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Lara Elementary Academy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

4619 South Wolcott Ave

Chicago IL, 60609, Cook County

Phone: 773-535-4389

Ranking:

(2,771 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:	30		40		27		29		31		31		29
Total Students:	537		539		553		555		596		601		598
Prekindergarten:	77	14.3%	77	14.3%	79	14.3%	74	13.3%	81	13.6%	42	7.0%	40	6.7%
Kindergarten:	61	11.4%	45	8.3%	52	9.4%	48	8.6%	60	10.1%	65	10.8%	83	13.9%
Grade 1:	52	9.7%	52	9.6%	45	8.1%	59	10.6%	57	9.6%	79	13.1%	63	10.5%
Grade 2:	48	8.9%	42	7.8%	56	10.1%	52	9.4%	67	11.2%	61	10.1%	60	10.0%
Grade 3:	51	9.5%	52	9.6%	61	11.0%	64	11.5%	57	9.6%	60	10.0%	79	13.2%
Grade 4:	54	10.1%	60	11.1%	48	8.7%	47	8.5%	55	9.2%	71	11.8%	70	11.7%
Grade 5:	59	11.0%	52	9.6%	50	9.0%	51	9.2%	66	11.1%	68	11.3%	57	9.5%
Grade 6:	47	8.8%	49	9.1%	53	9.6%	64	11.5%	63	10.6%	54	9.0%	47	7.9%
Grade 7:	40	7.4%	46	8.5%	59	10.7%	54	9.7%	43	7.2%	47	7.8%	54	9.0%
Grade 8:	48	8.9%	64	11.9%	50	9.0%	42	7.6%	47	7.9%	54	9.0%	45	7.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	272	50.7%	275	51.0%	277	50.1%	302	54.4%	324	54.4%	272	45.3%	310	51.8%
Female:	265	49.3%	264	49.0%	276	49.9%	253	45.6%	263	44.1%	321	53.4%	273	45.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%
Hispanic:	510	95.0%	513	95.2%	532	96.2%	536	96.6%	562	94.3%	566	94.2%	563	94.1%
Black:	17	3.2%	17	3.2%	17	3.1%	16	2.9%	16	2.7%	16	2.7%	12	2.0%
White:	8	1.5%	4	0.7%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	15	2.5%	16	2.7%	10	1.7%
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:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	529	98.5%	527	97.8%	312	56.4%	549	98.9%	576	96.6%	565	94.0%	553	92.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	238	43.0%	3	0.5%	11	1.8%	24	4.0%	40	6.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.90		13.39		20.48		19.14		19.23		19.40		20.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ISAT
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	25%	48.7%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	53.6%	55.6%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56.5%	55.2%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	67.1%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54.5%	69.1%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62.6%	70.2%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.3%	72.2%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	75.9%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.9%	78.7%	87.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.9%	79.8%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	21.5%	42.3%	54.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	15.6%	35.8%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	17.9%	41.3%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43.4%	42.1%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	33.3%	50.9%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	36.3%	53.2%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	41.1%	54.6%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	34.5%	56.4%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	45.1%	57.8%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50.8%	62.6%	74.7%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55.8%	64.6%	76.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	26.8%	45.3%	58.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	68.9%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.0%	72.2%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47.8%	70.6%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.0%	75.2%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55.1%	76.3%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.3%	80.8%	87.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78%	82.4%	88.1%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	39.0%	51.0%	60.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	57.6%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	48.4%	56.7%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	32.3%	57.8%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	45.0%	58.8%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.9%	59.1%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.6%	62.0%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.8%	65.0%	76.0%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	37.3%	45.5%	59.2%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	27.9%	39.5%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40%	40.6%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	33.3%	43.3%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	65.3%	57.1%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	45.1%	57.3%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	27.5%	56.0%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	56.5%	58.9%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	38.7%	60.2%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	53.2%	66.4%	79.4%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	62%	69.2%	79.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	59.3%	73.8%	80.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	16.7%	44.0%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	38.5%	50.9%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35.7%	49.7%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	58.3%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	65.3%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.8%	65.7%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	69.1%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	71.6%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	75.1%	84.0%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	75.5%	83.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.1%	49.5%	59.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	20.8%	38.8%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.3%	42.7%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	35.7%	43.4%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.8%	49.9%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64%	52.5%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	37.0%	55.5%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.5%	57.6%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49.2%	59.5%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.9%	63.4%	76.4%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	65.4%	77.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	32.7%	43.8%	58.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50%	62.3%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.2%	66.8%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56%	69%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.5%	71.1%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.0%	74.4%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.6%	75.4%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.6%	77.9%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	37.8%	51.5%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	36.7%	59.1%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	41.6%	59.2%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.1%	67.0%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48.2%	68.3%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	51.6%	70.3%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.0%	76.5%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.8%	73.7%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	40.0%	49.4%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.2%	62.0%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.8%	65.9%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58%	68.2%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.4%	72.4%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.2%	76.0%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	77.6%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.0%	79.0%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	33.3%	53.3%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.3%	62.8%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	45.7%	62.9%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	46%	69.5%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.9%	69.2%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.8%	67.6%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.5%	72.6%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.0%	70.9%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.7%	51.9%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	27.5%	56.2%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	43.2%	56.0%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	54.3%	54.5%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	79.1%	68.4%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	45.7%	62.5%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	58%	63.2%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	52.1%	64.8%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	68.8%	70.6%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	73.0%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	78.3%	71.8%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	73.0%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	10%	30.7%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	13.3%	33.3%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	19.4%	32.3%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.6%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	71.1%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.1%	69.3%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	72.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	76.5%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88%	81.4%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	80.6%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.5%	53.9%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	43.6%	50.5%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	36.7%	54.6%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	29.4%	59.4%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.9%	72.1%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.8%	77.9%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	75.0%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	77.6%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.2%	78.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.5%	80.7%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.2%	83.1%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.1%	52.5%	59.8%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

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