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Spencer Technology Academy Elementary School
214 North Lavergne Ave Chicago IL, 60644, Cook County Phone: 773-534-6150 Ranking:  (2,935 out of 3,028, bottom 3%)*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: | 48 | 46 | 41 | 41 | 47 | 42 | 44 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 849 | 818 | 805 | 782 | 854 | 921 | 878 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 98 | 11.5% | 62 | 7.6% | 64 | 8.0% | 67 | 8.6% | 88 | 10.3% | 93 | 10.1% | 41 | 4.7% |
| Kindergarten: | 89 | 10.5% | 80 | 9.8% | 74 | 9.2% | 76 | 9.7% | 84 | 9.8% | 83 | 9.0% | 89 | 10.1% |
| Grade 1: | 82 | 9.7% | 85 | 10.4% | 89 | 11.1% | 76 | 9.7% | 76 | 8.9% | 95 | 10.3% | 80 | 9.1% |
| Grade 2: | 100 | 11.8% | 88 | 10.8% | 78 | 9.7% | 73 | 9.3% | 86 | 10.1% | 82 | 8.9% | 101 | 11.5% |
| Grade 3: | 93 | 11.0% | 93 | 11.4% | 100 | 12.4% | 115 | 14.7% | 111 | 13.0% | 133 | 14.4% | 113 | 12.9% |
| Grade 4: | 76 | 9.0% | 87 | 10.6% | 84 | 10.4% | 76 | 9.7% | 79 | 9.3% | 84 | 9.1% | 85 | 9.7% |
| Grade 5: | 79 | 9.3% | 82 | 10.0% | 75 | 9.3% | 78 | 10.0% | 82 | 9.6% | 86 | 9.3% | 75 | 8.5% |
| Grade 6: | 84 | 9.9% | 85 | 10.4% | 81 | 10.1% | 71 | 9.1% | 82 | 9.6% | 100 | 10.9% | 108 | 12.3% |
| Grade 7: | 68 | 8.0% | 81 | 9.9% | 79 | 9.8% | 78 | 10.0% | 82 | 9.6% | 88 | 9.6% | 74 | 8.4% |
| Grade 8: | 80 | 9.4% | 75 | 9.2% | 81 | 10.1% | 72 | 9.2% | 84 | 9.8% | 77 | 8.4% | 112 | 12.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 429 | 50.5% | 426 | 52.1% | 423 | 52.5% | 414 | 52.9% | 453 | 53.0% | 426 | 46.3% | 439 | 50.0% |
| Female: | 420 | 49.5% | 392 | 47.9% | 382 | 47.5% | 368 | 47.1% | 392 | 45.9% | 487 | 52.9% | 429 | 48.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 10 | 1.2% | 5 | 0.6% | 8 | 1.0% | 15 | 1.9% | 6 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.3% |
| Black: | 838 | 98.7% | 811 | 99.1% | 793 | 98.5% | 766 | 98.0% | 843 | 98.7% | 912 | 99.0% | 867 | 98.7% |
| White: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% |
| 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: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 842 | 99.2% | 808 | 98.8% | 559 | 69.4% | 771 | 98.6% | 817 | 95.7% | 843 | 91.5% | 851 | 96.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 243 | 30.2% | 8 | 1.0% | 19 | 2.2% | 25 | 2.7% | 24 | 2.7% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.87 | 17.89 | 19.63 | 19.07 | 18.17 | 21.90 | 20.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ISAT | ||||||
| 2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 25.2% | 48.7% | 75.7% |
| 2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 29.5% | 55.6% | 79.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 55.2% | 79.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 67.1% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.4% | 69.1% | 86.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50.0% | 70.2% | 85.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.1% | 72.2% | 85.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 75.9% | 86.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.4% | 78.7% | 87.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.0% | 79.8% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 20.4% | 42.3% | 54.8% |
| 2003 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 9.9% | 35.8% | 62.0% |
| 2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 17.4% | 41.3% | 65.1% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 21.3% | 42.1% | 66.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38.7% | 50.9% | 70.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 29.5% | 53.2% | 72.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 30.2% | 54.6% | 71.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 33.6% | 56.4% | 72.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 57.8% | 73.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 41.7% | 62.6% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47.6% | 64.6% | 76.0% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 19.4% | 45.3% | 58.8% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.9% | 68.9% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.0% | 72.2% | 86.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 70.6% | 84.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 75.2% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 76.3% | 85.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 80.8% | 87.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 82.4% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 31.3% | 51.0% | 60.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 31.0% | 57.6% | 72.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 36.8% | 56.7% | 73.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 57.8% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 58.8% | 73.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 59.1% | 73.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 62.0% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 65.0% | 76.0% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 32.3% | 45.5% | 59.2% |
| 2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 18% | 39.5% | 66.5% |
| 2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 16.8% | 40.6% | 67.8% |
