% | 63.7% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 21.7% | 54.6% | 67.1% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.2% | 59.4% | 72.8% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.9% | 72.1% | 79.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 77.9% | 81.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 75.0% | 81.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 77.6% | 83.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 78.1% | 84.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 80.7% | 85.0% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 83.1% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 28.9% | 52.5% | 59.8% |
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* Howe 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.