| 2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 12% | 43.3% | 71.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 27.4% | 57.1% | 79.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 57.3% | 79.7% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 23.3% | 56.0% | 76.2% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 58.9% | 76.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 41.8% | 60.2% | 76.6% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.0% | 66.4% | 79.4% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 43% | 69.2% | 79.8% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.0% | 73.8% | 80.9% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 29% | 44.0% | 68.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.6% | 50.9% | 71.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.4% | 49.7% | 73.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.9% | 58.3% | 78.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.6% | 65.3% | 82.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.0% | 65.7% | 81.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.0% | 69.1% | 82.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 71.6% | 83.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.0% | 75.1% | 84.0% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 75.5% | 83.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.0% | 49.5% | 59.4% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.1% | 38.8% | 60.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.5% | 42.7% | 60.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.0% | 43.4% | 62.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 17.4% | 49.9% | 68.5% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.1% | 52.5% | 69.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 55.5% | 73.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 57.6% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.0% | 59.5% | 74.7% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.0% | 63.4% | 76.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 65.4% | 77.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.4% | 43.8% | 58.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 62.3% | 79.1% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 66.8% | 81.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.3% | 69% | 82.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 71.1% | 82.4% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 74.4% | 84.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.0% | 75.4% | 83.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 77.9% | 84.9% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 22.1% | 51.5% | 59.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 39.5% | 59.1% | 72.8% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.0% | 59.2% | 73.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 67.0% | 79.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 68.3% | 79.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 70.3% | 81.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.0% | 76.5% | 84.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 73.7% | 81.7% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 29.1% | 49.4% | 58.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.6% | 62.0% | 76.0% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.4% | 65.9% | 79.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 68.2% | 80.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 49.0% | 72.4% | 82.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 76.0% | 84.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 77.6% | 84.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 79.0% | 84.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.2% | 53.3% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.5% | 62.8% | 72% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.9% | 62.9% | 73.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.6% | 69.5% | 77.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 69.2% | 77.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 67.6% | 77.4% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 72.6% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 70.9% | 78.1% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.4% | 51.9% | 58.5% |
| 2003 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.9% | 56.2% | 73.7% |
| 2004 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 32% | 56.0% | 74.4% |
| 2005 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.6% | 54.5% | 74.6% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.2% | 68.4% | 80.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 62.5% | 79.3% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 45% | 63.2% | 79.2% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 64.8% | 79.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 70.6% | 82.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 73.0% | 81.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 71.8% | 79.9% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.8% | 73.0% | 79.0% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.1% | 30.7% | 53.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 16.1% | 33.3% | 54.4% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 18.0% | 32.3% | 54.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 64.6% | 78.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.0% | 71.1% | 81.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 69.3% | 80.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.5% | 72.8% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 76.5% | 83.7% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 81.4% | 86.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.7% | 80.6% | 85.0% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.2% | 53.9% | 58.9% |
| 2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 49% | 50.5% | 63.7% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.5% | 54.6% | 67.1% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 59.4% | 72.8% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 72.1% | 79.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 77.9% | 81.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 75.0% | 81.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 77.6% | 83.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 78.1% | 84.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 80.7% | 85.0% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 74% | 83.1% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 52.5% | 59.8% |
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* Spencer Technology Academy 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.